Solutions Analyst Contracts

Solution Analyst
UK

The median Solution Analyst daily rate in the UK is £501 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 703 841
Rank change year-on-year +114 +138 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Analyst 11 13 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.022% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.023% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 20
10th Percentile £475 £485 £446
25th Percentile £495 £519 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £583 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.99% +10.95% +61.54%
75th Percentile £556 £614 £600
90th Percentile £581 £619 £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £590 £500
% change year-on-year -15.08% +18.00% +31.23%

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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Solutions Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +116 9 £526 -9.79% 3
UK excluding London +57 8 £501 -15.08% 2
South East +19 5 £501 -16.64%
Work from Home +131 4 £500 - 2
London +110 1 £550 +10.00% 1
North of England +32 1 - -
Yorkshire +20 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Solutions Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (45.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (45.45%) DevOps
3 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Azure
3 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (45.45%) Application Virtualisation
3 5 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (45.45%) Scrum
3 5 (45.45%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) Application Packaging
3 5 (45.45%) Python
3 5 (45.45%) VBScript
3 5 (45.45%) Windows
3 5 (45.45%) Linux
3 5 (45.45%) Client/Server
4 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Robot Framework
4 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
4 4 (36.36%) Selenium
5 3 (27.27%) Release Management
5 3 (27.27%) CRM
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership

Solutions Analyst 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Robot Framework
1 4 (36.36%) Selenium
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Billing
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Client/Server
2 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
1 5 (45.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (45.45%) Application Packaging
3 5 (45.45%) Application Virtualisation
3 5 (45.45%) DevOps
3 5 (45.45%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
5 3 (27.27%) CRM
5 3 (27.27%) Release Management
6 2 (18.18%) B2C
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
7 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
7 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (9.09%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
1 5 (45.45%) Python
1 5 (45.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) APMP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (9.09%) Sparx