| Hardware Engineer |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.276 % | 0.433 % |
| 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 | £164 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.75 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.63 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -68.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.84 | £25.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 724 | 924 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.024 % | 0.935 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 189 | 190 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 108 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.93 | £21.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.78 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.63 | £23.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.71 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.69 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
