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 11 April 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
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 334 419
Rank change year-on-year -112 +85 +101
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 137 153 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.63% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 1.33% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 108 106
10th Percentile £293 £321 £329
25th Percentile £334 £422 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +1.92% +11.37%
75th Percentile £525 £619 £625
90th Percentile £579 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +12.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - £33.98
25th Percentile £43.11 - £38.06
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £47.75
75th Percentile £62.29 - £59.06
90th Percentile £68.11 - £64.13
UK median hourly rate £48.72 - £47.75
% change year-on-year - - -23.74%

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 16,843 11,528 15,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.05% 47.36% 42.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,997 7,492 10,097
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 428 967
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.99 £12.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.47 £14.26
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -41.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.80 £80.64 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £27.99 £22.50
% change year-on-year +0.04% +24.40% -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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -31 49 £500 -9.09% 10
Midlands -69 26 £311 -47.47% 8
West Midlands -56 25 £310 -43.74% 7
London -100 23 £500 - 10
North of England -77 17 £355 -25.07% 3
South West -26 16 £371 -10.18% 6
North West -39 14 £348 -22.78%
East of England -26 6 £363 -34.09% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £519 - 2
East Midlands -51 1 £475 -26.98% 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 10 (7.30%) Confluence
2 6 (4.38%) IIS
3 5 (3.65%) Apache
4 4 (2.92%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (10.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (35.04%) Azure
2 37 (27.01%) AWS
3 15 (10.95%) Datadog
4 11 (8.03%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.57%) GCP
6 6 (4.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.65%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.65%) SaaS
7 5 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.92%) PaaS
9 3 (2.19%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (2.19%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.46%) IaaS
11 1 (0.73%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.73%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 65 (47.45%) Firewall
2 51 (37.23%) WAN
3 48 (35.04%) LAN
4 44 (32.12%) DNS
5 38 (27.74%) DHCP
6 37 (27.01%) BGP
6 37 (27.01%) OSPF
7 31 (22.63%) Junos
8 29 (21.17%) Cisco ISE
9 28 (20.44%) VXLAN
10 26 (18.98%) VPN
11 25 (18.25%) BIG-IP
12 24 (17.52%) Ethernet VPN
13 19 (13.87%) Network Security
13 19 (13.87%) VLAN
14 14 (10.22%) SD-WAN
15 13 (9.49%) SNMP
15 13 (9.49%) TCP/IP
15 13 (9.49%) VSAN
15 13 (9.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
1 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Git
1 4 (2.92%) JIRA
2 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.46%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.73%) Subversion
General
1 31 (22.63%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.22%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.84%) Finance
5 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.92%) Law
6 4 (2.92%) Military
7 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Legal
8 2 (1.46%) Aviation
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.73%) French Language
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (31.39%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.68%) Analyst
3 14 (10.22%) Senior
4 13 (9.49%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (8.76%) Firewall Specialist
5 12 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (8.76%) Network Specialist
6 11 (8.03%) Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Consultant
8 8 (5.84%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Management Consultant
9 7 (5.11%) Network Architect
10 6 (4.38%) Network Support
10 6 (4.38%) Server Engineer
10 6 (4.38%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (17.52%) 802.1X
2 16 (11.68%) REST
3 4 (2.92%) JSON
4 3 (2.19%) LDAP
4 3 (2.19%) SAML
5 2 (1.46%) Middleware
6 1 (0.73%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.28%) Data Centre
2 34 (24.82%) Clustering
3 26 (18.98%) PKI
4 14 (10.22%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (5.11%) Replication
6 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.92%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.19%) CMDB
9 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.46%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.73%) EMC VNX
10 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 61 (44.53%) Windows
2 34 (24.82%) Linux
3 20 (14.60%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.03%) AIX
5 3 (2.19%) Unix
5 3 (2.19%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.73%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.73%) Solaris
7 1 (0.73%) VMS
7 1 (0.73%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.55%) High Availability
2 33 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.90%) ITIL
4 29 (21.17%) Load Balancing
5 27 (19.71%) Observability
6 24 (17.52%) Agile
7 22 (16.06%) Identity Access Management
8 20 (14.60%) ITSM
9 17 (12.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (12.41%) Service Management
10 16 (11.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (10.95%) Change Management
12 14 (10.22%) Network Monitoring
12 14 (10.22%) Project Delivery
13 13 (9.49%) Capacity Planning
13 13 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (8.03%) Dashboard Development
14 11 (8.03%) Network Design
15 10 (7.30%) Network Virtualisation
16 9 (6.57%) Availability Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.63%) PowerShell
2 25 (18.25%) Python
3 17 (12.41%) SQL
4 11 (8.03%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (5.11%) Bash
6 4 (2.92%) Perl
7 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 74 (54.01%) Security Cleared
2 39 (28.47%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (24.09%) SC Cleared
4 26 (18.98%) DV Cleared
5 19 (13.87%) CCNP
6 11 (8.03%) CCNA
6 11 (8.03%) JNCIS
7 9 (6.57%) JNCIP
8 8 (5.84%) JNCIA
9 7 (5.11%) Degree
10 6 (4.38%) CCIE
11 5 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.92%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.92%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (2.19%) CCIE Security
13 3 (2.19%) CCSP
13 3 (2.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) GDPR
1 6 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.92%) NIST
2 4 (2.92%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.19%) NCSC
3 3 (2.19%) QA
4 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.73%) GRC
5 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.73%) JSP 440
System Software
1 31 (22.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (19.71%) Active Directory
3 18 (13.14%) VMware NSX
3 18 (13.14%) vSphere
4 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.38%) Firmware
6 2 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.73%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.73%) KVM
7 1 (0.73%) NFS
7 1 (0.73%) RHEV
7 1 (0.73%) SRDF
7 1 (0.73%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (19.71%) Nagios
2 24 (17.52%) Ansible
2 24 (17.52%) FortiGate
3 20 (14.60%) Terraform
4 13 (9.49%) vRealize
5 12 (8.76%) VxRail
6 11 (8.03%) Netcool
6 11 (8.03%) ZABBIX
7 10 (7.30%) OpenView
7 10 (7.30%) Tivoli
7 10 (7.30%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 10 (7.30%) vCenter Server
8 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (4.38%) SCCM
9 5 (3.65%) Cisco Prime
10 4 (2.92%) Pingdom
10 4 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (2.19%) WSUS
12 2 (1.46%) Nmap
Vendors
1 89 (64.96%) Cisco
2 45 (32.85%) Juniper
3 36 (26.28%) Splunk
4 34 (24.82%) F5
5 33 (24.09%) VMware
6 24 (17.52%) IBM
7 23 (16.79%) HP
8 22 (16.06%) Palo Alto
9 21 (15.33%) Extreme Networks
10 16 (11.68%) AppDynamics
10 16 (11.68%) Commvault
11 15 (10.95%) Fortinet
11 15 (10.95%) Microsoft
12 14 (10.22%) Dell
13 13 (9.49%) BMC
14 12 (8.76%) Meraki
15 9 (6.57%) CheckPoint
16 8 (5.84%) ServiceNow
16 8 (5.84%) Veeam
17 7 (5.11%) Aruba