SNMP Contract Job Trends in England

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SNMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 467 489
Rank change year-on-year -32 +22 +170
Contract jobs citing SNMP 45 44 76
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.33% 1.19% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 46
10th Percentile £300 £365 £369
25th Percentile £401 £401 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -24.51% +6.75%
75th Percentile £628 £438 £600
90th Percentile £694 £500 £613
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £545
% change year-on-year +11.76% -21.98% +5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 16
10th Percentile - £47.40 £24.75
25th Percentile £44.86 £59.50 £46.44
Median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +2.04% +20.64%
75th Percentile £52.58 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -22.05% +4.17% +13.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SNMP 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,388 3,707 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.89% 12.75% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,185 2,175 3,295
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 115 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £17.73
25th Percentile £20.42 £21.46 £22.94
Median hourly rate £34.50 £41.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% -27.36% +26.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% -31.82% +31.50%

SNMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SNMP job vacancy trend in England

SNMP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SNMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SNMP

SNMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SNMP in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SNMP in England

SNMP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SNMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SNMP

SNMP
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 SNMP within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London -9 18 £475 +35.71% 7
North of England -43 13 £575 +41.10% 5
South East -4 12 £300 - 6
Yorkshire -44 7 £688 +68.71%
North West -21 6 £403 - 5
West Midlands -34 3 £300 -40.00% 3
Midlands -43 3 £300 -40.00% 3
South West - 2 £300 - 1
SNMP
UK

SNMP
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 6 (13.33%) OpenStack
1 6 (13.33%) TPMS
2 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) AWS
2 6 (13.33%) Akamai
2 6 (13.33%) OpenShift
3 3 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (4.44%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) Azure
5 1 (2.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) BGP
2 14 (31.11%) Firewall
2 14 (31.11%) WAN
3 13 (28.89%) OSPF
3 13 (28.89%) SSH
3 13 (28.89%) TACACS
4 10 (22.22%) MPLS
5 9 (20.00%) SSL
5 9 (20.00%) Wireshark
6 8 (17.78%) LAN
7 7 (15.56%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (13.33%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (13.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 6 (13.33%) SD-WAN
8 6 (13.33%) TCP/IP
8 6 (13.33%) VPN
8 6 (13.33%) Wireless
9 4 (8.89%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (8.89%) Spanning Tree
10 3 (6.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
4 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.44%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.22%) Military
7 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Cryptography Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Designer
3 6 (13.33%) IP Designer
4 4 (8.89%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) OSS Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Juniper Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Operations Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) OSS Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) OSS Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Support Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IP Specialist
6 2 (4.44%) Network Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) NETCONF
1 2 (4.44%) OpenConfig
1 2 (4.44%) RESTCONF
1 2 (4.44%) YANG
2 1 (2.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) Data Centre
2 9 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.44%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Windows
2 10 (22.22%) Linux
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) Incident Response
1 9 (20.00%) Validation
2 8 (17.78%) Cryptography
2 8 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (15.56%) High Availability
4 6 (13.33%) Data Security
4 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (13.33%) Network Segmentation
4 6 (13.33%) Network Virtualisation
4 6 (13.33%) Observability
4 6 (13.33%) OWASP
4 6 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
6 4 (8.89%) Capacity Management
6 4 (8.89%) Containerisation
6 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.89%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 19 (42.22%) Python
2 7 (15.56%) Bash
3 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.89%) SQL
4 3 (6.67%) Java
4 3 (6.67%) Perl
5 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 11 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 9 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (17.78%) CCIE
4 8 (17.78%) JNCIE
5 6 (13.33%) FFIEC
6 3 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.44%) CEH
7 2 (4.44%) CISSP
8 1 (2.22%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 7 (15.56%) NIST
3 6 (13.33%) GDPR
3 6 (13.33%) GLBA
4 2 (4.44%) FIPS 140-2
5 1 (2.22%) GRC
5 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.22%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (15.56%) Docker
3 6 (13.33%) VMware NSX
4 2 (4.44%) Firmware
5 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) Ansible
2 7 (15.56%) FortiGate
2 7 (15.56%) Terraform
3 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.22%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.22%) Cacti
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.22%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (2.22%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.22%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (2.22%) SCOM
4 1 (2.22%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (2.22%) WSUS
4 1 (2.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) Cisco
2 18 (40.00%) Juniper
3 15 (33.33%) F5
3 15 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 11 (24.44%) VMware
5 8 (17.78%) Splunk
6 7 (15.56%) Thales
7 6 (13.33%) SolarWinds
8 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.89%) Meraki
10 3 (6.67%) AppDynamics
10 3 (6.67%) Dynatrace
11 2 (4.44%) Ciena
11 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
12 1 (2.22%) Acronis
12 1 (2.22%) McAfee
12 1 (2.22%) Nokia
12 1 (2.22%) Qualys
12 1 (2.22%) Symantec
12 1 (2.22%) Tenable