| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to 1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 99 | 126 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.635 % | 0.521 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £128 | £185 |
| Average daily rate | £136 | £208 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £145 | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £126 | £141 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.38 | £17.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.38 | £17.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.38 | £18.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.79 | £15.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2520 | 3650 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.996 % | 3.885 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 666 | 1006 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 177 | 442 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.80 | £25.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.23 | £27.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.67 | £28.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.