SolarWinds Contract Job Trends in England

SolarWinds
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SolarWinds over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, 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 SolarWinds.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 326 408
Rank change year-on-year -137 +82 +80
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 131 146 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.61% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.77% 1.29% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 103 97
10th Percentile £296 £315 £393
25th Percentile £356 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £601 £588
90th Percentile £600 £698 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - -
25th Percentile £43.11 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £48.72 £57.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% +141.60% -61.99%
75th Percentile £62.29 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £68.11 - -
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £57.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year -15.27% +141.60% -61.99%

All Vendors
England

SolarWinds 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 17,099 11,350 15,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.63% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,027 7,270 9,806
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £521 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 474 1,017
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.50 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%
75th Percentile £59.88 £55.43 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.35 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year +28.46% +12.44% -47.06%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SolarWinds job vacancy trend in England

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SolarWinds

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SolarWinds

SolarWinds
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SolarWinds in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
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 SolarWinds within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. 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
South East -29 50 £500 -9.09% 2
London -96 20 £500 - 1
South West -18 19 £426 -19.81% 3
North of England -83 19 £355 -25.07% 7
Midlands -68 18 £413 -27.73% 2
West Midlands -61 17 £359 -34.94% 1
North West -41 15 £350 -17.65% 3
Yorkshire -60 5 £519 +8.92% 1
East of England -29 4 £363 -9.38%
East Midlands -32 1 £475 -26.95% 1
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
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 4 (3.05%) BizTalk Server
1 4 (3.05%) IIS
2 3 (2.29%) Apache
3 2 (1.53%) Confluence
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (7.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.43%) Azure
2 21 (16.03%) AWS
3 9 (6.87%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.58%) SaaS
5 5 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.82%) Datadog
5 5 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.29%) GCP
7 3 (2.29%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.29%) PaaS
7 3 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.53%) GitHub
8 2 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.53%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (51.15%) Firewall
2 60 (45.80%) WAN
3 58 (44.27%) LAN
4 49 (37.40%) DNS
5 39 (29.77%) DHCP
6 34 (25.95%) BGP
6 34 (25.95%) OSPF
7 30 (22.90%) VPN
8 29 (22.14%) BIG-IP
9 27 (20.61%) Ethernet VPN
9 27 (20.61%) VXLAN
10 25 (19.08%) Junos
11 24 (18.32%) Network Security
11 24 (18.32%) SNMP
12 21 (16.03%) Cisco ISE
13 18 (13.74%) VLAN
14 13 (9.92%) SD-WAN
14 13 (9.92%) TCP/IP
15 10 (7.63%) IPsec
15 10 (7.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
1 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.53%) JIRA
1 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.76%) Git
General
1 28 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (3.05%) Law
4 4 (3.05%) Military
5 3 (2.29%) Finance
5 3 (2.29%) Legal
5 3 (2.29%) Retail
6 2 (1.53%) Aviation
6 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (29.77%) Network Engineer
2 16 (12.21%) Senior
3 14 (10.69%) Consultant
3 14 (10.69%) Firewall Specialist
3 14 (10.69%) Network Specialist
4 12 (9.16%) Management Consultant
5 11 (8.40%) Architect
5 11 (8.40%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) DBA
7 6 (4.58%) Network Architect
7 6 (4.58%) Server Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) SQL DBA
8 5 (3.82%) Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Administrator
9 4 (3.05%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.05%) Network Manager
9 4 (3.05%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (22.14%) 802.1X
2 22 (16.79%) REST
3 5 (3.82%) LDAP
3 5 (3.82%) SAML
4 4 (3.05%) JSON
5 2 (1.53%) Middleware
6 1 (0.76%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (31.30%) Data Centre
2 36 (27.48%) Clustering
3 28 (21.37%) PKI
4 8 (6.11%) Replication
5 4 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.29%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.29%) CMDB
6 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.53%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (1.53%) EMC VNX
7 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.53%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (51.15%) Windows
2 33 (25.19%) Linux
3 17 (12.98%) AIX
4 12 (9.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.53%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (1.53%) Unix
6 2 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.76%) VMS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.48%) High Availability
2 31 (23.66%) Observability
3 30 (22.90%) ITIL
4 28 (21.37%) Load Balancing
4 28 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (18.32%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (14.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (14.50%) Network Monitoring
7 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (11.45%) ITSM
7 15 (11.45%) Project Delivery
8 14 (10.69%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (9.92%) Migration
10 12 (9.16%) Service Management
11 11 (8.40%) Agile
11 11 (8.40%) Capacity Planning
11 11 (8.40%) Network Design
12 10 (7.63%) Performance Tuning
12 10 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 26 (19.85%) SQL
3 24 (18.32%) Python
4 17 (12.98%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (3.05%) Bash
6 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 75 (57.25%) Security Cleared
2 37 (28.24%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (24.43%) SC Cleared
4 30 (22.90%) DV Cleared
5 15 (11.45%) CCNP
6 11 (8.40%) JNCIS
7 10 (7.63%) CCNA
8 8 (6.11%) JNCIA
9 7 (5.34%) JNCIP
10 5 (3.82%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.29%) CCIE
12 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.53%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.53%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.53%) NCDA
12 2 (1.53%) NCIE
12 2 (1.53%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.53%) PMP
12 2 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.29%) NCSC
1 3 (2.29%) NIST
1 3 (2.29%) QA
2 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) GRC
3 1 (0.76%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (19.85%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (8.40%) Hyper-V
3 11 (8.40%) VMware NSX
3 11 (8.40%) vSphere
4 6 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.53%) Firmware
6 2 (1.53%) NFS
6 2 (1.53%) SRDF
7 1 (0.76%) Docker
7 1 (0.76%) KVM
7 1 (0.76%) RHEV
7 1 (0.76%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (25.19%) Nagios
2 26 (19.85%) FortiGate
3 17 (12.98%) Ansible
3 17 (12.98%) ZABBIX
4 16 (12.21%) Netcool
5 15 (11.45%) Terraform
5 15 (11.45%) Tivoli
6 13 (9.92%) OpenView
6 13 (9.92%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (3.82%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (3.82%) SCCM
8 5 (3.82%) WMI
9 4 (3.05%) Pingdom
9 4 (3.05%) vCenter Server
10 3 (2.29%) Grafana
10 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
10 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (2.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 84 (64.12%) Cisco
2 49 (37.40%) Splunk
3 40 (30.53%) F5
4 39 (29.77%) Juniper
5 26 (19.85%) Palo Alto
6 25 (19.08%) VMware
7 23 (17.56%) Extreme Networks
8 20 (15.27%) Microsoft
9 19 (14.50%) BMC
10 17 (12.98%) Fortinet
10 17 (12.98%) HP
10 17 (12.98%) IBM
11 16 (12.21%) ServiceNow
12 14 (10.69%) CheckPoint
13 10 (7.63%) Meraki
14 9 (6.87%) Veeam
15 7 (5.34%) Commvault
16 6 (4.58%) Aruba
16 6 (4.58%) NetApp
16 6 (4.58%) RedGate