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 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 635 617 717
Rank change year-on-year -18 +100 -84
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 285 376 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.77% 0.92% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 224 282 445
10th Percentile £37,281 £32,000 £30,350
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -

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 36,805 40,671 64,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.64% 41.86% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 24,888 23,505 33,070
10th Percentile £26,705 £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 £45,828 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.34% +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 29 May 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 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 280 £55,000 +15.79% 67
UK excluding London -97 163 £50,000 +14.29% 50
London +103 117 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Work from Home -4 100 £62,500 +31.58% 26
North of England +2 64 £50,000 +11.11% 11
South West 0 53 £51,000 +24.39% 8
North West -32 29 £50,000 +11.11% 5
Yorkshire +84 28 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Midlands -44 22 £45,650 -3.89% 11
South East -39 20 £50,024 +0.05% 13
West Midlands -11 19 £42,500 -5.56% 7
East of England -1 7 £42,500 +21.43% 5
North East -6 7 £70,000 +86.67%
East Midlands -43 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 21 (7.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.02%) IIS
3 9 (3.16%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.81%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.05%) Apache
5 3 (1.05%) GlassFish
5 3 (1.05%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (10.88%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 151 (52.98%) Azure
2 61 (21.40%) AWS
3 58 (20.35%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.72%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (7.72%) Entra ID
5 17 (5.96%) GCP
5 17 (5.96%) IaaS
5 17 (5.96%) Rubrik
6 14 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.91%) Datadog
6 14 (4.91%) SaaS
7 10 (3.51%) PaaS
8 8 (2.81%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.11%) Azure Stack
10 6 (2.11%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.75%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.09%) Firewall
2 97 (34.04%) WAN
3 77 (27.02%) LAN
4 73 (25.61%) DNS
5 70 (24.56%) Network Security
6 66 (23.16%) DHCP
7 60 (21.05%) VPN
8 56 (19.65%) SD-WAN
9 52 (18.25%) Wireless
10 39 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
11 36 (12.63%) BGP
11 36 (12.63%) MPLS
11 36 (12.63%) TCP/IP
12 30 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
13 29 (10.18%) VLAN
14 28 (9.82%) OSPF
14 28 (9.82%) WLAN
15 26 (9.12%) SAN
16 22 (7.72%) iSCSI
17 20 (7.02%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.81%) MySQL
3 5 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.75%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.75%) Redis
4 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.05%) Git
2 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.04%) Finance
3 24 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.96%) Law
5 15 (5.26%) Military
6 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.11%) Legal
8 4 (1.40%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.40%) Police
8 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.05%) Back Office
9 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Local Government
10 2 (0.70%) Billing
10 2 (0.70%) Games
10 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.70%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) German Language
11 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (34.04%) Network Engineer
2 61 (21.40%) Senior
3 44 (15.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (13.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 31 (10.88%) Consultant
6 28 (9.82%) Analyst
7 27 (9.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 27 (9.47%) Security Consultant
7 27 (9.47%) Support Engineer
8 23 (8.07%) Lead
9 20 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.61%) Storage Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) Backup Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) Storage and Backup Engineer
12 14 (4.91%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 14 (4.91%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (4.56%) Infrastructure Manager
14 12 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 12 (4.21%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.47%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (3.16%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.75%) .NET
3 5 (1.75%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.75%) JSON
3 5 (1.75%) Middleware
3 5 (1.75%) SAML
4 3 (1.05%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (1.05%) LDAP
5 1 (0.35%) OAuth
5 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.19%) Data Centre
2 27 (9.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 18 (6.32%) EMC VNX
4 15 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (5.26%) PKI
4 15 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.91%) Replication
6 13 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (4.21%) PMI
8 9 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (39.65%) Windows
2 65 (22.81%) Linux
3 59 (20.70%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.88%) Windows 10
5 24 (8.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.81%) Unix
8 6 (2.11%) Android
9 5 (1.75%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.75%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.40%) CentOS
10 4 (1.40%) Rocky
10 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.05%) AIX
11 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.05%) Solaris
12 2 (0.70%) SUSE
12 2 (0.70%) VMS
12 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (20.70%) ITIL
3 54 (18.95%) Agile
4 42 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (14.74%) Disaster Recovery
4 42 (14.74%) Network Management
5 39 (13.68%) Incident Management
6 36 (12.63%) Network Monitoring
6 36 (12.63%) SIEM
7 34 (11.93%) Project Management
8 32 (11.23%) Mentoring
9 30 (10.53%) Analytics
10 29 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (9.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 27 (9.47%) Data Analytics
12 27 (9.47%) Information Security
13 25 (8.77%) Service Management
14 24 (8.42%) DevOps
14 24 (8.42%) Roadmaps
15 23 (8.07%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.18%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.02%) SQL
3 8 (2.81%) Java
3 8 (2.81%) Python
4 5 (1.75%) Bash
5 3 (1.05%) C#
Qualifications
1 60 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 48 (16.84%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (10.88%) CCNP
4 29 (10.18%) DV Cleared
5 26 (9.12%) SC Cleared
6 24 (8.42%) CCNA
7 23 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (4.56%) Degree
9 12 (4.21%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.16%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.75%) CISSP
13 5 (1.75%) MCSA
14 4 (1.40%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.40%) MCSE
15 3 (1.05%) CCIE
16 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
16 2 (0.70%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.47%) NIST
2 17 (5.96%) SLA
3 7 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.11%) QA
5 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.75%) NCSC
6 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 99 (34.74%) Active Directory
2 56 (19.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (13.33%) vSphere
4 33 (11.58%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (9.12%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.51%) Docker
7 7 (2.46%) Firmware
8 3 (1.05%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.35%) vCloud
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (10.53%) vCenter Server
2 28 (9.82%) ZABBIX
3 23 (8.07%) Nagios
4 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (7.37%) SCCM
6 20 (7.02%) SCOM
7 18 (6.32%) EMC NetWorker
8 16 (5.61%) Kubernetes
8 16 (5.61%) VxRail
9 13 (4.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (4.56%) Terraform
10 12 (4.21%) Opsgenie
11 11 (3.86%) Ansible
12 9 (3.16%) FortiGate
13 8 (2.81%) Grafana
13 8 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (2.46%) Icinga
14 7 (2.46%) SolarWinds Orion
15 5 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
15 5 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (47.72%) Cisco
2 105 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 93 (32.63%) VMware
4 42 (14.74%) Palo Alto
4 42 (14.74%) Veeam
5 41 (14.39%) NetApp
6 40 (14.04%) Fortinet
7 37 (12.98%) Meraki
8 35 (12.28%) Citrix
9 31 (10.88%) Aruba
10 27 (9.47%) Tanium
10 27 (9.47%) Tripwire
11 26 (9.12%) Dell
12 24 (8.42%) HP
13 22 (7.72%) LogicMonitor
14 21 (7.37%) CheckPoint
14 21 (7.37%) Juniper
15 20 (7.02%) EMC
16 16 (5.61%) F5
17 13 (4.56%) Oracle