Software-Defined Networking Contracts in England

Software-Defined Networking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 459 519 620
Rank change year-on-year +60 +101 +112
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 26 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.062% 0.065%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 21
10th Percentile £500 £356 £450
25th Percentile £535 £413 £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +19.54%
75th Percentile £753 £600 £675
90th Percentile £775 £705 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £51.63
25th Percentile - - £54.52
Median hourly rate - - £57.33
75th Percentile - - £59.18
90th Percentile - - £60.25
UK median hourly rate - - £57.33
% change year-on-year - - +18.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England.

Hourly rate trend for 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 1 May 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 +46 15 £743 +74.71% 15
North of England +19 5 £535 -10.83% 6
North West +17 5 £535 -10.83% 4
South East +44 4 £600 - 15
South West +42 2 £530 -11.67% 3
East of England - 1 £540 - 1
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) GCP
3 2 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Network Security
2 12 (46.15%) Firewall
3 9 (34.62%) BGP
4 8 (30.77%) OSPF
4 8 (30.77%) VPN
5 5 (19.23%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (19.23%) LAN
5 5 (19.23%) MPLS
5 5 (19.23%) WAN
5 5 (19.23%) Wireless
6 3 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (11.54%) EIGRP
6 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
6 3 (11.54%) VXLAN
6 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (7.69%) DWDM
7 2 (7.69%) Ethernet
7 2 (7.69%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (7.69%) Internet
7 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Architect
2 9 (34.62%) Network Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco Network Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) VMware Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) VMware Architect
6 2 (7.69%) VMware Specialist
7 1 (3.85%) Messaging Specialist
7 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Network Design
2 5 (19.23%) Low Latency
3 4 (15.38%) ITIL
3 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
3 4 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
3 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
4 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (11.54%) High Availability
4 3 (11.54%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (11.54%) Migration
4 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) Runbook
4 3 (11.54%) Service Management
4 3 (11.54%) Use Case
4 3 (11.54%) Validation
5 2 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) CCNP
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (19.23%) CCIE
4 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) VCAP
5 4 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (3.85%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) VMware NSX
2 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Ansible
2 5 (19.23%) vRealize
3 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
3 3 (11.54%) PowerCLI
4 2 (7.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Palo Alto
2 7 (26.92%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Google
3 4 (15.38%) Juniper
4 3 (11.54%) Arista
4 3 (11.54%) Aruba
4 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
4 3 (11.54%) F5
4 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
4 3 (11.54%) IBM
4 3 (11.54%) Solace
4 3 (11.54%) TIBCO
5 2 (7.69%) HP
5 2 (7.69%) Meraki
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.69%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.85%) FireEye
6 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.85%) Symantec