| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 27 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.836 % | 0.649 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £125 | £100 |
| Average daily rate | £133 | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £142 | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £183 | £154 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.87 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £14.87 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.87 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.38 | £15.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 122 | 154 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.170 % | 0.155 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.16 | £28.54 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.77 | £29.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.38 | £30.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
