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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 376 394
Rank change year-on-year -131 +18 +48
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 122 135 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 1.04% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 97 74
10th Percentile £309 £335 £290
25th Percentile £425 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.83% -4.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £597
90th Percentile £656 £650 £634
UK median daily rate £525 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +10.18% -4.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £58.15 -
25th Percentile £44.86 £61.00 -
Median hourly rate £50.11 £66.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -24.65% +179.41% -63.93%
75th Percentile £55.66 £67.25 -
90th Percentile £57.29 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.11 £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year -24.65% +179.41% -63.93%

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 19,121 12,976 14,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.57% 47.08% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,913 8,232 8,889
10th Percentile £311 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £615 £630
90th Percentile £710 £700 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,107 605 607
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.70 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £25.15 £30.80
% change year-on-year +7.36% -18.33% -28.38%

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 September 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 14 September 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 -41 45 £538 +7.50% 14
Midlands -38 22 £575 +16.46% 3
West Midlands -40 19 £575 +16.46% 3
London -102 19 £450 -5.26% 30
South West -42 18 £525 -4.55% 12
North of England -96 13 £400 -15.79% 8
North West -61 6 £400 - 6
Yorkshire -48 4 £519 +8.58% 1
North East -37 3 £225 -55.00% 1
East Midlands - 3 £475 -
East of England -31 1 - - 20
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 3 (2.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.82%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.23%) Azure
2 15 (12.30%) AWS
3 6 (4.92%) Datadog
3 6 (4.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.46%) GCP
6 3 (2.46%) GitHub
6 3 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.46%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.46%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.46%) SaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.64%) IaaS
7 2 (1.64%) PaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.82%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 46 (37.70%) DNS
2 43 (35.25%) Firewall
3 42 (34.43%) WAN
4 38 (31.15%) LAN
5 27 (22.13%) Network Security
6 26 (21.31%) DHCP
7 24 (19.67%) SNMP
7 24 (19.67%) VPN
8 22 (18.03%) BGP
9 18 (14.75%) OSPF
10 16 (13.11%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (13.11%) SD-WAN
11 15 (12.30%) VLAN
12 14 (11.48%) IPsec
13 13 (10.66%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (9.84%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (9.84%) Wireless
15 11 (9.02%) BIG-IP
15 11 (9.02%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.82%) MySQL
3 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.82%) Git
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.82%) Subversion
General
1 27 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.74%) Legal
3 7 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.28%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.64%) Finance
7 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Law
7 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (22.95%) Network Engineer
2 13 (10.66%) Cloud Engineer
3 12 (9.84%) Consultant
3 12 (9.84%) Senior
4 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Support Engineer
6 9 (7.38%) Architect
6 9 (7.38%) Management Consultant
7 7 (5.74%) Administrator
7 7 (5.74%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Analyst
8 6 (4.92%) Network Architect
9 5 (4.10%) Data Centre Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Principal Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Firewall Specialist
10 4 (3.28%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Lead
10 4 (3.28%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.66%) REST
2 12 (9.84%) 802.1X
3 10 (8.20%) Terraform
4 3 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (2.46%) SAML
5 2 (1.64%) LDAP
5 2 (1.64%) YAML
6 1 (0.82%) JSON
6 1 (0.82%) Loki
6 1 (0.82%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.82%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.02%) PKI
3 7 (5.74%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.74%) CMDB
3 7 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.10%) Clustering
6 4 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.28%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (3.28%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.28%) Replication
7 3 (2.46%) CSOC
7 3 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.46%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.64%) EMC VNX
8 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 66 (54.10%) Windows
2 38 (31.15%) Linux
3 12 (9.84%) AIX
3 12 (9.84%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.64%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (1.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.82%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) ITIL
2 26 (21.31%) Network Monitoring
3 23 (18.85%) Network Virtualisation
4 22 (18.03%) ITSM
4 22 (18.03%) Technical Leadership
5 21 (17.21%) High Availability
6 20 (16.39%) Project Delivery
7 18 (14.75%) Agile
7 18 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.11%) Service Delivery
9 15 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (12.30%) Observability
10 14 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (10.66%) Capacity Management
11 13 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (10.66%) Service Management
12 12 (9.84%) Load Balancing
12 12 (9.84%) Migration
12 12 (9.84%) Problem Management
12 12 (9.84%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.41%) PowerShell
2 30 (24.59%) Python
3 22 (18.03%) SQL
4 12 (9.84%) Bash
4 12 (9.84%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (3.28%) Perl
6 1 (0.82%) Java
6 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (59.84%) Security Cleared
2 42 (34.43%) DV Cleared
3 25 (20.49%) SC Cleared
4 19 (15.57%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (8.20%) CCNA
6 8 (6.56%) CCNP
6 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (5.74%) MCSE
8 6 (4.92%) Degree
9 5 (4.10%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.28%) CCIE
10 4 (3.28%) MCSA
11 3 (2.46%) CCA
11 3 (2.46%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (2.46%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.46%) PMP
12 2 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.64%) NCDA
12 2 (1.64%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.74%) NIST
2 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.28%) NCSC
4 2 (1.64%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.82%) PMO
5 1 (0.82%) QA
5 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (29.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (27.87%) Active Directory
3 16 (13.11%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (12.30%) VMware NSX
5 10 (8.20%) vSphere
6 8 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (4.10%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.46%) NFS
9 2 (1.64%) Docker
9 2 (1.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (1.64%) Firmware
9 2 (1.64%) SRDF
10 1 (0.82%) Samba
10 1 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (16.39%) SCOM
2 19 (15.57%) Nagios
3 17 (13.93%) vCenter Server
4 14 (11.48%) ZABBIX
5 11 (9.02%) Netcool
5 11 (9.02%) Tivoli
6 10 (8.20%) Ansible
6 10 (8.20%) FortiGate
7 9 (7.38%) OpenView
7 9 (7.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 7 (5.74%) WMI
9 6 (4.92%) Grafana
9 6 (4.92%) SCCM
10 5 (4.10%) Kubernetes
11 4 (3.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (3.28%) NetBackup
11 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds Orion
12 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (2.46%) Prometheus
13 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (51.64%) Cisco
2 44 (36.07%) VMware
3 39 (31.97%) Splunk
4 32 (26.23%) Palo Alto
5 27 (22.13%) Microsoft
6 26 (21.31%) F5
7 25 (20.49%) ServiceNow
8 16 (13.11%) Fortinet
9 14 (11.48%) BMC
10 12 (9.84%) Juniper
11 10 (8.20%) Broadcom
11 10 (8.20%) IBM
11 10 (8.20%) Veeam
12 9 (7.38%) HP
12 9 (7.38%) Meraki
13 8 (6.56%) Aruba
13 8 (6.56%) CheckPoint
14 7 (5.74%) NetApp
15 6 (4.92%) Commvault
16 5 (4.10%) Citrix