| Application Support |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.585 % | 0.250 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | £150 |
| Average daily rate | £175 | £150 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £150 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £45.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -66.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.94 | £22.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 684 | 801 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.963 % | 0.809 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 235 | 252 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £252 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 172 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.92 | £27.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.25 | £28.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.58 | £29.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Applications Support across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.