Solutions Analyst Contracts

Solution Analyst
UK

The median Solution Analyst daily rate in the UK is £501 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 670 829
Rank change year-on-year +106 +159 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Analyst 12 14 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.025% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.026% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 18
10th Percentile £475 £491 £450
25th Percentile - £525 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.08% +12.38% +31.25%
75th Percentile £550 £618 £600
90th Percentile £579 £634 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £583 £513
% change year-on-year -13.99% +13.66% +34.51%

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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +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 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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
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 10 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 16 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 +110 10 £525 -11.02% 2
UK excluding London +53 8 £501 -13.99% 1
South East +9 5 £501 -15.08%
Work from Home +124 4 £500 -20.00% 1
London +101 2 £538 -8.90% 1
North of England +26 1 - -
Yorkshire +14 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
3 5 (41.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (41.67%) Application Packaging
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (41.67%) Application Virtualisation
3 5 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Scrum
3 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) Python
3 5 (41.67%) Client/Server
3 5 (41.67%) VBScript
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) Linux
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Robot Framework
4 4 (33.33%) Selenium
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) Release Management
5 3 (25.00%) CRM
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Migration

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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (8.33%) Lucidchart
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Robot Framework
1 4 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Billing
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (41.67%) Application Packaging
3 5 (41.67%) Application Virtualisation
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Scrum
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) CRM
5 3 (25.00%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) B2C
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 1 (8.33%) ArchiMate
7 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Modelling
7 1 (8.33%) Requirements Engineering
7 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Use Case
7 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) Python
1 5 (41.67%) VBScript
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) APMP
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 1 (8.33%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Sparx