Software-Defined Networking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking 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 383 430 486
Rank change year-on-year +47 +56 -99
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 13 17 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.072% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.39% 0.49% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 16
10th Percentile £491 £394 £334
25th Percentile - £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £595 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +25.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile - £654 £609
90th Percentile £675 £750 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £633 £586
% change year-on-year -22.92% +7.94% +30.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £51.63 £42.04
25th Percentile - £54.52 £43.50
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
Median % change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%
75th Percentile - £59.18 £50.77
90th Percentile - £60.25 £53.74
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking is in the Communications and Computer Networking 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 communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,328 3,498 4,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.25% 14.91% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 2,201 2,615
10th Percentile £201 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 321 234
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.01
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking 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
North of England +33 5 £600 +4.35% 1
North West +19 5 £600 +4.35%
South West +12 5 £569 -7.52% 2
South East +26 4 - - 3
Midlands +31 1 - - 1
West Midlands +18 1 - - 1
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) BGP
3 1 (7.69%) Junos
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (7.69%) OSPF
3 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.69%) Skype
3 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.69%) VSAN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MySQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Configuration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Architect
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
1 1 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Automation
3 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
3 3 (23.08%) Task Automation
3 3 (23.08%) Test Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.69%) Network Design
5 1 (7.69%) OO
5 1 (7.69%) OOP
5 1 (7.69%) Product Management
5 1 (7.69%) Product Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Release Management
5 1 (7.69%) Scrum
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) CCNA
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (23.08%) CCIE
4 3 (23.08%) CCNP
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) VCAP
5 2 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) HP ASE
6 1 (7.69%) JNCIE
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (30.77%) VMware NSX
3 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (15.38%) vSphere
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) vRealize
2 2 (15.38%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (7.69%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (7.69%) PowerCLI
3 1 (7.69%) Puppet
3 1 (7.69%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Juniper
3 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk