Solutions Consultant Job Trends

Solution Consultant
UK

The median Solution Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 299 692
Rank change year-on-year -270 +393 +250
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 76 510 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.94% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 1.01% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 39 20 22
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,125 £52,850
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £82,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -24.47% +18.21%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +11.61% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Solutions Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Solutions Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Consultant over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Solutions Consultant in the UK

Solutions Consultant
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -244 71 £70,000 +12.00% 23
UK excluding London -247 50 £70,000 +12.00% 10
North of England -185 35 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Yorkshire -115 32 £70,000 +16.67% 2
London +65 23 £95,000 +18.75% 13
South West -12 7 £35,000 -44.00% 1
Work from Home +47 5 £80,000 +28.00% 15
North West +30 3 £70,000 - 5
Midlands +16 2 £56,250 -1.32% 2
Scotland +1 2 £61,250 -
West Midlands +27 1 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South East +22 1 £70,000 - 1
Wales +8 1 £70,000 -
East Midlands -1 1 £42,500 +9.68% 1
Northern Ireland -7 1 £70,000 -
East of England - 1 £90,000 -

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Solutions Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring Solutions Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (40.79%) Degree
2 31 (40.79%) Physics
3 30 (39.47%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (21.05%) Presales
5 11 (14.47%) Oracle
5 11 (14.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (13.16%) Fintech
7 5 (6.58%) AI
8 4 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.26%) SaaS
9 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.95%) Roadmaps
9 3 (3.95%) SAP
10 2 (2.63%) Analytical Thinking
10 2 (2.63%) Azure
10 2 (2.63%) Cisco
10 2 (2.63%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (2.63%) Customer Engagement
10 2 (2.63%) ITSM
10 2 (2.63%) Logistics
10 2 (2.63%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.63%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
10 2 (2.63%) Service Management
10 2 (2.63%) Systems Engineering
10 2 (2.63%) Webhook
10 2 (2.63%) Windows
10 2 (2.63%) Workday
10 2 (2.63%) XML

Solutions Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.32%) FileNet
1 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (39.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) SaaS
2 2 (2.63%) Azure
3 1 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (1.32%) AWS
3 1 (1.32%) Azure AI
3 1 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.32%) GCP
3 1 (1.32%) GitHub
3 1 (1.32%) Google Gemini
3 1 (1.32%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
General
1 35 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 31 (40.79%) Marketing
3 24 (31.58%) Spanish Language
4 22 (28.95%) Finance
5 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.89%) German Language
6 3 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Banking
8 1 (1.32%) Billing
8 1 (1.32%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.32%) Law
8 1 (1.32%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
8 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.63%) XML
3 1 (1.32%) HTML
3 1 (1.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.63%) Low-Code
2 2 (2.63%) SCADA
3 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.32%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Windows
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (40.79%) Physics
3 16 (21.05%) Presales
4 10 (13.16%) Fintech
5 5 (6.58%) AI
6 4 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (3.95%) Roadmaps
8 2 (2.63%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (2.63%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (2.63%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (2.63%) ITSM
8 2 (2.63%) Logistics
8 2 (2.63%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.63%) Service Management
8 2 (2.63%) Systems Engineering
8 2 (2.63%) Webhook
9 1 (1.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (1.32%) Validation
9 1 (1.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (40.79%) Degree
2 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.32%) CCNA
3 1 (1.32%) CCNP
3 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.32%) LPIC
3 1 (1.32%) MCP
3 1 (1.32%) MCSE
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.32%) RHCSA
3 1 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.32%) GRC
1 1 (1.32%) HL7
1 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Terraform
1 1 (1.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 11 (14.47%) Oracle
2 3 (3.95%) SAP
3 2 (2.63%) Cisco
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.63%) Workday
4 1 (1.32%) Adobe
4 1 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.32%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.32%) Foundry
4 1 (1.32%) Google
4 1 (1.32%) Juniper
4 1 (1.32%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.32%) Palantir
4 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.32%) VMware
4 1 (1.32%) Zscaler