| Desktop Engineer |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 53 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.250 % | 0.448 % |
| 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 | £172 | £153 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.17 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.92 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.67 | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.41 | £15.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 320 | 446 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.451 % | 0.451 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 76 | 84 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £235 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £255 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £276 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 66 | 128 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.70 | £26.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.27 | £29.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.84 | £31.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
