| Application Support |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.128 % | 0.760 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | - |
| Average daily rate | £281 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £281 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | £13.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £13.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.91 | £20.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 423 | 526 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.564 % | 0.532 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 124 | 97 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £308 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 70 | 104 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.57 | £23.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.14 | £26.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.70 | £28.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Applications Support across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
