SolarWinds Jobs

SolarWinds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SolarWinds over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 602 723
Rank change year-on-year -28 +121 -70
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 283 372 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.76% 0.94% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 225 284 450
10th Percentile £37,313 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £92,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -

All Vendors
UK

SolarWinds is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,055 39,374 65,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.21% 41.54% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,982 23,486 33,183
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SolarWinds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds.

Salary trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 278 £55,000 +15.79% 54
UK excluding London -117 164 £50,000 +11.11% 45
London +107 114 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Work from Home -16 98 £62,500 +31.58% 22
North of England +8 65 £50,000 +11.11% 10
South West -11 54 £51,000 +22.89% 5
Yorkshire +68 29 £47,500 +5.56% 6
North West -41 29 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Midlands -38 22 £45,650 -3.89% 12
West Midlands -18 19 £42,500 -8.11% 8
South East -43 19 £50,024 +2.61% 12
East of England -5 7 £42,500 +21.43% 4
North East -14 7 £70,000 +86.67%
East Midlands -34 3 £55,000 +15.79% 4

SolarWinds
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 20 (7.07%) IIS
1 20 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.83%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.06%) Apache
4 3 (1.06%) GlassFish
4 3 (1.06%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (10.60%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.18%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 148 (52.30%) Azure
2 61 (21.55%) AWS
3 57 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.77%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (7.77%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.01%) GCP
6 16 (5.65%) IaaS
6 16 (5.65%) Rubrik
7 14 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.95%) SaaS
8 13 (4.59%) Datadog
9 10 (3.53%) PaaS
10 8 (2.83%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 7 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (2.12%) Azure Stack
12 6 (2.12%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.77%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.41%) OneDrive
14 4 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 101 (35.69%) Firewall
2 96 (33.92%) WAN
3 77 (27.21%) LAN
4 71 (25.09%) DNS
4 71 (25.09%) Network Security
5 65 (22.97%) DHCP
6 59 (20.85%) VPN
7 56 (19.79%) SD-WAN
8 50 (17.67%) Wireless
9 39 (13.78%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (12.72%) MPLS
10 36 (12.72%) TCP/IP
11 35 (12.37%) BGP
12 30 (10.60%) Cisco Nexus
13 29 (10.25%) WLAN
14 28 (9.89%) VLAN
15 27 (9.54%) OSPF
16 26 (9.19%) SAN
17 22 (7.77%) iSCSI
18 20 (7.07%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.83%) MySQL
3 5 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.77%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.77%) Redis
4 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.35%) DB2
6 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.47%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.06%) Git
2 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (19.79%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.43%) Finance
3 24 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.01%) Law
5 15 (5.30%) Military
6 10 (3.53%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.12%) Legal
8 4 (1.41%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.41%) Police
8 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.06%) Back Office
9 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.06%) Local Government
10 2 (0.71%) Billing
10 2 (0.71%) Games
10 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.71%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) German Language
11 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (33.57%) Network Engineer
2 59 (20.85%) Senior
3 42 (14.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (12.72%) Senior Network Engineer
5 32 (11.31%) Consultant
6 28 (9.89%) Analyst
6 28 (9.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 28 (9.89%) Security Consultant
7 26 (9.19%) Support Engineer
8 24 (8.48%) Lead
9 19 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.65%) Storage Engineer
11 15 (5.30%) Backup Engineer
11 15 (5.30%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.30%) Storage and Backup Engineer
12 14 (4.95%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 14 (4.95%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (4.59%) Infrastructure Manager
13 13 (4.59%) Lead Consultant
13 13 (4.59%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.89%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (3.18%) 802.1X
3 6 (2.12%) Middleware
4 5 (1.77%) .NET
4 5 (1.77%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.77%) JSON
4 5 (1.77%) SAML
5 3 (1.06%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.06%) LDAP
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.61%) Data Centre
2 28 (9.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 18 (6.36%) EMC VNX
4 15 (5.30%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (5.30%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.95%) PKI
6 13 (4.59%) Replication
6 13 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (4.24%) PMI
8 9 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.12%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.06%) CMDB
12 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 111 (39.22%) Windows
2 65 (22.97%) Linux
3 57 (20.14%) Windows Server
4 30 (10.60%) Windows 10
5 24 (8.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.18%) Unix
8 6 (2.12%) Android
9 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.41%) CentOS
9 4 (1.41%) Rocky
9 4 (1.41%) Solaris
9 4 (1.41%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.41%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.06%) AIX
10 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.71%) SUSE
11 2 (0.71%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (20.49%) ITIL
3 54 (19.08%) Agile
4 43 (15.19%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (14.84%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (14.84%) Network Management
6 40 (14.13%) Incident Management
7 36 (12.72%) Network Monitoring
7 36 (12.72%) SIEM
8 34 (12.01%) Project Management
9 32 (11.31%) Mentoring
10 31 (10.95%) Analytics
11 29 (10.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 28 (9.89%) Data Analytics
12 28 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (9.54%) Information Security
14 26 (9.19%) Roadmaps
15 25 (8.83%) Service Management
16 24 (8.48%) DevOps
17 23 (8.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.89%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.71%) SQL
3 8 (2.83%) Java
3 8 (2.83%) Python
4 5 (1.77%) Bash
5 3 (1.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (21.55%) Security Cleared
2 47 (16.61%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (10.60%) CCNP
3 30 (10.60%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.19%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.48%) CCNA
6 22 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.24%) Degree
7 12 (4.24%) PMI Certification
8 9 (3.18%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.77%) CISSP
11 5 (1.77%) MCSA
12 4 (1.41%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.41%) MCSE
13 3 (1.06%) CCIE
14 2 (0.71%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.71%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.89%) NIST
2 16 (5.65%) SLA
3 7 (2.47%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.12%) QA
5 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.77%) NCSC
6 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 97 (34.28%) Active Directory
2 56 (19.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (13.43%) vSphere
4 32 (11.31%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (8.83%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.18%) Docker
7 7 (2.47%) Firmware
8 3 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.35%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.35%) vCloud
9 1 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (10.60%) vCenter Server
2 28 (9.89%) ZABBIX
3 24 (8.48%) Nagios
4 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (7.07%) SCCM
6 19 (6.71%) SCOM
7 18 (6.36%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (5.65%) VxRail
9 15 (5.30%) Kubernetes
10 13 (4.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (4.59%) Terraform
11 12 (4.24%) Opsgenie
12 11 (3.89%) Ansible
13 9 (3.18%) FortiGate
14 8 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
15 7 (2.47%) Grafana
15 7 (2.47%) Icinga
16 6 (2.12%) SolarWinds Orion
17 5 (1.77%) Cisco Prime
17 5 (1.77%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 133 (47.00%) Cisco
2 102 (36.04%) Microsoft
3 92 (32.51%) VMware
4 40 (14.13%) Fortinet
4 40 (14.13%) NetApp
4 40 (14.13%) Palo Alto
4 40 (14.13%) Veeam
5 37 (13.07%) Meraki
6 34 (12.01%) Citrix
7 30 (10.60%) Aruba
8 28 (9.89%) Tanium
8 28 (9.89%) Tripwire
9 25 (8.83%) Dell
10 23 (8.13%) HP
11 21 (7.42%) CheckPoint
11 21 (7.42%) LogicMonitor
12 20 (7.07%) EMC
13 19 (6.71%) Juniper
14 16 (5.65%) F5
15 14 (4.95%) Oracle