Solution Consultant
UK

The median Solution Consultant salary in the UK is £63,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 933 1084
Rank change year-on-year +96 +151 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 71 65 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.061% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.067% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 60 43 94
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,750 -
25th Percentile £45,375 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £86,250 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Consultant over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +135 63 £61,250 -5.77% 19
Work from Home +107 33 £75,750 +26.25% 15
UK excluding London +33 33 £52,500 -12.50% 13
London +138 28 £85,000 +30.77% 10
South West +4 12 £47,250 -24.40% 1
Midlands +19 9 £35,000 -41.67% 4
South East +4 7 £50,000 -20.00% 1
North of England +58 5 £63,250 +5.42% 4
East Midlands -11 5 £35,000 -56.25% 1
West Midlands +33 4 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North West - 4 £71,500 - 4
Yorkshire +97 1 £55,000 -8.33%

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Solutions Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (40.85%) Presales
2 23 (32.39%) Microsoft
3 17 (23.94%) Azure
3 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
4 16 (22.54%) WAN
5 15 (21.13%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (18.31%) Public Sector
6 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
6 13 (18.31%) LAN
7 12 (16.90%) SQL
7 12 (16.90%) Cisco
7 12 (16.90%) Firewall
7 12 (16.90%) Retail
8 10 (14.08%) Meraki
9 9 (12.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (12.68%) Law
10 8 (11.27%) Project Management
10 8 (11.27%) SaaS
10 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (9.86%) Zero Trust
11 7 (9.86%) SD-WAN
11 7 (9.86%) Technical Architecture
11 7 (9.86%) Business Development
11 7 (9.86%) VPLS
11 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (9.86%) Logistics
11 7 (9.86%) MPLS
11 7 (9.86%) BGP
11 7 (9.86%) IGRP

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 4 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.82%) IIS
3 2 (2.82%) nginx
3 2 (2.82%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.23%) SAP CO
2 3 (4.23%) SAP FI
2 3 (4.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.82%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) Azure
2 9 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.27%) SaaS
4 6 (8.45%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.23%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.41%) AWS
7 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.41%) GCP
7 1 (1.41%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.54%) WAN
2 13 (18.31%) LAN
3 12 (16.90%) Firewall
4 7 (9.86%) BGP
4 7 (9.86%) IGRP
4 7 (9.86%) MPLS
4 7 (9.86%) SD-WAN
4 7 (9.86%) VPLS
4 7 (9.86%) VRRP
5 6 (8.45%) VLAN
6 4 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (5.63%) Wireless
7 3 (4.23%) SAN
8 1 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (1.41%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.82%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
General
1 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Public Sector
3 12 (16.90%) Retail
4 9 (12.68%) Law
5 7 (9.86%) Finance
6 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.82%) Automotive
8 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.41%) Back Office
9 1 (1.41%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) JSON
1 2 (2.82%) SOAP
1 2 (2.82%) WCF
2 1 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (4.23%) Client/Server
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.82%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.82%) EPoS
4 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) Windows
1 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
1 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.85%) Presales
2 15 (21.13%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
4 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (11.27%) Project Management
5 7 (9.86%) Business Development
5 7 (9.86%) Logistics
5 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (9.86%) Technical Architecture
5 7 (9.86%) Zero Trust
6 6 (8.45%) Business Analysis
6 6 (8.45%) Coaching
6 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.45%) Customer Retention
6 6 (8.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 6 (8.45%) Fintech
6 6 (8.45%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (7.04%) SIEM
7 5 (7.04%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) SQL
2 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.23%) ACCA
3 3 (4.23%) CIMA
4 2 (2.82%) CCNP
4 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.41%) CCIE
5 1 (1.41%) CCNA
5 1 (1.41%) CCSP
5 1 (1.41%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) GDPR
2 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) IASME
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 23 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.90%) Cisco
3 10 (14.08%) Meraki
4 6 (8.45%) SAP
4 6 (8.45%) VMware
5 5 (7.04%) Aruba
6 4 (5.63%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.82%) Cognos
7 2 (2.82%) Databricks
7 2 (2.82%) Infor
7 2 (2.82%) Oracle
8 1 (1.41%) Commvault
8 1 (1.41%) EMC
8 1 (1.41%) HP
8 1 (1.41%) Juniper
8 1 (1.41%) Splunk