| Desktop Support Engineer |
| 3 months to
5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 21 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.817 % | 4.918 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £100 |
| Average daily rate | - | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £133 | £152 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.99 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.49 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.99 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.65 | £16.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 142 | 122 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.232 % | 0.134 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 35 | 38 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £301 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.78 | £24.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.43 | £25.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.09 | £27.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.18 | £23.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.68 % |
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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 Engineer across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
