OPNET Contracts in the UK excluding London

Riverbed OPNET
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OPNET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OPNET 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 325 375 458
Rank change year-on-year +50 +83 +45
Contract jobs citing OPNET 11 24 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.12% 0.017%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.58% 1.02% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 4
10th Percentile £567 £526 -
25th Percentile £568 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £545 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -16.15% +23.81%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £681
90th Percentile £661 £704 £693
UK median daily rate £600 £545 £650
% change year-on-year +10.09% -16.15% +23.81%

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 1,884 2,353 3,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.76% 11.33% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 1,702 2,664
10th Percentile £235 £210 £275
25th Percentile £391 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £657 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 139
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

OPNET
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OPNET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OPNET in the UK excluding London

OPNET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OPNET in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OPNET in the UK excluding London

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 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
South West +33 11 £600 +10.09% 3
OPNET
UK

OPNET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
1 2 (18.18%) Skype for Business
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SSL
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Skype
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (9.09%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Military
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 1 (9.09%) Service Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) 802.1X
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) PKI
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Change Control
3 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
3 3 (27.27%) NsoIT
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) MCSA
4 2 (18.18%) MCSE
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (9.09%) CISA
5 1 (9.09%) CISM
5 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
5 1 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
1 2 (18.18%) NIST 800
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Remedy
3 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 1 (9.09%) VMware