| Application Support |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 96 | 121 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.420 % | 0.543 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £265 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £13.24 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £15.16 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £17.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.78 | £26.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2380 | 3502 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.843 % | 3.820 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 534 | 816 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 274 | 309 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.37 | £20.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.61 | £22.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.85 | £23.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.40 % |
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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 Applications Support across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
