| First Line Support |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.125 % | 2.158 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £145 | - |
| Average daily rate | £153 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £160 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £144 | £138 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.00 | £9.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £10.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +67.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | £11.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.39 | £12.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.47 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 160 | 278 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.216 % | 0.274 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 147 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £397 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.76 | £19.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.19 | £19.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.62 | £19.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
