The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
5,504
5,190
10,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
11.30%
13.25%
12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,552
3,235
6,623
10th Percentile
£238
£200
£210
25th Percentile
£350
£321
£330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£430
£435
Median % change year-on-year
+4.65%
-1.15%
+2.35%
75th Percentile
£538
£538
£538
90th Percentile
£638
£638
£613
UK median daily rate
£450
£425
£428
% change year-on-year
+5.88%
-0.58%
+0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted
263
239
465
10th Percentile
£12.25
£13.39
£12.00
25th Percentile
£15.00
£15.75
£14.50
Median hourly rate
£23.21
£20.50
£19.50
Median % change year-on-year
+13.22%
+5.13%
+2.15%
75th Percentile
£50.00
£43.75
£43.75
90th Percentile
£61.60
£51.90
£50.00
UK median hourly rate
£25.00
£24.00
£19.87
% change year-on-year
+4.17%
+20.82%
+6.02%
Software-Defined Networking Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Software-Defined Networking Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England.
Software-Defined Networking Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2021.
Software-Defined Networking Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England.
Software-Defined Networking 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 Software-Defined Networking within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2021. 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
Software-Defined Networking Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 12 June 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Software-Defined Networking also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking.
Software-Defined Networking Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
