| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 1.852 % |
| 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 | £168 | £158 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.55 | £15.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 235 | 216 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.318 % | 0.213 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 80 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.36 | £18.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.47 | £19.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.57 | £20.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
