Software-Defined Networking Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Software-Defined Networking
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.44% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £456 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Knutsford

Software-Defined Networking falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 74 19 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 32.60% 7.09% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 17 10
10th Percentile £361 £305 £463
25th Percentile £417 £358 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -7.09% -12.76%
75th Percentile £613 £492 £722
90th Percentile £653 £546 £788
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -9.09%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software-Defined Networking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DDoS Mitigation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AlgoSec
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto