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This section looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts within the Scotland 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Designer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank97130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.212 %0.029 %
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£404£400
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
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-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads23603482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.114 %3.468 %
Daily rates quoted529696
Average minimum daily rate£292£301
Average daily rate£315£317
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted150202
Average minimum hourly rate£20.86£18.66
Average hourly rate£22.93£19.73
% change on same period last year+16.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.99£20.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Solutions Designer UKSolutions Designer
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Solutions Designer Daily 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
GlasgowNew entry-4--
EdinburghNew entry-1--
Solutions Designer UKSolutions Designer
UK

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 %)Java
19 (69.23 %)Finance
26 (46.15 %)Oracle
26 (46.15 %)WebSphere
35 (38.46 %)Mainframe
44 (30.77 %)MS Visio
44 (30.77 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (23.08 %)Technical Architecture
53 (23.08 %)J2EE
53 (23.08 %)RDF
62 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
62 (15.38 %)Risk Management
62 (15.38 %)Retail
71 (7.692 %)Content Management
71 (7.692 %)Enterprise Architecture
71 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
71 (7.692 %)e-GIF
71 (7.692 %)JavaScript
71 (7.692 %)SQL
71 (7.692 %)VB
71 (7.692 %).NET
71 (7.692 %)SQL Server
71 (7.692 %)Business Objects
71 (7.692 %)WebServices
71 (7.692 %)XML
71 (7.692 %)UNIX
71 (7.692 %)Windows
71 (7.692 %)Solaris
71 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
71 (7.692 %)LDAP

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (46.15 %)WebSphere
23 (23.08 %)J2EE
31 (7.692 %).NET
31 (7.692 %)WebServices
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)Middleware
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (30.77 %)MS Visio
14 (30.77 %)MS PowerPoint
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)LDAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)Datawarehouse
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server
21 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
21 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (69.23 %)Finance
22 (15.38 %)Retail
31 (7.692 %)Health
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (38.46 %)Mainframe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)UNIX
11 (7.692 %)Windows
11 (7.692 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Technical Architecture
13 (23.08 %)RDF
22 (15.38 %)Risk Management
31 (7.692 %)Content Management
31 (7.692 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
31 (7.692 %)e-GIF
31 (7.692 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (7.692 %)Identity Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (69.23 %)Java
21 (7.692 %)JavaScript
21 (7.692 %)SQL
21 (7.692 %)VB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.692 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Oracle
21 (7.692 %)Business Objects