| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 27 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.344 % | 0.244 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £70 | - |
| Average daily rate | £70 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £70 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £122 | £142 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.40 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.40 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.40 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.98 | £14.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 256 | 409 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.513 % | 0.512 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 85 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £336 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 82 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.19 | £19.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.05 | £21.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.90 | £24.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
