| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.286 % | 0.615 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £100 |
| Average daily rate | - | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £126 | £141 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.59 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £17.87 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.16 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.79 | £15.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 213 | 325 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.338 % | 0.346 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 35 | 72 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.63 | £21.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.39 | £23.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.14 | £25.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
