Apache Solr
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Apache Solr skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 558 | 639 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +81 | +136 |
| Contract jobs citing Apache Solr | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.029% | 0.046% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 0.14% | 0.27% | 0.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £257 | £456 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £261 | £500 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £288 | £556 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -48.31% | +17.11% | -26.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £374 | £629 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £507 | £646 | £665 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £288 | - | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.79% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 3,541 | 4,082 | 5,217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 10.84% | 10.73% | 10.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,293 | 2,685 | 3,516 |
| 10th Percentile | £277 | £267 | £256 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.62% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £640 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £825 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | -2.63% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 92 | 86 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.40 | £17.08 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.25 | £23.80 | £20.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £38.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.95% | -27.62% | +138.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.06 | £70.00 | £66.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.03 | £48.56 | £46.09 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.68% | +5.36% | +133.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Apache Solr as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache Solr.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Apache Solr over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache Solr.
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Top 5 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +32 | 3 | £275 | -50.56% | 1 |
| London | +25 | 3 | £420 | -31.96% | 1 |
| England | +8 | 3 | £420 | -31.96% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2 | £288 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £288 | - |
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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: