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 14 March 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
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 315 429
Rank change year-on-year -126 +114 +97
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 136 171 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.69% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 1.47% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 114 106
10th Percentile £304 £383 £333
25th Percentile £356 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +10.42%
75th Percentile £530 £644 £600
90th Percentile £596 £707 £674
UK median daily rate £498 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.93% -2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £44.28 - £42.15
25th Percentile £48.68 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £57.02 - £65.98
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - £66.89
UK median hourly rate £57.02 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +6.42%

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 16,314 11,670 16,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.31% 47.23% 42.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,611 7,430 10,399
10th Percentile £306 £289 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -4.63%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £515
% change year-on-year -3.38% +0.49% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 393 940
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.44 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +21.80% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -30.13%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -27 48 £500 -4.76% 17
West Midlands -64 25 £310 -43.74% 1
Midlands -73 25 £310 -47.01% 2
London -76 25 £520 +4.00% 5
South West -27 16 £550 +33.33% 7
North of England -87 16 £348 -26.84% 3
North West -53 14 £348 -26.84%
East of England -24 6 £363 -34.09%
Yorkshire - 3 - - 2
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 11 (8.09%) Confluence
2 6 (4.41%) IIS
3 5 (3.68%) Apache
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.94%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (10.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 45 (33.09%) Azure
2 36 (26.47%) AWS
3 14 (10.29%) Datadog
4 10 (7.35%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.62%) GCP
6 6 (4.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.68%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.68%) SaaS
7 5 (3.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.94%) PaaS
9 3 (2.21%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (2.21%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.47%) IaaS
11 1 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 60 (44.12%) Firewall
2 47 (34.56%) WAN
3 43 (31.62%) DNS
3 43 (31.62%) LAN
4 37 (27.21%) DHCP
5 35 (25.74%) BGP
5 35 (25.74%) OSPF
6 33 (24.26%) Junos
7 31 (22.79%) Cisco ISE
8 26 (19.12%) VXLAN
9 25 (18.38%) VPN
10 23 (16.91%) BIG-IP
11 22 (16.18%) Ethernet VPN
12 18 (13.24%) Network Security
12 18 (13.24%) VLAN
13 14 (10.29%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (9.56%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (9.56%) TCP/IP
15 12 (8.82%) SD-WAN
15 12 (8.82%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Git
1 5 (3.68%) JIRA
2 4 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.21%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.74%) Subversion
General
1 32 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.88%) Finance
5 5 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.94%) Military
7 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.21%) Law
7 3 (2.21%) Legal
8 2 (1.47%) Aviation
8 2 (1.47%) Retail
8 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.74%) Advertising
9 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.74%) French Language
Job Titles
1 46 (33.82%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.76%) Analyst
3 14 (10.29%) Senior
4 13 (9.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (8.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 11 (8.09%) Network Specialist
7 10 (7.35%) Architect
7 10 (7.35%) Firewall Specialist
7 10 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Network Support
7 10 (7.35%) Support Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) Network Support Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (5.15%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.18%) 802.1X
2 11 (8.09%) REST
3 4 (2.94%) JSON
4 3 (2.21%) LDAP
4 3 (2.21%) SAML
5 2 (1.47%) Middleware
6 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.26%) Data Centre
2 32 (23.53%) Clustering
3 28 (20.59%) PKI
4 14 (10.29%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (4.41%) Replication
6 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.94%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.21%) CMDB
8 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.47%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (44.85%) Windows
2 29 (21.32%) Linux
3 25 (18.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.68%) AIX
5 4 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.21%) Unix
6 3 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.74%) Solaris
8 1 (0.74%) VMS
8 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (24.26%) High Availability
2 32 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (21.32%) ITIL
4 27 (19.85%) Load Balancing
5 26 (19.12%) Service Management
6 24 (17.65%) Agile
6 24 (17.65%) ITSM
7 23 (16.91%) Observability
8 20 (14.71%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (11.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (10.29%) Change Management
10 14 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (10.29%) Network Monitoring
11 12 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (8.82%) Project Delivery
12 11 (8.09%) Capacity Planning
13 10 (7.35%) Network Design
13 10 (7.35%) Roadmaps
14 9 (6.62%) Availability Management
14 9 (6.62%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 20 (14.71%) Python
3 13 (9.56%) SQL
4 6 (4.41%) Bash
5 5 (3.68%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (2.94%) Perl
7 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 72 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 37 (27.21%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (22.79%) SC Cleared
4 29 (21.32%) DV Cleared
5 20 (14.71%) CCNP
6 11 (8.09%) CCNA
6 11 (8.09%) JNCIS
7 10 (7.35%) Degree
8 9 (6.62%) JNCIP
9 8 (5.88%) JNCIA
10 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (4.41%) CCIE
12 5 (3.68%) MCSE
12 5 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
14 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
14 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (2.21%) CCIE Security
14 3 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.41%) GDPR
1 6 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.94%) NIST
2 4 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.21%) NCSC
3 3 (2.21%) QA
4 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) GRC
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 33 (24.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 24 (17.65%) VMware NSX
4 16 (11.76%) vSphere
5 12 (8.82%) Hyper-V
6 6 (4.41%) Firmware
7 3 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.74%) KVM
9 1 (0.74%) RHEV
9 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.74%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (18.38%) Ansible
2 21 (15.44%) FortiGate
2 21 (15.44%) Nagios
2 21 (15.44%) Terraform
3 15 (11.03%) vCenter Server
4 13 (9.56%) vRealize
5 12 (8.82%) VxRail
6 8 (5.88%) SCCM
7 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (4.41%) WSUS
8 5 (3.68%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (3.68%) Netcool
8 5 (3.68%) ZABBIX
9 4 (2.94%) OpenView
9 4 (2.94%) Pingdom
9 4 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (2.94%) Tivoli
9 4 (2.94%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (2.21%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 91 (66.91%) Cisco
2 46 (33.82%) Juniper
3 37 (27.21%) VMware
4 32 (23.53%) F5
5 29 (21.32%) Splunk
6 23 (16.91%) Palo Alto
7 19 (13.97%) Extreme Networks
8 18 (13.24%) IBM
9 17 (12.50%) HP
9 17 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 16 (11.76%) AppDynamics
11 15 (11.03%) Commvault
11 15 (11.03%) Fortinet
12 13 (9.56%) Dell
13 12 (8.82%) Veeam
14 11 (8.09%) Meraki
15 8 (5.88%) CheckPoint
15 8 (5.88%) ServiceNow
16 7 (5.15%) Aruba
16 7 (5.15%) BMC