| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.171 % | 0.706 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £125 | - |
| Average daily rate | £125 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £125 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £153 | £133 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.60 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.40 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.62 | £16.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 683 | 992 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.910 % | 1.004 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 185 | 291 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.00 | £17.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.74 | £18.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.48 | £19.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
