| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.792 % | 16.13 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £175 |
| Average daily rate | - | £175 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £175 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £161 | £166 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.25 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £28.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -46.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.75 | £28.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.83 | £15.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 77 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.103 % | 0.031 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £223 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £247 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £271 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.91 | £25.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.89 | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -43.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.87 | £27.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 High Wycombe region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
