| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.322 % | 0.121 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £250 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £154 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.77 % |
| 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 | £15.77 | £15.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.96 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 931 | 1651 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.316 % | 1.671 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 135 | 281 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £430 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 70 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.45 | £21.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.64 | £22.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.83 | £22.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.71 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.69 % |
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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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
