| Mechanical Engineer |
| 3 months to 8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | - |
| Rank change on same period last year | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £27.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 372 | 589 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.521 % | 0.604 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 117 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 92 | 90 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.64 | £29.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.41 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.18 | £34.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.83 % |
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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 Mechanical Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.