Apache Solr Contract Job Trends in England

Apache Solr
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Apache Solr skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 509 547
Rank change year-on-year -38 +38 +136
Contract jobs citing Apache Solr 1 10 22
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.033% 0.058%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.029% 0.30% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - £495 £453
25th Percentile £255 £619 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -59.22% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £265 £660 £675
90th Percentile - £669 £723
UK median daily rate £275 £630 £525
% change year-on-year -56.33% +19.95% -16.00%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Apache Solr falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,391 3,384 3,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.88% 11.07% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,339 2,128 2,540
10th Percentile £288 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £810 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.47% +1.49% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 77 123
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.75 £22.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +63.46% +35.95%
75th Percentile £69.25 £64.73 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.35 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £37.25 £26.89
% change year-on-year -17.45% +38.53% +37.90%

Apache Solr
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Apache Solr relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Apache Solr job vacancy trend in England

Apache Solr
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apache Solr.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apache Solr

Apache Solr
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apache Solr.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Apache Solr

Apache Solr
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Solr within the England region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
London -14 1 £260 -58.20% 1
Apache Solr
UK

Apache Solr
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Alfresco
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management