| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.719 % | 1.469 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £440 |
| Average daily rate | - | £466 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £492 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £485 | £478 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £43.33 | £32.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.83 | £32.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +42.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £48.33 | £32.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.92 | £31.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.36 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 695 | 749 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.939 % | 0.739 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 249 | 225 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 94 | 168 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.08 | £28.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.90 | £28.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.71 | £29.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
