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The table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts within the Reading 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Designer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6874
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.241 %0.308 %
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£409
% change on same period last year+7.71 %
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-
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads831973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.170 %0.983 %
Daily rates quoted249347
Average minimum daily rate£332£339
Average daily rate£351£360
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted62149
Average minimum hourly rate£23.25£25.21
Average hourly rate£25.22£26.59
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.19£27.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Solutions Designer BerkshireSolutions Designer
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Solutions Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

16 (75.00 %)Telecoms
25 (62.50 %)Security Cleared
34 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (50.00 %)MIIS
34 (50.00 %)DTS
34 (50.00 %)SQL
34 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
34 (50.00 %)VBScript
34 (50.00 %)SQL Server
34 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
34 (50.00 %)XML
43 (37.50 %)X.500
43 (37.50 %)SC Cleared
52 (25.00 %)Billing
61 (12.50 %)Microsoft
61 (12.50 %)Active Directory
61 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (12.50 %)Singl.eView
61 (12.50 %)MSI
61 (12.50 %)Windows
61 (12.50 %).NET
61 (12.50 %).NET Framework

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %)XML
21 (12.50 %).NET Framework
21 (12.50 %).NET
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)Singl.eView
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)X.500
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server
14 (50.00 %)DTS
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (12.50 %)MSI
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (75.00 %)Telecoms
22 (25.00 %)Billing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
11 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Security Cleared
23 (37.50 %)SC Cleared
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (50.00 %)SQL
14 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
14 (50.00 %)VBScript
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Active Directory
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (50.00 %)MIIS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft