| Design Engineer |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.775 % | 0.420 % |
| 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 | £335 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.01 | £36.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 129 | 238 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.180 % | 0.239 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 64 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £242 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £252 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £262 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 45 | 60 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.21 | £23.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.12 | £24.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.03 | £25.23 |
| 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 Design Engineer across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
