Solutions Consultant Contracts

Solution Consultant
UK

The median Solution Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 681 823
Rank change year-on-year +105 +142 -157
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 15 24 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.041% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.044% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 12
10th Percentile £499 £463 £487
25th Percentile £516 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £566
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +3.75% +2.95%
75th Percentile £638 £744 £653
90th Percentile £656 £808 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate - £525 £625
% change year-on-year - -16.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

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 9 May 2024.

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 3 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 9 May 2024. 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 +105 13 £575 -2.13% 20
London +83 12 £575 -4.17% 12
Work from Home +122 6 £575 +9.52% 15

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 5 (33.33%) Presales
1 5 (33.33%) Value Proposition
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (26.67%) Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Content Management
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Personalization
3 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (13.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) SAP
5 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) HTML
5 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (6.67%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (6.67%) SAP MM
2 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) HTTP
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Marketing
2 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Police
4 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
1 1 (6.67%) RESTful
1 1 (6.67%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Presales
1 5 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Content Management
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 3 (20.00%) Personalization
4 2 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Use Case
5 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.67%) Logistics
5 1 (6.67%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) VMware