| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.319 % | 0.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £215 |
| % change on same period last year | +109.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £491 | £459 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £70.00 | £37.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +85.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 313 | 487 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.508 % | 0.532 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 101 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £296 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 81 | 88 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.83 | £20.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.04 | £22.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.25 | £24.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
