| Hardware Engineer |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 99 | 125 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.175 % | 0.057 % |
| 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 | £218 | £148 |
| % change on same period last year | +46.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £14.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.50 | £14.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.00 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.17 | £29.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.67 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2280 | 3482 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.082 % | 3.434 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 523 | 683 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 156 | 224 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.15 | £19.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.80 | £20.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.45 | £22.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Hardware Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
