Solutions Analyst Contracts

Solution Analyst
UK

The median Solution Analyst daily rate in the UK is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 589 700
Rank change year-on-year +85 +111 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Analyst 15 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.027% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 12
10th Percentile £314 £475 £459
25th Percentile £324 £495 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £501 £570
Median % change year-on-year -28.54% -12.11% +8.57%
75th Percentile £438 £556 £614
90th Percentile £475 £581 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £379 £501 £590
% change year-on-year -24.35% -15.08% +18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.75 - -
Median hourly rate £51.50 - -
75th Percentile £52.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

Solutions Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Analyst over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Analyst in the UK

Solutions Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +67 13 £379 -27.88% 9
UK excluding London +55 9 £379 -24.35% 7
Work from Home +52 6 £358 -28.40% 5
North of England +32 5 £358 - 3
London +38 4 - - 4
Yorkshire +18 4 £347 - 3
East of England - 2 - -
South West +45 1 - -
Midlands +24 1 £450 -
North West - 1 £400 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 -

Solutions Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Solutions Analyst 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 featuring Solutions Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (26.67%) Broadcom
5 4 (26.67%) Data Privacy
5 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) CA PPM
5 4 (26.67%) Arabic Language
5 4 (26.67%) Czech Language
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Oracle
6 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (20.00%) Validation
6 3 (20.00%) Retail
6 3 (20.00%) Information Management
6 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) Sequence Diagram
7 2 (13.33%) Conflict Resolution
7 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making

Solutions Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) CA PPM
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) DB2
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Arabic Language
2 4 (26.67%) Czech Language
2 4 (26.67%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Law
4 2 (13.33%) Retail Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Unix
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Data Privacy
5 4 (26.67%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (26.67%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (20.00%) Information Management
6 3 (20.00%) Sequence Diagram
6 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) Validation
7 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
7 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (13.33%) Microservices
7 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
7 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
7 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Broadcom
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle