| Systems Support |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 77 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.124 % | 0.066 % |
| 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 | £229 | £222 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.89 % |
| 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 | £21.40 | £26.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.12 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 805 | 1511 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.306 % | 1.649 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 90 | 260 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £374 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 81 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £24.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.98 | £25.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.29 | £26.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
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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 Systems Support across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
