| First Line Support |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.593 % | 1.217 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £80 | - |
| Average daily rate | £85 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £90 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £135 | £141 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.50 | £14.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.38 | £15.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.25 | £16.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £11.64 | £12.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 816 | 986 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.160 % | 0.996 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 243 | 359 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 149 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.52 | £25.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.53 | £26.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.53 | £27.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 1st Line Support across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
