The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solutions Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Designer
Rank 197 184 200
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Designer 27 55 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.346% 0.542% 0.511%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.374% 0.587% 0.551%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 27
Average daily rate £400 £475 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £313 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £548 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £425
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Designer
England

Solutions Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Designer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Solutions Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Designer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solutions Designer across the South East region.

South East Solutions Designer Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Designer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Solutions Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Designer across the South East region.

South East Solutions Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Designer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +14 25 £400 +3.22%
Hampshire -8 2 £425 -
Solutions Designer
England

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 31 (53.45%) Telecoms
2 14 (24.14%) Migration
3 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
4 10 (17.24%) DV Cleared
4 10 (17.24%) Meridio
5 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (13.79%) Logistics
5 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 7 (12.07%) Finance
6 7 (12.07%) BMC
7 6 (10.34%) Web Services
7 6 (10.34%) Billing
7 6 (10.34%) CMDB
8 5 (8.621%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (8.621%) Oracle
8 5 (8.621%) Informatica
8 5 (8.621%) Internet
8 5 (8.621%) Configuration Management
8 5 (8.621%) CMS
9 4 (6.897%) Service Management
9 4 (6.897%) CSG Singleview
9 4 (6.897%) 3G
9 4 (6.897%) Microsoft
9 4 (6.897%) Huawei
9 4 (6.897%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (6.897%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (5.172%) Product Management
10 3 (5.172%) RNC
10 3 (5.172%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (5.172%) BSS

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 6 (10.34%) Web Services
2 1 (1.724%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.724%) WCF
2 1 (1.724%) XML
2 1 (1.724%) SOAP
2 1 (1.724%) .NET
2 1 (1.724%) WSDL
2 1 (1.724%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.621%) CMS
2 1 (1.724%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (1.724%) Apache
2 1 (1.724%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.724%) Documentum
2 1 (1.724%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.724%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (6.897%) CSG Singleview
2 4 (6.897%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (3.448%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.724%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.621%) Internet
2 4 (6.897%) 3G
2 4 (6.897%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (5.172%) RNC
3 3 (5.172%) BSS
3 3 (5.172%) 2G
4 1 (1.724%) LTE
4 1 (1.724%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.724%) 4G
4 1 (1.724%) HTTP
4 1 (1.724%) VPN
4 1 (1.724%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.172%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.724%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.724%) XMLSpy
General
1 31 (53.45%) Telecoms
2 7 (12.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Billing
4 3 (5.172%) Marketing
5 1 (1.724%) Retail
5 1 (1.724%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.448%) SUSE
1 2 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.724%) Windows
2 1 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.724%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Migration
2 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (13.79%) Logistics
3 5 (8.621%) Configuration Management
4 4 (6.897%) Service Management
5 3 (5.172%) Product Management
5 3 (5.172%) Product Marketing
5 3 (5.172%) B2B
5 3 (5.172%) CRM
5 3 (5.172%) Regression Testing
6 2 (3.448%) Change Management
6 2 (3.448%) Programme Management
6 2 (3.448%) SOA
6 2 (3.448%) ITIL
6 2 (3.448%) Unit Testing
6 2 (3.448%) Integration Testing
6 2 (3.448%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (3.448%) Network Design
6 2 (3.448%) Business Transformation
7 1 (1.724%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.724%) C#
1 1 (1.724%) PHP
1 1 (1.724%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.24%) DV Cleared
3 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.448%) VMware Server
1 2 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.724%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Meridio
2 7 (12.07%) BMC
3 5 (8.621%) Oracle
3 5 (8.621%) Informatica
4 4 (6.897%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.897%) Huawei
5 3 (5.172%) Ericsson
6 2 (3.448%) VMware
6 2 (3.448%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.724%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 1 (1.724%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.724%) Cisco
7 1 (1.724%) Citrix
7 1 (1.724%) Remedy
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The successful Engineering Consultant/Technical Solution Designer (VMWare - Microsoft Server solutions - Linux) will need to have a broad understanding of networking, change management and development tools and techniques.
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013