Software-Defined Networking Contracts in London

Software-Defined Networking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 384 481
Rank change year-on-year +46 +97 +86
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 15 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.039% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.14% 0.41% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 8
10th Percentile £569 £232 £552
25th Percentile £656 £366 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £743 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +74.71% -34.62% -
75th Percentile £775 £494 £713
90th Percentile £783 £621 £765
England median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +19.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in London.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 5 £750 -
East London - 1 £535 -
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Network Security
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
3 5 (33.33%) BGP
3 5 (33.33%) OSPF
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (20.00%) MPLS
5 3 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (13.33%) HSRP
6 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 2 (13.33%) VXLAN
6 2 (13.33%) WAN
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (6.67%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (6.67%) Multicast
7 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (6.67%) VLAN
7 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Advertising
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Network Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Network Architect
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (20.00%) High Availability
3 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Runbook
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Use Case
3 3 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (13.33%) Service-Level Objective
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) CCNP
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) CCIE
4 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
1 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (20.00%) PowerCLI
2 3 (20.00%) vRealize
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Google
4 3 (20.00%) Arista
4 3 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (20.00%) IBM
4 3 (20.00%) Juniper
4 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (20.00%) Solace
4 3 (20.00%) TIBCO
5 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (6.67%) F5
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds