| Third Line Support |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.062 % | 0.361 % |
| 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 | £273 | £239 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £21.13 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.75 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.28 | £24.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 388 | 554 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.623 % | 0.595 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 117 | 122 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 85 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.50 | £20.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.77 | £21.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.03 | £23.47 |
| 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 3rd Line Support across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
