| Desktop Support Analyst |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 46 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.850 % | 0.207 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £200 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £165 | £161 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.65 | £14.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 353 | 484 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.497 % | 0.489 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 73 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 111 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.48 | £22.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.71 | £24.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.94 | £26.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Analyst across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
