Network Virtualisation Contracts in the South East

Network Virtualization
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Virtualisation 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 148 191 206
Rank change year-on-year +43 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 11 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.30% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 14
10th Percentile £500 - £456
25th Percentile £547 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £590 £533 £820
90th Percentile £616 £536 £843
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +0.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Network Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Virtualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the South East

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the South East

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Virtualisation in the South East

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the South East

Network Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the South East 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
Thames Valley +44 6 £578 +10.00% 15
Berkshire +32 6 £578 +10.00% 14
Hampshire +20 2 £500 +8.11% 4
West Sussex +13 2 - -
Sussex - 1 - -
Network Virtualisation
England

Network Virtualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Azure Key Vault
3 3 (27.27%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) Azure AKS
4 2 (18.18%) Azure API Management
4 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) IaaS
4 2 (18.18%) PaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Serverless
5 1 (9.09%) GitHub
5 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) VSAN
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) OAuth
1 2 (18.18%) OpenID
1 2 (18.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) API Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Case
4 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (18.18%) Network Design
4 2 (18.18%) RBAC
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) SIEM
4 2 (18.18%) Value Proposition
5 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) Bash
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (9.09%) CCIE
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) JNCIP
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) VCAP
5 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (54.55%) VMware NSX
2 5 (45.45%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (27.27%) vSphere
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) vCenter Server
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) PowerCLI
2 1 (9.09%) vRealize
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Juniper
3 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Veeam