| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 35 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.836 % | 1.139 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £370 |
| Average daily rate | - | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £457 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £509 | £466 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 359 | 439 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.461 % | 0.493 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 116 | 124 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 74 | 100 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.61 | £33.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.99 | £33.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.37 | £34.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.48 | £25.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.53 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Solutions Architect across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
