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The table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Designer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank67-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.434 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£363-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£374
% change on same period last year+13.10 %
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-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Solutions Designer East of EnglandSolutions Designer
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Solutions Designer Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

19 (69.23 %)Retail
28 (61.54 %)UNIX
28 (61.54 %)Windows
37 (53.85 %)Cisco
37 (53.85 %)SQL
37 (53.85 %).NET
37 (53.85 %)Windows Mobile
46 (46.15 %).NET Framework
46 (46.15 %)C#
55 (38.46 %)Service Management
55 (38.46 %)Wireless
64 (30.77 %)MS Excel
73 (23.08 %)Internet
82 (15.38 %)Firewall
82 (15.38 %)Citrix
82 (15.38 %)Microsoft
91 (7.692 %)Load Balancing
91 (7.692 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (7.692 %)Telecoms
91 (7.692 %)Finance
91 (7.692 %)Scrum
91 (7.692 %)VMware
91 (7.692 %)Network Design
91 (7.692 %)Systems Analysis
91 (7.692 %)AJAX
91 (7.692 %)CCNP
91 (7.692 %)CCNA
91 (7.692 %)CCDP
91 (7.692 %)Linux
91 (7.692 %)UML

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (53.85 %).NET
26 (46.15 %).NET Framework
31 (7.692 %)HTML
31 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
31 (7.692 %)CSS
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)XSLT
31 (7.692 %)XHTML
31 (7.692 %)AJAX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (30.77 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (38.46 %)Wireless
23 (23.08 %)Internet
32 (15.38 %)Firewall
41 (7.692 %)LAN
41 (7.692 %)SMTP
41 (7.692 %)FTP
41 (7.692 %)HTTP
41 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
41 (7.692 %)VPN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server
11 (7.692 %)MS Access
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (69.23 %)Retail
21 (7.692 %)Telecoms
21 (7.692 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (61.54 %)UNIX
18 (61.54 %)Windows
27 (53.85 %)Windows Mobile
31 (7.692 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (38.46 %)Service Management
21 (7.692 %)Scrum
21 (7.692 %)Network Design
21 (7.692 %)Systems Analysis
21 (7.692 %)Load Balancing
21 (7.692 %)UML
21 (7.692 %)OO
21 (7.692 %)Data Modelling
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (53.85 %)SQL
26 (46.15 %)C#
31 (7.692 %)VB
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)CCNP
11 (7.692 %)CCNA
11 (7.692 %)CCDP
11 (7.692 %)Cisco Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.692 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (53.85 %)Cisco
22 (15.38 %)Microsoft
22 (15.38 %)Citrix
31 (7.692 %)VMware