Solutions Consultant Contracts in the South East

Solution Consultant
England > South East

The median Solution Consultant daily rate in the South East is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 189 211
Rank change year-on-year +39 +22 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 17 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 0.039% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.042% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £550 - -
25th Percentile £555 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £500
75th Percentile £734 - -
90th Percentile £950 - -
England median daily rate £588 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,109 4,763 5,432
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.22% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,023 2,892 3,746
10th Percentile £213 £255 £225
25th Percentile £375 £405 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £610
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 419 244
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.85 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £22.07 £21.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +133.75%
75th Percentile £61.12 £71.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.71% +70.97%

Solutions Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Consultant in the South East

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the South East

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Consultant in the South East

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the South East

Solutions Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Thames Valley - 13 £563 - 1
Berkshire - 12 £563 - 1
Surrey - 4 £900 - 1
Hampshire - 3 £550 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £525 -
Solutions Consultant
England

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 South East region featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Perl
2 5 (29.41%) PL/SQL
2 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) SOAP
2 5 (29.41%) GIS
2 5 (29.41%) SCADA
2 5 (29.41%) Operational Technology
3 4 (23.53%) SAP
3 4 (23.53%) Electronics
3 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
3 4 (23.53%) SAP APO
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Windows
4 3 (17.65%) Linux
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
5 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
5 2 (11.76%) Replication
5 2 (11.76%) VMware
5 2 (11.76%) System Testing
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (11.76%) Cartography
5 2 (11.76%) Azure
5 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
6 1 (5.88%) Presales
6 1 (5.88%) VSAN
6 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) NAS
1 1 (5.88%) SAN
1 1 (5.88%) VLAN
1 1 (5.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) GIS
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
1 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Operational Technology
1 5 (29.41%) SCADA
2 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Replication
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Cartography
1 2 (11.76%) System Testing
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.88%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (5.88%) High Availability
2 1 (5.88%) Migration
2 1 (5.88%) Network Architecture
2 1 (5.88%) Presales
2 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
2 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (5.88%) TOGAF
2 1 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Perl
1 5 (29.41%) PL/SQL
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) F5
3 1 (5.88%) Isilon
3 1 (5.88%) NetApp
3 1 (5.88%) Veeam