The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Designer
Rank 111 110 94
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Designer 2 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.105% 0.087% 0.385%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.112% 0.092% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £388 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £433
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +9.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Solutions Designer Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Yorkshire - 2 £388 -
Solutions Designer
England

Solutions Designer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) AppSense
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenServer
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenServer
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) AppSense