OPNET Contract Job Trends in the South West

Riverbed OPNET
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring OPNET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 115 119
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +53
Contract jobs citing OPNET 33 11 32
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.42% 0.52% 1.07%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.68% 3.28% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 7 26
10th Percentile - £575 £513
25th Percentile £713 £594 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £738 £706 -
90th Percentile - £790 £700
England median daily rate £725 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +28.89% +2.27% -8.33%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

OPNET falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 380 335 435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.31% 15.86% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 209 325
10th Percentile £348 £330 £353
25th Percentile £450 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £693 £633 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
England median daily rate £512 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -2.71% -4.32% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile £53.85 £12.50 £19.35
25th Percentile £74.63 £13.25 £49.13
Median hourly rate £86.00 £45.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.11% -37.93% +11.54%
75th Percentile £119.00 £74.00 £78.00
90th Percentile - £74.22 -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £30.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +55.74% -33.95% +31.94%

OPNET
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

OPNET job vacancy trend in the South West

OPNET
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OPNET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OPNET

OPNET
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OPNET in the South West over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OPNET in the South West

OPNET
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OPNET within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Wiltshire +6 33 £725 +16.00%
OPNET
England

OPNET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (90.91%) Confluence
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft Office
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Skype
1 3 (9.09%) VSAN
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 30 (90.91%) JIRA
General
1 32 (96.97%) Analytical Skills
1 32 (96.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (90.91%) Military
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (100.00%) Architect
2 30 (90.91%) Service Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 30 (90.91%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) PKI
2 3 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
1 3 (9.09%) Windows 10
1 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (96.97%) ITIL
1 32 (96.97%) Service Management
2 30 (90.91%) Acceptance Criteria
2 30 (90.91%) Agile
2 30 (90.91%) Analytical Thinking
2 30 (90.91%) Business Continuity
2 30 (90.91%) Critical Thinking
2 30 (90.91%) Knowledge Transfer
2 30 (90.91%) Security Patching
2 30 (90.91%) Service Design
2 30 (90.91%) TOGAF
3 3 (9.09%) Design Patterns
3 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 2 (6.06%) NsoIT
4 2 (6.06%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (3.03%) Cryptography
5 1 (3.03%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (3.03%) Security Architecture
5 1 (3.03%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 32 (96.97%) SC Cleared
3 30 (90.91%) Degree
3 30 (90.91%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Atlassian
1 30 (90.91%) Remedy
1 30 (90.91%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) VMware