Solutions Consultant Contracts

Solution Consultant
UK

The median Solution Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 686 833
Rank change year-on-year +121 +147 -145
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 21 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.037% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.039% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 13
10th Percentile £503 £485 £488
25th Percentile £516 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year - +0.84% +5.78%
75th Percentile £650 £763 £638
90th Percentile £1,143 £810 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,655 53,675 84,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.62% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,814 37,483 59,176
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,760 1,482 2,013
10th Percentile £12.80 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.54 £75.98 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Solutions Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Solutions Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Consultant over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +99 17 £600 - 41
London +94 14 £600 - 23
Work from Home +117 8 £575 -6.12% 18
UK excluding London +44 2 £600 -5.88% 22
South East +15 1 - - 7
South West +8 1 £600 +14.29% 7

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, Solutions Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (33.33%) Presales
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Value Proposition
4 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing
4 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (14.29%) Personalization
5 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (14.29%) Analytics
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 3 (14.29%) Azure
5 3 (14.29%) AWS
5 3 (14.29%) Content Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 3 (14.29%) CRM
5 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.52%) ETL
6 2 (9.52%) B2B
6 2 (9.52%) Python
6 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 2 (9.52%) SQL
6 2 (9.52%) Cryptography

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.52%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (4.76%) SAP MM
3 1 (4.76%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) AWS
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Big Data
1 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Marketing
2 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Advertising
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Police
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) RESTful
1 1 (4.76%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Presales
2 5 (23.81%) Value Proposition
3 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
4 3 (14.29%) Analytics
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Content Management
4 3 (14.29%) CRM
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 3 (14.29%) Data Management
4 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) Personalization
5 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
5 2 (9.52%) Data Science
5 2 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning
5 2 (9.52%) Marketing Automation
5 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.52%) Python
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) VMware