Software-Defined Networking
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 133 | 156 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +23 | +40 |
| Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | - | 0.036% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 0.20% | 0.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £600 | £525 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -19.23% | +19.54% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands
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 the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 215 | 489 | 510 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 11.20% | 17.74% | 14.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 125 | 292 | 336 |
| 10th Percentile | £161 | £200 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £238 | £313 | £318 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -5.56% | +12.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £575 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £490 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.04% | -6.67% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 36 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | £12.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £13.13 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.81 | £14.27 | £20.71 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.22% | -31.08% | +18.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.13 | £24.35 | £28.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.61 | £28.75 | £40.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £28.41 | £40.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.98% | +116.22% | -22.63% |
Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the Midlands.