| Support Specialist |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 94 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +37 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.520 % | 0.063 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | - |
| Average daily rate | £378 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £27.90 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £27.90 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £27.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.06 | £30.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.36 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 921 | 1599 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.480 % | 1.717 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 284 | 619 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £378 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 112 | 194 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.57 | £23.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.67 | £24.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.76 | £26.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Support Specialist across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
