OPNET Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Riverbed OPNET
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OPNET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 351 385
Rank change year-on-year -15 +34 +110
Contract jobs citing OPNET 33 9 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.057% 0.13%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.18% 0.41% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 5 23
10th Percentile - - £513
25th Percentile £713 £575 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £738 £775 -
90th Percentile - £798 £663
UK median daily rate £725 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +38.10% -4.55% -8.33%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,803 2,196 2,709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.70% 13.86% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,943 1,382 1,893
10th Percentile £257 £238 £250
25th Percentile £400 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £650 £661 £693
UK median daily rate £512 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.57% -3.31% -5.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 44 127
10th Percentile £15.88 £12.81 £16.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.86 £20.13
Median hourly rate £32.32 £25.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.73% -44.78% +75.36%
75th Percentile £67.00 £46.18 £68.07
90th Percentile £85.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +25.93% -41.53% +44.31%

OPNET
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OPNET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

OPNET job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OPNET
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OPNET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OPNET

OPNET
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OPNET in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OPNET in the UK excluding London

OPNET
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OPNET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OPNET

OPNET
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OPNET within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West +12 33 £725 +16.00%
OPNET
UK

OPNET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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