| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.00 % | 4.762 % |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.79 | £15.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.81 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.021 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £438 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £469 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.14 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.27 | £18.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.40 | £21.50 |
| 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 North Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
