Network Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in London

Network Virtualization
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 331 355
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 +126
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 25 38 50
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 34
10th Percentile £473 £464 £394
25th Percentile £500 £550 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £625 £540
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +15.74% -1.82%
75th Percentile £609 £688 £647
90th Percentile £678 £704 £731
England median daily rate £500 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -16.67% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.00 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Network Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Virtualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Network Virtualisation job vacancy trend in London

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Virtualisation

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Virtualisation in London

Network Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Virtualisation

Network Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Central London -4 2 £505 -19.20% 1
South London - 1 £625 - 1
West London - 1 £500 -
Network Virtualisation
England

Network Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 7 (28.00%) PaaS
4 6 (24.00%) SaaS
5 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
6 4 (16.00%) AWS
6 4 (16.00%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (12.00%) IaaS
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (8.00%) Nutanix
8 2 (8.00%) Serverless
9 1 (4.00%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (4.00%) Azure AKS
9 1 (4.00%) Azure App Service
9 1 (4.00%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) Firewall
2 9 (36.00%) VPN
3 6 (24.00%) BGP
3 6 (24.00%) WAN
4 5 (20.00%) DNS
5 4 (16.00%) Network Security
5 4 (16.00%) VLAN
6 3 (12.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (12.00%) DHCP
6 3 (12.00%) IPsec
6 3 (12.00%) OSPF
6 3 (12.00%) SD-WAN
7 2 (8.00%) Broadband
7 2 (8.00%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (8.00%) Internet
7 2 (8.00%) MPLS
7 2 (8.00%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (8.00%) VSAN
8 1 (4.00%) iSCSI
8 1 (4.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) French Language
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Azure Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Network Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) VMware Architect
5 2 (8.00%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) WAN Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) OpenID
1 3 (12.00%) SAML
2 2 (8.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (4.00%) eBPF
3 1 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (20.00%) PKI
2 5 (20.00%) Public Cloud
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (12.00%) Private Cloud
5 2 (8.00%) IoT
5 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
5 2 (8.00%) Replication
6 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.00%) Life Science
6 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) VMS
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Android
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (32.00%) Migration
2 7 (28.00%) High Availability
3 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Analytics
5 4 (16.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (16.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (12.00%) Containerisation
6 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (12.00%) ISMS
6 3 (12.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (12.00%) Network Design
6 3 (12.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) Bicep
2 3 (12.00%) Python
3 2 (8.00%) Bash
3 2 (8.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.00%) C
4 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
3 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.00%) CCNP
5 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.00%) CCDP
6 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.00%) CCIE
7 1 (4.00%) CCNA
7 1 (4.00%) CISSP
7 1 (4.00%) JNCIE
7 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
7 1 (4.00%) VCAP
7 1 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
1 1 (4.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (20.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (12.00%) Docker
4 3 (12.00%) vSphere
5 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (4.00%) Firmware
6 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (24.00%) Terraform
2 5 (20.00%) Ansible
3 2 (8.00%) SCCM
4 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.00%) Icinga
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.00%) PowerCLI
4 1 (4.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Cisco
3 8 (32.00%) VMware
4 6 (24.00%) Palo Alto
5 3 (12.00%) F5
6 2 (8.00%) Ericsson
6 2 (8.00%) Juniper
6 2 (8.00%) NetApp
6 2 (8.00%) NetScout
6 2 (8.00%) Nokia
6 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.00%) Arista
7 1 (4.00%) Brocade
7 1 (4.00%) Databricks
7 1 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (4.00%) Meraki
7 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
7 1 (4.00%) Wind River
7 1 (4.00%) Zscaler