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The table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Designer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£441£408
% change on same period last year+8.11 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads724924
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.024 %0.935 %
Daily rates quoted189190
Average minimum daily rate£309£307
Average daily rate£320£320
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted10857
Average minimum hourly rate£20.93£21.11
Average hourly rate£22.78£22.40
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.63£23.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Solutions Designer North WestSolutions Designer
North West

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.

Solutions Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Designer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Solutions Designer Demand Trend

Solutions Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solutions Designer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Solutions Designer Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Designer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Solutions Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Solutions Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Solutions Designer in their job title.

15 (83.33 %)SQL Server
15 (83.33 %)Business Objects
15 (83.33 %)Business Intelligence
15 (83.33 %)BusinessObjects
15 (83.33 %)BusinessObjects XI
24 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
24 (66.67 %)Business Analysis
24 (66.67 %)Local Government
24 (66.67 %)Government
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft
24 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
24 (66.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)Ant
31 (16.67 %)JUnit
31 (16.67 %)UML
31 (16.67 %)Swing
31 (16.67 %)Eclipse
31 (16.67 %)Java
31 (16.67 %)Retail

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Solutions Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Solutions Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)J2EE
11 (16.67 %)Swing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (83.33 %)SQL Server
15 (83.33 %)BusinessObjects
15 (83.33 %)BusinessObjects XI
24 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
24 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Ant
11 (16.67 %)JUnit
11 (16.67 %)Eclipse
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Government
14 (66.67 %)Local Government
21 (16.67 %)Retail
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Business Intelligence
24 (66.67 %)Business Analysis
31 (16.67 %)UML
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)Java
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Business Objects
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft