OpenConfig Contract Job Trends in London

OpenConfig
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring OpenConfig skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 - 431
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenConfig 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.028% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £725
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - - £725

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

OpenConfig falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,596 4,164 5,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.33% 26.60% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,443 2,728 4,021
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £711 £703
90th Percentile £788 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 34
10th Percentile £31.52 £34.08 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.67 £38.38 £40.20
Median hourly rate £52.72 £45.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.16% -26.53% -5.77%
75th Percentile £62.19 £61.97 £74.66
90th Percentile £87.63 £76.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +17.12% -14.62%

OpenConfig
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OpenConfig job vacancy trend in London

OpenConfig
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto