Solutions Consultant Contracts in England

Solution Consultant
UK > England

The median Solution Consultant daily rate in England is £556, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 532 630
Rank change year-on-year +58 +98 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 11 10 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.027% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.029% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 7
10th Percentile £541 £507 £485
25th Percentile £550 £516 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £615 £641 £763
90th Percentile £671 £669 £810
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.75 - -
Median hourly rate £53.50 - £37.00
75th Percentile £55.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 - £37.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Solutions Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Consultant in England

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Consultant in England

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Consultant in England

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Consultant in England

Solutions Consultant
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 Solutions Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +34 5 £659 +14.61% 94
South East - 5 £550 - 30
South West - 1 £600 - 10
Solutions Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SCADA
2 5 (45.45%) GIS
2 5 (45.45%) SOAP
2 5 (45.45%) Perl
2 5 (45.45%) PL/SQL
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Operational Technology
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) Linux
4 3 (27.27%) Java
4 3 (27.27%) ITSM
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Replication
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (18.18%) Azure
5 2 (18.18%) AWS
5 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Cartography
5 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 2 (18.18%) HTML
5 2 (18.18%) System Testing

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) GIS
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) SOAP
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Operational Technology
1 5 (45.45%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Replication
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
3 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Cartography
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
3 2 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Backlog Management
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Data Collection
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Perl
1 5 (45.45%) PL/SQL
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Automic
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Puppet
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Google