| Help Desk Support |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.357 % | 3.519 % |
| 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 | £95 | £113 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.00 | £9.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £9.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.00 | £9.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.41 | £12.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 280 | 341 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.394 % | 0.345 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 156 | 93 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 58 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.12 | £16.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.87 | £20.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.62 | £23.76 |
| 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 Helpdesk Support across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
