| Support Consultant |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 120 | 111 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.036 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.209 % | 0.890 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.57 | £18.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3344 | 4045 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.708 % | 4.088 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 783 | 827 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 467 | 456 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.62 | £20.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.40 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.19 | £23.58 |
| 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 Support Consultant across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
