| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.993 % | 0.564 % |
| 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 | £173 | £158 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.63 | £17.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.25 | £17.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.59 | £15.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.35 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 403 | 532 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.546 % | 0.527 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 83 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 122 | 111 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.97 | £22.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.10 | £24.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.23 | £25.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.78 | £25.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.28 % |
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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 South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
