| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.167 % | 1.887 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £168 | £158 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.55 | £15.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 72 | 159 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.097 % | 0.157 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 51 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.74 | £24.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.60 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.45 | £29.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
