| Comms Engineer |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 125 | 142 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.066 % | 0.025 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.90 | £21.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +54.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3033 | 4058 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.873 % | 4.358 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 676 | 805 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 437 | 479 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.06 | £19.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.74 | £21.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.43 | £22.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Communications Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
