| Hardware Engineer |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.031 % | 1.625 % |
| 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 | £242 | £224 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.00 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.25 | £18.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.50 | £19.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.27 | £23.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.12 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 388 | 554 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.623 % | 0.595 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 117 | 122 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 85 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.50 | £20.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.77 | £21.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.03 | £23.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
