| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 49 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.381 % | 0.907 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £120 | - |
| Average daily rate | £120 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £120 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £157 | £164 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.40 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.40 | £13.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.40 | £13.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.77 | £15.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 378 | 551 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.499 % | 0.549 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 134 | 115 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £296 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 109 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.34 | £22.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.92 | £24.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.49 | £26.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
