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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 360 407
Rank change year-on-year -58 +47 +166
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 124 142 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 1.10% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 94 91
10th Percentile £310 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -12.04% +13.68%
75th Percentile £530 £615 £638
90th Percentile £575 £711 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - £34.20
25th Percentile £65.75 - £57.37
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.98
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £38.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.41% +29.96%

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 14,956 12,945 16,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.18% 46.05% 44.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,753 7,849 10,411
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 699 372 613
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.06 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -34.78% +70.37%
75th Percentile £47.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.85 £80.54 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.24 £45.94
% change year-on-year -12.53% -40.71% +76.69%

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 1 January 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
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 1 January 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 -2 38 £500 +18.34% 18
West Midlands -23 25 £318 -42.18% 13
Midlands -44 25 £318 -45.32% 16
London -15 23 £500 - 16
South West -5 17 £550 +32.13% 2
North of England -72 16 £335 -29.29% 6
North West -42 15 £338 -28.95% 6
East of England -14 4 £363 -37.23%
Yorkshire -54 1 £238 +5.56%
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 (8.87%) Confluence
1 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (8.87%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.84%) Skype for Business
3 5 (4.03%) IIS
4 4 (3.23%) Apache
4 4 (3.23%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (3.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (8.87%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (33.87%) Azure
2 28 (22.58%) AWS
3 14 (11.29%) Datadog
4 7 (5.65%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.65%) GCP
5 5 (4.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.23%) Nutanix
6 4 (3.23%) SaaS
6 4 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.42%) Akamai
7 3 (2.42%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.61%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.81%) IaaS
9 1 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (35.48%) Firewall
2 31 (25.00%) DNS
3 29 (23.39%) Cisco ISE
4 26 (20.97%) Cisco IOS
5 23 (18.55%) WAN
6 22 (17.74%) Cisco Firepower
6 22 (17.74%) Junos
6 22 (17.74%) LAN
7 21 (16.94%) Network Security
7 21 (16.94%) TCP/IP
8 20 (16.13%) VLAN
8 20 (16.13%) VPN
9 19 (15.32%) BGP
9 19 (15.32%) DHCP
10 16 (12.90%) OSPF
11 12 (9.68%) SD-WAN
11 12 (9.68%) VSAN
11 12 (9.68%) Wireless
12 11 (8.87%) MPLS
12 11 (8.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
2 4 (3.23%) Git
2 4 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.42%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 36 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.77%) Public Sector
3 21 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.84%) Finance
5 5 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Law
8 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.81%) Advertising
9 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.81%) French Language
9 1 (0.81%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (41.94%) Network Engineer
2 22 (17.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (16.94%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (16.94%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (16.94%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 20 (16.13%) Support Engineer
5 19 (15.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 17 (13.71%) Network Support
6 17 (13.71%) Network Support Engineer
7 16 (12.90%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (12.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 16 (12.90%) Analyst
8 13 (10.48%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 11 (8.87%) Server Engineer
10 9 (7.26%) Senior
11 8 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) Architect
12 5 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) Security Engineer
12 5 (4.03%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) REST
2 4 (3.23%) JSON
3 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.81%) LDAP
3 1 (0.81%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) PKI
2 14 (11.29%) Linux Command Line
3 11 (8.87%) Data Centre
4 10 (8.06%) Clustering
5 5 (4.03%) Replication
6 4 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.42%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 49 (39.52%) Windows
2 36 (29.03%) Windows Server
3 26 (20.97%) Linux
4 6 (4.84%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Solaris
7 1 (0.81%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.00%) Service Management
2 24 (19.35%) ITSM
3 23 (18.55%) Agile
4 17 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (12.90%) ITIL
6 15 (12.10%) Network Monitoring
7 12 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (8.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (8.06%) Change Management
9 10 (8.06%) Mentoring
9 10 (8.06%) Network Design
9 10 (8.06%) Project Delivery
10 9 (7.26%) Infrastructure Automation
10 9 (7.26%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (6.45%) Computer Science
11 8 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.45%) Critical Thinking
11 8 (6.45%) System Testing
12 7 (5.65%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.65%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.74%) PowerShell
2 16 (12.90%) Python
3 8 (6.45%) SQL
4 7 (5.65%) Bash
4 7 (5.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (49.19%) Security Cleared
2 28 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (22.58%) DV Cleared
3 26 (20.97%) CCNP
3 26 (20.97%) SC Cleared
4 15 (12.10%) CCNA
5 13 (10.48%) Degree
6 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (6.45%) MCSE
8 6 (4.84%) CCIE
8 6 (4.84%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (4.03%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.23%) CISSP
11 3 (2.42%) CCDP
11 3 (2.42%) CCSP
11 3 (2.42%) MCSA
11 3 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.42%) OCA
11 3 (2.42%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.03%) GDPR
3 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.23%) NIST
4 1 (0.81%) QA
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (35.48%) Active Directory
2 39 (31.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (26.61%) VMware NSX
4 15 (12.10%) vSphere
5 12 (9.68%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.65%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (4.03%) Firmware
7 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.81%) KVM
8 1 (0.81%) RHEV
8 1 (0.81%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.81%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (23.39%) vCenter Server
2 23 (18.55%) Ansible
3 18 (14.52%) Terraform
4 13 (10.48%) Nagios
4 13 (10.48%) vRealize
5 12 (9.68%) VxRail
6 9 (7.26%) SCCM
6 9 (7.26%) WSUS
7 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (4.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (4.03%) FortiGate
9 4 (3.23%) Pingdom
10 3 (2.42%) Iperf
10 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (2.42%) Nmap
10 3 (2.42%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.61%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (1.61%) PowerCLI
11 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 94 (75.81%) Cisco
2 43 (34.68%) VMware
3 34 (27.42%) Juniper
4 23 (18.55%) Fortinet
4 23 (18.55%) Veeam
5 22 (17.74%) Palo Alto
6 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
7 17 (13.71%) Dell
8 16 (12.90%) F5
9 15 (12.10%) Commvault
10 14 (11.29%) AppDynamics
10 14 (11.29%) IBM
11 13 (10.48%) CheckPoint
12 12 (9.68%) HP
13 10 (8.06%) Meraki
14 6 (4.84%) ServiceNow
14 6 (4.84%) Splunk
15 5 (4.03%) Broadcom
15 5 (4.03%) LogicMonitor
16 4 (3.23%) Moogsoft