| Service Desk Analyst |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 63 | 85 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.916 % | 0.310 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £94 | - |
| Average daily rate | £104 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £114 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £102 | £110 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £13.24 | £12.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1092 | 1611 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.537 % | 1.628 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 385 | 656 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 140 | 185 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.02 | £24.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.15 | £25.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.27 | £26.99 |
| 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 Service Desk Analyst across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
