| Server Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 76 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.172 % | 0.399 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £160 | £188 |
| Average daily rate | £160 | £205 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £160 | £222 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £224 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.04 | £26.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1163 | 1754 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.535 % | 1.747 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 293 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 35 | 95 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.71 | £28.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.41 | £29.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.11 | £31.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Server Engineer across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
