| Design Engineer |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.786 % | 0.738 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £510 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £510 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £510 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £11.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.31 | £36.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 271 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.222 % | 0.270 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 91 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £424 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £437 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 36 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.28 | £21.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.33 | £23.26 |
| % change on same period last year | -51.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.37 | £24.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
