| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.099 % | 1.259 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £100 |
| Average daily rate | - | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £164 | £160 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.25 | £12.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.88 | £12.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £13.50 | £12.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.52 | £16.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.52 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 637 | 794 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.841 % | 0.791 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 130 | 154 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 93 | 75 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.74 | £21.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.63 | £22.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.52 | £24.29 |
| 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 Desktop Engineer across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
