| Design Engineer |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 33 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.533 % | 3.496 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £200 |
| Average daily rate | - | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £385 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £34.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £36.65 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £38.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.12 | £35.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 751 | 944 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.001 % | 0.955 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 129 | 201 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £331 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 137 | 156 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.87 | £24.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.63 | £26.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.39 | £27.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Design Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
