| Systems Support |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.267 % | 1.091 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £273 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.24 | £20.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 374 | 275 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.499 % | 0.278 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 156 | 76 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £409 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 59 | 36 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.86 | £18.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.92 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.97 | £21.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Systems Support across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
