Software-Defined Networking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking 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 324 383 446
Rank change year-on-year +59 +63 +41
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 12 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.077% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 0.46% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 8
10th Percentile £463 £497 £394
25th Percentile £525 £581 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.84% +25.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £642
90th Percentile £660 £675 £715
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £51.63
25th Percentile - - £54.52
Median hourly rate - - £57.33
75th Percentile - - £59.18
90th Percentile - - £60.25
UK median hourly rate - - £57.33
% change year-on-year - - +18.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking 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
North of England +19 5 £535 -10.83% 6
North West +17 5 £535 -10.83% 4
South East +44 4 £600 - 15
South West +42 2 £530 -11.67% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 £540 - 1
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
1 7 (58.33%) Network Security
2 5 (41.67%) VPN
3 4 (33.33%) BGP
3 4 (33.33%) Wireless
4 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (25.00%) LAN
4 3 (25.00%) OSPF
4 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (16.67%) DWDM
5 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
5 2 (16.67%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) MPLS
6 1 (8.33%) IGMP
6 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Architect
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (8.33%) Juniper Architect
5 1 (8.33%) LAN Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Product Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Network Design
2 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) API Development
4 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) CCIE
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) VCAP
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (25.00%) VMware NSX
2 2 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) vRealize
1 2 (16.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 3 (25.00%) Aruba
3 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 2 (16.67%) F5
4 2 (16.67%) HP
4 2 (16.67%) Meraki
5 1 (8.33%) FireEye
5 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (8.33%) Juniper
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (8.33%) Symantec