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 21 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
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 390 415
Rank change year-on-year -116 +25 +28
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 131 132 120
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.48% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 1.01% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 94 69
10th Percentile £356 £362 £286
25th Percentile £430 £408 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -3.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £613
90th Percentile £676 £650 £648
UK median daily rate £529 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -3.30% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £44.86 £58.15 -
25th Percentile £46.56 £61.00 -
Median hourly rate £58.25 £66.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +179.41% -63.93%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year -12.41% +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 19,127 13,087 14,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.48% 47.45% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,858 8,300 8,864
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £620 £619 £630
90th Percentile £711 £713 £732
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,143 617 586
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.75 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.90 £17.79 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -28.14% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £26.13 £25.15 £30.41
% change year-on-year +3.90% -17.30% -30.63%

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 21 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SolarWinds in England over the 6 months to 21 September 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 21 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 -47 46 £538 +13.16% 15
Midlands -36 23 £575 +16.46% 3
West Midlands -39 20 £575 +16.46% 3
London -101 20 £450 -5.26% 31
South West -36 18 £613 +11.36% 11
North of England -86 13 £400 -15.79% 12
East of England -22 7 - - 21
North West -56 6 £400 -13.51% 8
Yorkshire -53 4 £519 +8.58% 3
North East -38 3 £225 -55.00% 1
East Midlands - 3 £475 -
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 (2.29%) Confluence
2 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.72%) Azure
2 16 (12.21%) AWS
3 6 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
3 6 (4.58%) Datadog
3 6 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.05%) GitHub
5 3 (2.29%) GCP
5 3 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (2.29%) OpenShift
5 3 (2.29%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.29%) SaaS
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Storage
6 2 (1.53%) IaaS
6 2 (1.53%) PaaS
6 2 (1.53%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 48 (36.64%) DNS
2 45 (34.35%) Firewall
3 43 (32.82%) WAN
4 41 (31.30%) LAN
5 31 (23.66%) Network Security
6 28 (21.37%) BGP
7 27 (20.61%) DHCP
8 24 (18.32%) OSPF
8 24 (18.32%) VPN
9 23 (17.56%) SNMP
10 17 (12.98%) SD-WAN
10 17 (12.98%) VLAN
11 16 (12.21%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (11.45%) TCP/IP
13 14 (10.69%) IPsec
13 14 (10.69%) SSL
13 14 (10.69%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (9.92%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (9.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (9.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.76%) Metadata
3 1 (0.76%) MySQL
3 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) JIRA
2 2 (1.53%) Git
2 2 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 27 (20.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.34%) Legal
3 7 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.53%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.53%) Finance
7 2 (1.53%) Law
8 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (25.95%) Network Engineer
2 14 (10.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 13 (9.92%) Senior
4 11 (8.40%) Consultant
4 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (8.40%) Support Engineer
5 10 (7.63%) Architect
6 8 (6.11%) Management Consultant
6 8 (6.11%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Administrator
7 7 (5.34%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Analyst
8 6 (4.58%) Network Architect
9 5 (3.82%) Data Centre Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Lead
9 5 (3.82%) Principal Engineer
10 4 (3.05%) Firewall Specialist
10 4 (3.05%) Lead Architect
10 4 (3.05%) Network Manager
10 4 (3.05%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.69%) REST
2 13 (9.92%) 802.1X
3 11 (8.40%) Terraform
4 3 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (2.29%) SAML
5 2 (1.53%) LDAP
5 2 (1.53%) YAML
6 1 (0.76%) JSON
6 1 (0.76%) Loki
6 1 (0.76%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.76%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.76%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.79%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.40%) PKI
3 9 (6.87%) CMDB
4 7 (5.34%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.82%) Clustering
6 5 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.05%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (3.05%) Private Cloud
7 4 (3.05%) Replication
7 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.29%) CSOC
8 3 (2.29%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (2.29%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.29%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 70 (53.44%) Windows
2 41 (31.30%) Linux
3 17 (12.98%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (7.63%) AIX
6 6 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.53%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (1.53%) Unix
8 1 (0.76%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.11%) ITIL
2 28 (21.37%) Network Monitoring
3 26 (19.85%) ITSM
4 24 (18.32%) Network Virtualisation
5 23 (17.56%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (16.03%) High Availability
7 20 (15.27%) Project Delivery
8 19 (14.50%) Agile
8 19 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (13.74%) Service Delivery
10 16 (12.21%) Observability
10 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (12.21%) Service Management
10 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (10.69%) Capacity Management
12 14 (10.69%) Load Balancing
13 13 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (9.92%) Network Management
13 13 (9.92%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.90%) PowerShell
2 29 (22.14%) Python
3 20 (15.27%) SQL
4 12 (9.16%) Bash
5 10 (7.63%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (3.05%) Perl
7 1 (0.76%) Java
7 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (58.02%) Security Cleared
2 45 (34.35%) DV Cleared
3 23 (17.56%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (17.56%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.92%) CCNA
5 12 (9.16%) CCNP
6 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (6.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (5.34%) MCSE
8 6 (4.58%) Degree
9 5 (3.82%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.82%) CCIE
10 4 (3.05%) MCSA
11 3 (2.29%) CCA
11 3 (2.29%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (2.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.29%) PMP
12 2 (1.53%) NCDA
12 2 (1.53%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) NIST
2 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.05%) NCSC
4 2 (1.53%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) PMO
5 1 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (31.30%) Active Directory
2 39 (29.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (12.98%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (11.45%) VMware NSX
4 15 (11.45%) vSphere
5 8 (6.11%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.29%) NFS
8 2 (1.53%) Docker
8 2 (1.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.53%) Firmware
8 2 (1.53%) SRDF
9 1 (0.76%) Samba
9 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (16.79%) Nagios
2 21 (16.03%) SCOM
3 18 (13.74%) vCenter Server
4 12 (9.16%) ZABBIX
5 11 (8.40%) Ansible
6 10 (7.63%) FortiGate
7 9 (6.87%) Netcool
7 9 (6.87%) Tivoli
8 8 (6.11%) WMI
9 7 (5.34%) Grafana
9 7 (5.34%) OpenView
9 7 (5.34%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 6 (4.58%) SCCM
11 5 (3.82%) Kubernetes
11 5 (3.82%) SolarWinds Orion
12 4 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (3.05%) NetBackup
13 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (2.29%) Prometheus
13 3 (2.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 70 (53.44%) Cisco
2 50 (38.17%) VMware
3 38 (29.01%) Splunk
4 33 (25.19%) Palo Alto
5 29 (22.14%) ServiceNow
6 28 (21.37%) Microsoft
7 26 (19.85%) F5
8 17 (12.98%) Fortinet
9 14 (10.69%) Juniper
10 12 (9.16%) BMC
11 11 (8.40%) Broadcom
12 10 (7.63%) Veeam
13 9 (6.87%) Meraki
14 8 (6.11%) Aruba
14 8 (6.11%) CheckPoint
14 8 (6.11%) IBM
15 7 (5.34%) Dynatrace
15 7 (5.34%) HP
15 7 (5.34%) NetApp
16 6 (4.58%) Commvault