| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
19 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.020 % | 2.381 % |
| 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 | £145 | £164 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.95 | £15.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.84 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 98 | 126 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.153 % | 0.137 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.80 | £30.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.40 | £33.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -48.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £36.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.35 | £24.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.45 % |
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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 East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
