Barracuda Networks Contract Job Trends in England

Barracuda Networks
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Barracuda Networks products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Barracuda Networks over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Barracuda Networks.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 503 554
Rank change year-on-year -31 +51 +166
Contract jobs citing Barracuda Networks 5 10 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.035% 0.027%
As % of the Vendors category 0.033% 0.076% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £93 £150 £368
25th Percentile £170 £338 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £475 £528 £875
90th Percentile - £549 £895
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £63.00

All Vendors
England

Barracuda Networks falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,990 13,240 16,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.44% 45.99% 44.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,721 8,058 10,582
10th Percentile £293 £299 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 382 600
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.51 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.69 £30.52 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% -33.48% +74.02%
75th Percentile £47.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.01 £80.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.75 £45.21
% change year-on-year -14.14% -38.62% +75.85%

Barracuda Networks
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Barracuda Networks relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Barracuda Networks job vacancy trend in England

Barracuda Networks
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Barracuda Networks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Networks
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Barracuda Networks in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Barracuda Networks in England

Barracuda Networks
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Barracuda Networks.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Networks
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Barracuda Networks within the England region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
East of England - 4 £475 - 1
Midlands - 1 £225 -
West Midlands - 1 £225 -
Barracuda Networks
UK

Barracuda Networks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (20.00%) Veeam