| Solution Architect |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.000 % | 10.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £430 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £477 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £488 | £477 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.27 % |
| 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 | £42.92 | £25.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +68.46 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 120 | 138 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.158 % | 0.137 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £427 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.63 | £12.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.88 | £13.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.13 | £13.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
|
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 West Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
