| Design Engineer |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 360 | 391 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 41 | 77 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.078 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.138 % | 0.181 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £436 | £410 |
| Average daily rate | £461 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £486 | £452 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £385 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | £26.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.00 | £29.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £31.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.12 | £35.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 29663 | 42535 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 39.54 % | 43.03 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12541 | 15833 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £408 | £426 |
| Average daily rate | £438 | £455 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £468 | £484 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1576 | 2120 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.67 | £24.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.26 | £26.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.85 | £27.87 |
| 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 Design Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
