Network Virtualisation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualization
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Network Virtualisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 395 459
Rank change year-on-year +52 +64 -72
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 53 52 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.25% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 43 30
10th Percentile £425 £450 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £645 £625 £630
90th Percentile £699 £735 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £570
% change year-on-year - -3.51% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £50.45
25th Percentile - - £52.25
Median hourly rate - - £60.48
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - £67.51
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £65.00 £62.99
% change year-on-year -63.38% +3.20% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Virtualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the UK excluding London region 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
South East +31 15 £550 - 6
North of England +39 14 £575 +9.52% 2
North West +24 12 £600 +14.29% 1
South West +6 11 £650 +13.04% 7
East of England +12 8 £475 -36.67% 2
Midlands +30 4 £394 -26.74% 7
West Midlands +25 4 £394 - 7
Scotland +37 2 £450 -5.26% 3
Yorkshire +19 1 - -
North East - 1 £500 - 1
Network Virtualisation
UK

Network Virtualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (9.43%) Confluence
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) Azure
2 8 (15.09%) AWS
3 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (7.55%) GCP
5 4 (7.55%) IaaS
6 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.77%) SaaS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure API Management
8 1 (1.89%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.89%) GitHub
8 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (41.51%) Firewall
2 18 (33.96%) VPN
3 14 (26.42%) WAN
4 11 (20.75%) Network Security
4 11 (20.75%) SD-WAN
5 10 (18.87%) MPLS
6 9 (16.98%) 4G
6 9 (16.98%) 5G
7 8 (15.09%) BGP
7 8 (15.09%) OSPF
8 7 (13.21%) DNS
9 6 (11.32%) LAN
10 5 (9.43%) TCP/IP
10 5 (9.43%) VLAN
10 5 (9.43%) VSAN
11 4 (7.55%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (7.55%) EIGRP
11 4 (7.55%) IPsec
11 4 (7.55%) Value-Added Service
11 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 21 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.89%) Finance
4 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Network Engineer
2 11 (20.75%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Architect
4 7 (13.21%) Network Specialist
5 6 (11.32%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Network Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Network Design Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Core Network Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) Design Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) IP Design Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) IP Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) IP Network Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Mobile Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) Network Design Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Administrator
9 2 (3.77%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) Flash
2 3 (5.66%) EDI
3 2 (3.77%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.43%) Clustering
3 3 (5.66%) CCTV
3 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.66%) SCADA
4 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.77%) IVR
5 1 (1.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) VMS
2 1 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Network Design
2 11 (20.75%) Load Balancing
3 10 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
4 9 (16.98%) High Availability
5 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.21%) Agile
6 7 (13.21%) DevOps
6 7 (13.21%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (11.32%) Service Management
8 5 (9.43%) Analytics
8 5 (9.43%) Change Management
8 5 (9.43%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.43%) Critical Thinking
8 5 (9.43%) NsoIT
8 5 (9.43%) Power Management
8 5 (9.43%) System Testing
8 5 (9.43%) Validation
8 5 (9.43%) Waterfall
9 3 (5.66%) Converged Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
1 3 (5.66%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) Bicep
3 1 (1.89%) Java
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (39.62%) Security Cleared
2 15 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (20.75%) CCNA
3 11 (20.75%) Degree
4 7 (13.21%) CCNP
5 5 (9.43%) Master's Degree
5 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (7.55%) Azure Certification
6 4 (7.55%) CCIE
6 4 (7.55%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 4 (7.55%) VCAP
7 3 (5.66%) JNCIA
7 3 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.89%) PMP
8 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 16 (30.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.75%) VMware NSX
3 6 (11.32%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (7.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.89%) Docker
5 1 (1.89%) Firmware
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Terraform
2 5 (9.43%) vCenter Server
3 4 (7.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (54.72%) Cisco
2 16 (30.19%) VMware
3 15 (28.30%) Juniper
4 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
5 5 (9.43%) Atlassian
5 5 (9.43%) Palo Alto
6 4 (7.55%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (7.55%) SolarWinds
7 3 (5.66%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.66%) F5
8 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.89%) BMC
9 1 (1.89%) Databricks
9 1 (1.89%) Dell
9 1 (1.89%) Remedy
9 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow