| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 35 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.434 % | 3.754 % |
| 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 | £158 | £153 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.38 | £11.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.88 | £12.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.38 | £13.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.66 | £15.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 279 | 293 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.372 % | 0.296 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 58 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 60 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.81 | £23.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.52 | £25.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.23 | £27.12 |
| 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 Desktop Support across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
