Software-Defined Networking Contracts in the City of London

Software-Defined Networking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% - 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.96% - 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £475
75th Percentile £781 - £488
90th Percentile £793 - -
Central London median daily rate £750 - £475

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

Software-Defined Networking falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 169 211 362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.62% 9.60% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 141 249
10th Percentile £258 £213 £246
25th Percentile £475 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £675
90th Percentile £744 £775 £759
Central London median daily rate £538 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +19.44% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £14.25 £24.64
90th Percentile - - £30.86
Central London median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the City of London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the City of London

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Adaptive Security
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) SOAR
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) VMware