| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.11 % | 1.657 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £130 | - |
| Average daily rate | £130 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £130 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £160 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £12.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £13.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £14.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.71 | £15.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.48 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 89 | 181 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.126 % | 0.183 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.38 | £18.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.44 | £19.47 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.50 | £20.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
|
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 Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
