| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 69 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.343 % | 0.468 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £150 |
| Average daily rate | - | £160 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £170 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £125 | £140 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.00 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £14.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.50 |
| 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 | 583 | 1069 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.946 % | 1.167 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 176 | 176 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.43 | £22.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.28 | £24.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.12 | £26.55 |
| 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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
