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This section looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Designer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank110150
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching contract IT job ads2811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.799 %0.240 %
Daily rates quoted154
Average minimum daily rate£413£420
Average daily rate£431£440
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£448£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£406£400
% change on same period last year+1.44 %
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£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads35034588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.623 %4.569 %
Daily rates quoted11051409
Average minimum daily rate£331£323
Average daily rate£353£342
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted463622
Average minimum hourly rate£21.82£25.06
Average hourly rate£23.32£26.30
% change on same period last year-11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Solutions Designer EnglandSolutions Designer
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Solutions Designer Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Designer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England Solutions Designer Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region.

East of England Solutions Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Designer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorfolkUp+1318£455-
HertfordshireUp+199£396-11.90 %
SuffolkDown-11£500+28.20 %
Solutions Designer EnglandSolutions Designer
England

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

110 (33.33 %)Finance
29 (30.00 %)QMS
38 (26.67 %)UNIX
38 (26.67 %)Windows
47 (23.33 %)Cisco
47 (23.33 %)CICS
47 (23.33 %)COBOL
47 (23.33 %)DB2
47 (23.33 %).NET
47 (23.33 %)Retail
47 (23.33 %)WebSphere
47 (23.33 %)Windows Mobile
56 (20.00 %).NET Framework
56 (20.00 %)SQL
56 (20.00 %)C#
65 (16.67 %)SOA
65 (16.67 %)Insurance
65 (16.67 %)Service Management
65 (16.67 %)Wireless
74 (13.33 %)Stakeholder Management
74 (13.33 %)Banking
74 (13.33 %)ITIL
74 (13.33 %)UML
74 (13.33 %)Use Case
83 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
83 (10.00 %)J2EE
83 (10.00 %)Java
83 (10.00 %)MS Excel
83 (10.00 %)EAI
83 (10.00 %)IBM

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (23.33 %).NET
17 (23.33 %)WebSphere
26 (20.00 %).NET Framework
33 (10.00 %)J2EE
41 (3.333 %)HTML
41 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
41 (3.333 %)CSS
41 (3.333 %)XML
41 (3.333 %)XSLT
41 (3.333 %)XHTML
41 (3.333 %)AJAX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (23.33 %)CICS
23 (10.00 %)ESB
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.00 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (16.67 %)Wireless
22 (6.667 %)Firewall
31 (3.333 %)LAN
31 (3.333 %)SMTP
31 (3.333 %)FTP
31 (3.333 %)HTTP
31 (3.333 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.333 %)VPN
31 (3.333 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (23.33 %)DB2
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (33.33 %)Finance
27 (23.33 %)Retail
35 (16.67 %)Insurance
44 (13.33 %)Banking
53 (10.00 %)Marketing
61 (3.333 %)General Ledger
61 (3.333 %)Pensions
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (26.67 %)UNIX
18 (26.67 %)Windows
27 (23.33 %)Windows Mobile
31 (3.333 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (30.00 %)QMS
25 (16.67 %)SOA
25 (16.67 %)Service Management
34 (13.33 %)Stakeholder Management
34 (13.33 %)ITIL
34 (13.33 %)UML
34 (13.33 %)Use Case
43 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
43 (10.00 %)EAI
43 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
52 (6.667 %)Quality Management
61 (3.333 %)Data Modelling
61 (3.333 %)OO
61 (3.333 %)Network Design
61 (3.333 %)Incident Management
61 (3.333 %)Load Balancing
61 (3.333 %)Scrum
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (23.33 %)COBOL
26 (20.00 %)SQL
26 (20.00 %)C#
33 (10.00 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.333 %)CCNP
11 (3.333 %)CCNA
11 (3.333 %)CCDP
11 (3.333 %)Cisco Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.00 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (23.33 %)Cisco
23 (10.00 %)IBM
32 (6.667 %)Microsoft
32 (6.667 %)Siebel
41 (3.333 %)Oracle
41 (3.333 %)BT
41 (3.333 %)VMware