| First Line Support |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 73 | 66 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.439 % | 0.496 % |
| 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 | £138 | £120 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.50 | £10.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.00 | £11.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.34 | £12.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1138 | 1009 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.517 % | 1.021 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 292 | 194 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £352 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.29 | £22.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.13 | £23.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.97 | £24.99 |
| 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 1st Line Support across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
