Software-Defined Networking Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Software-Defined Networking
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.76% - 2.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% - 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% -13.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £72.54 - £69.62
75th Percentile - - £69.88
90th Percentile - - £70.34
South West median hourly rate £72.54 - £69.62
% change year-on-year - - +21.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8 28 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 6.06% 30.11% 20.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 3
10th Percentile - £223 £250
25th Percentile - £243 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -32.39% +4.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £488 £472
90th Percentile - £688 £485
South West median daily rate £535 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +0.94% -3.64% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 23
10th Percentile £70.70 - -
25th Percentile £71.01 - £56.49
Median hourly rate £71.77 - £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.33%
75th Percentile £72.28 - £67.80
90th Percentile £72.44 - £70.44
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £44.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +36.36% -22.11% +476.43%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software-Defined Networking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in Dorset

Software-Defined Networking
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Software-Defined Networking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Software-Defined Networking

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) ICMP
1 1 (100.00%) L2TP
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) RIP
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) SSH
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) KVM