| Support Specialist |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.500 % | 1.158 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £280 |
| Average daily rate | - | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.28 % |
| 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 | £19.20 | £25.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 400 | 259 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.527 % | 0.271 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 99 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £378 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.57 | £18.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.02 | £19.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.46 | £21.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.39 | £25.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.63 % |
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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 Support Specialist across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
