| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.969 % | 3.194 % |
| 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 | 7 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.14 | £13.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.06 | £14.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.99 | £15.20 |
| 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 | 508 | 501 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.824 % | 0.547 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 149 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £384 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £444 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.66 | £27.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.40 | £28.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.14 | £29.22 |
| 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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
