| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.762 % | 1.290 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £143 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.50 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £13.50 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.90 | £15.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 181 | 310 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.287 % | 0.330 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 77 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £297 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 63 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.25 | £18.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.83 | £19.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.42 | £21.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Support across the Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
