| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| 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 | 2.994 % | 1.333 % |
| 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 | £140 | £170 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.00 | £12.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £13.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £14.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.35 | £15.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 167 | 300 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.271 % | 0.327 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 80 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 43 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.05 | £15.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.72 | £16.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.39 | £17.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
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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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
