| Help Desk Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 88 | 87 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.294 % | 0.053 % |
| 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 | £140 | £128 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.50 | £8.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.25 | £9.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +102.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £10.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £11.74 | £11.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.67 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1701 | 1902 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.245 % | 1.894 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 509 | 375 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 181 | 279 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.23 | £21.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.75 | £22.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.27 | £24.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Helpdesk Engineer across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
