| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 61 | 70 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.397 % | 0.710 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £80 | - |
| Average daily rate | £85 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £90 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £154 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.53 | £12.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.42 | £13.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.31 | £15.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.79 | £15.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1145 | 1267 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.612 % | 1.280 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 267 | 268 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 74 | 101 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.30 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.99 | £28.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.67 | £29.70 |
| 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 across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
