| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.33 % | 25.00 % |
| 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 | £161 | £166 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £22.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £23.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.83 | £15.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.89 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.020 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £255 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £265 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.83 | £18.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.07 | £19.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.30 | £20.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Epsom region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
