| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.600 % | 0.000 % |
| 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 | £154 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.75 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.79 | £15.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.81 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 125 | 187 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.176 % | 0.189 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.47 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.89 | £37.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.30 | £39.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
