| First Line Support |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.403 % | 1.594 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | £100 |
| Average daily rate | £150 | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £135 | £141 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.06 | £15.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.32 | £16.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.58 | £17.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £11.64 | £12.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 704 | 753 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.000 % | 0.760 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 225 | 201 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £287 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £309 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 94 | 123 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.32 | £20.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.34 | £21.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.36 | £21.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 1st Line Support across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
