| Hardware Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.596 % | 1.299 % |
| 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 | £250 | £213 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.50 | £30.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.75 | £38.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £46.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.38 | £24.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 671 | 1001 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.057 % | 1.073 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 206 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 162 | 179 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.07 | £27.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.71 | £29.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.35 | £31.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.37 | £24.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Hardware Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
