| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 60 | 55 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.799 % | 0.746 % |
| 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 | £153 | £133 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.00 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £14.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.00 | £14.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.62 | £16.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 876 | 804 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.168 % | 0.813 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 197 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 125 | 65 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.32 | £21.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.47 | £22.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.61 | £23.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
