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 8 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
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 327 409
Rank change year-on-year -126 +82 +108
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 128 146 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.60% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.76% 1.27% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 101 100
10th Percentile £290 £300 £332
25th Percentile £338 £413 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% +2.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £525 £625 £625
90th Percentile £618 £689 £650
UK median daily rate £468 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -6.50% -2.95% +17.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - -
25th Percentile £43.11 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £23.80
75th Percentile £62.29 - -
90th Percentile £68.11 - -
UK median hourly rate £48.72 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,864 11,486 15,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.40% 42.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,959 7,396 9,846
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.80%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £749
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 461 1,000
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.57 £17.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £31.93 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.11 £26.04 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.32% +15.73% -48.50%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -42 47 £500 -9.09% 7
South West -29 20 £426 -18.86% 6
London -93 20 £500 - 6
North of England -67 18 £353 -25.40% 5
Midlands -80 17 £302 -48.18% 5
West Midlands -59 16 £300 -45.55% 5
North West -43 15 £350 -17.65% 2
East of England -27 6 £363 -22.25% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £519 - 2
East Midlands -36 1 £475 -26.95%
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 6 (4.69%) Confluence
1 6 (4.69%) IIS
2 5 (3.91%) Apache
3 4 (3.13%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (26.56%) Azure
2 23 (17.97%) AWS
3 11 (8.59%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.47%) Datadog
5 6 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.13%) GCP
7 4 (3.13%) Nutanix
7 4 (3.13%) SaaS
8 3 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.34%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.34%) PaaS
9 2 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.78%) GitHub
10 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.78%) IaaS
10 1 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (51.56%) Firewall
2 52 (40.63%) WAN
3 50 (39.06%) LAN
4 45 (35.16%) DNS
5 37 (28.91%) DHCP
6 33 (25.78%) BGP
6 33 (25.78%) OSPF
7 29 (22.66%) BIG-IP
8 28 (21.88%) Junos
9 26 (20.31%) Ethernet VPN
9 26 (20.31%) VXLAN
10 25 (19.53%) VPN
11 23 (17.97%) Cisco ISE
12 20 (15.63%) Network Security
13 19 (14.84%) SNMP
14 16 (12.50%) VLAN
15 13 (10.16%) TCP/IP
16 11 (8.59%) SD-WAN
17 10 (7.81%) Cisco Nexus
18 9 (7.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.69%) SQL Server
1 6 (4.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.34%) JIRA
2 2 (1.56%) Git
2 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
General
1 26 (20.31%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.91%) Finance
5 4 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.13%) Law
5 4 (3.13%) Military
6 3 (2.34%) Legal
6 3 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.34%) Retail
7 2 (1.56%) Aviation
7 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (32.03%) Network Engineer
2 14 (10.94%) Firewall Specialist
2 14 (10.94%) Network Specialist
2 14 (10.94%) Senior
3 13 (10.16%) Consultant
4 12 (9.38%) Management Consultant
5 11 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.03%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (6.25%) Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) Architect
9 6 (4.69%) DBA
9 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 6 (4.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (4.69%) Server Engineer
9 6 (4.69%) SQL DBA
10 5 (3.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.91%) Switch Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 4 (3.13%) Administrator
11 4 (3.13%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.31%) 802.1X
2 22 (17.19%) REST
3 5 (3.91%) LDAP
3 5 (3.91%) SAML
4 4 (3.13%) JSON
5 2 (1.56%) Middleware
6 1 (0.78%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (28.13%) Clustering
2 35 (27.34%) Data Centre
3 29 (22.66%) PKI
4 7 (5.47%) Replication
5 6 (4.69%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.13%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.34%) CMDB
9 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.56%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.78%) EMC VNX
10 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (50.78%) Windows
2 30 (23.44%) Linux
3 17 (13.28%) AIX
4 16 (12.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.56%) Unix
5 2 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.78%) VMS
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.13%) High Availability
2 30 (23.44%) Observability
2 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (22.66%) ITIL
4 27 (21.09%) Load Balancing
5 24 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
6 18 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (13.28%) ITSM
8 16 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
9 15 (11.72%) Agile
9 15 (11.72%) Dashboard Development
10 14 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (10.94%) Service Management
11 13 (10.16%) Change Management
11 13 (10.16%) Project Delivery
12 12 (9.38%) Capacity Planning
13 10 (7.81%) Migration
14 9 (7.03%) Availability Management
14 9 (7.03%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.34%) PowerShell
2 24 (18.75%) Python
3 21 (16.41%) SQL
4 17 (13.28%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (3.13%) Bash
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 74 (57.81%) Security Cleared
2 37 (28.91%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (24.22%) SC Cleared
4 29 (22.66%) DV Cleared
5 15 (11.72%) CCNP
6 11 (8.59%) JNCIS
7 10 (7.81%) CCNA
8 8 (6.25%) JNCIA
9 7 (5.47%) JNCIP
10 5 (3.91%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.34%) CCIE
11 3 (2.34%) Degree
11 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.56%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.56%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.56%) PMP
12 2 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.78%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.34%) NCSC
1 3 (2.34%) QA
2 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) GRC
3 1 (0.78%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.78%) NIST
3 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (20.31%) Active Directory
2 21 (16.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (10.16%) Hyper-V
4 11 (8.59%) VMware NSX
4 11 (8.59%) vSphere
5 5 (3.91%) Firmware
6 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.78%) Docker
7 1 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.78%) KVM
7 1 (0.78%) NFS
7 1 (0.78%) RHEV
7 1 (0.78%) SRDF
7 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (25.78%) Nagios
2 26 (20.31%) FortiGate
3 20 (15.63%) Ansible
4 17 (13.28%) ZABBIX
5 16 (12.50%) Netcool
6 15 (11.72%) Terraform
6 15 (11.72%) Tivoli
7 13 (10.16%) OpenView
7 13 (10.16%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Clustering
8 6 (4.69%) SCCM
8 6 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (4.69%) vRealize
9 5 (3.91%) Cisco Prime
9 5 (3.91%) vCenter Server
9 5 (3.91%) VxRail
10 4 (3.13%) Pingdom
11 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (2.34%) WSUS
12 2 (1.56%) Nmap
Vendors
1 78 (60.94%) Cisco
2 44 (34.38%) Splunk
3 41 (32.03%) Juniper
4 34 (26.56%) F5
5 23 (17.97%) Extreme Networks
5 23 (17.97%) VMware
6 20 (15.63%) HP
6 20 (15.63%) IBM
6 20 (15.63%) Palo Alto
7 19 (14.84%) BMC
8 16 (12.50%) Microsoft
9 11 (8.59%) CheckPoint
10 10 (7.81%) Fortinet
11 9 (7.03%) Commvault
11 9 (7.03%) ServiceNow
12 8 (6.25%) AppDynamics
12 8 (6.25%) Meraki
12 8 (6.25%) Veeam
13 7 (5.47%) Dell
14 6 (4.69%) Aruba