| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 88 | 86 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 34 | 71 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.048 % | 0.072 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.223 % | 1.695 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £511 | £440 |
| Average daily rate | £559 | £466 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £606 | £492 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £475 | £471 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.64 % |
| 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 | £60.00 | £33.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +77.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2779 | 4188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.949 % | 4.230 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 757 | 1291 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £348 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 186 | 445 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.79 | £28.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £29.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.21 | £31.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % 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 Solutions Architect across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
