Software-Defined Networking Contract Job Trends in the North East

Software-Defined Networking
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.93% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £550 £563 £650
% change year-on-year -2.22% -13.46% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 - £69.62
% change year-on-year - - +20.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 27 41 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 8.41% 14.75% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 22
10th Percentile £148 £140 £163
25th Percentile £170 £275 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £501 -
90th Percentile £598 £610 £425
England median daily rate £486 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £26.55 - £15.58
25th Percentile £34.50 - £15.69
Median hourly rate £48.38 - £16.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.25%
75th Percentile £61.63 - £18.19
90th Percentile £69.21 - £18.53
England median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.49
% change year-on-year -39.42% -0.65% +36.12%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in the North East

Software-Defined Networking
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Software-Defined Networking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Software-Defined Networking

Software-Defined Networking
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 27 October 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
Northumberland - 3 £550 -
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCDP
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) VMware