| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 78 | 84 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.094 % | 0.904 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £358 |
| Average daily rate | - | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £475 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.47 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.47 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.47 |
| 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 | 1063 | 1548 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.497 % | 1.564 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 340 | 392 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £342 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 137 | 239 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.71 | £25.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.85 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.00 |
| 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 Solutions Architect across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
