| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 64 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.450 % | 0.309 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £600 | - |
| Average daily rate | £650 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £700 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £488 | £477 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.27 % |
| 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 | £42.92 | £25.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +68.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 666 | 972 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.879 % | 0.968 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 165 | 236 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 62 | 148 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.58 | £15.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.24 | £16.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.90 | £17.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
