Solutions Consultant Contracts

Solution Consultant
UK

The median Solution Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 505 570 694
Rank change year-on-year +65 +124 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 15 12 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.028% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.030% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 7
10th Percentile £521 £507 £485
25th Percentile £525 £516 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.96%
75th Percentile £584 £641 £763
90th Percentile £659 £669 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £613
% change year-on-year - - -2.00%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Solutions Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +58 11 £556 -3.26% 132
UK excluding London - 7 £550 - 102
Work from Home +44 6 £601 +4.48% 27
London +34 5 £659 +14.61% 45
South East - 5 £550 - 30
South West - 1 £600 - 10
Scotland - 1 £500 - 5

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

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 featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SCADA
2 6 (40.00%) GIS
2 6 (40.00%) Perl
2 6 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 6 (40.00%) SOAP
2 6 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 5 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (26.67%) Linux
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) Java
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (20.00%) ITSM
5 3 (20.00%) Replication
5 3 (20.00%) System Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (20.00%) Cartography
6 2 (13.33%) Azure
6 2 (13.33%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Finance
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Identity Management
6 2 (13.33%) CSS
6 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (13.33%) HTML

Solutions Consultant 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Mimecast
2 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) GIS
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Retail
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 6 (40.00%) SCADA
2 3 (20.00%) Replication
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Cartography
2 3 (20.00%) ITSM
2 3 (20.00%) System Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Architectural Design
3 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) Identity Management
3 2 (13.33%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Backlog Management
4 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (6.67%) Data Collection
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) Perl
1 6 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 6 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Automic
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) Puppet
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle