| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.00 % | 0.000 % |
| 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 | £143 | £170 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.91 | £15.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.34 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.048 % | 0.019 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | - |
| Average daily rate | £325 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.53 | £26.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.08 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Sandwich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
