| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.63 % | 0.000 % |
| 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 | £154 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.77 | £15.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.96 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 43 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.061 % | 0.030 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £261 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £409 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.87 | £17.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.24 | £19.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.62 | £21.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.71 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.69 % |
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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 Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.