Solaris Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Solaris Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Solaris Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Solaris Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,571 11,787 19,677
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 92.50% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,606 7,548 12,249
10th Percentile £250 £210 £210
25th Percentile £388 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £665 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,134 676 2,085
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.18 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.86 £20.26 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.63% +2.92% -23.29%

Solaris Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Solaris Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Solaris Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Solaris Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solaris Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solaris Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Solaris Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solaris Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solaris Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Solaris Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solaris Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
North West - 1 £550 - 1
North of England - 1 £550 - 1
Solaris Engineer
UK

Solaris Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, Solaris Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Solaris Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Solaris Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS