Software-Defined Networking Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Software-Defined Networking
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland 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 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 37.50% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 60.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North East median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 62.50% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £48.38 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -16.25%

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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