OpenConfig Contract Job Trends in the South East

OpenConfig
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OpenConfig skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 - 210
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenConfig 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.025% - 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £584
25th Percentile - - £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £663
75th Percentile - - £747
90th Percentile - - £771
England median daily rate - - £725

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

OpenConfig falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 660 675 883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.62% 16.30% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 442 516
10th Percentile £281 £326 £313
25th Percentile £375 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £625 £675 £679
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 40
10th Percentile £23.23 £30.44 £49.46
25th Percentile £34.23 £58.53 £53.69
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £71.63
90th Percentile £81.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%

OpenConfig
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenConfig relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

OpenConfig job vacancy trend in the South East

OpenConfig
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 OpenConfig within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
OpenConfig
England

OpenConfig
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) RESTCONF
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft