| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.490 % | 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 | £125 | £140 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.33 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £17.16 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.99 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.77 | £15.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.87 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 241 | 173 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.391 % | 0.189 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 80 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £416 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £528 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.24 | £31.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.08 | £32.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.92 | £33.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
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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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
