| Help Desk Support |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.583 % | 0.668 % |
| 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 | £97 | £122 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.39 % |
| 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 | £12.18 | £11.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 515 | 599 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.696 % | 0.591 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 112 | 136 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.51 | £23.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.52 | £23.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.53 | £24.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Helpdesk Support across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
