SolarWinds Orion Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds Orion
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SolarWinds Orion skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 337 385
Rank change year-on-year -96 +48 +72
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds Orion 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.032% 0.10% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £302 -
25th Percentile £463 £327 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £374 £575
Median % change year-on-year +27.09% -35.00% +27.78%
75th Percentile £488 £420 £613
90th Percentile - £445 -
UK median daily rate £475 £441 £525
% change year-on-year +7.65% -15.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £63.00

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

SolarWinds Orion 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 3,084 1,940 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.35% 15.27% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,157 1,351 1,709
10th Percentile £285 £230 £210
25th Percentile £401 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £661 £660 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 28 81
10th Percentile £20.09 £14.31 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.30 £19.51 £17.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.34 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.05% -15.53% -34.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £49.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.30 £77.86 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.45 £30.00
% change year-on-year +107.94% -11.83% -47.83%

SolarWinds Orion
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SolarWinds Orion job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds Orion
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SolarWinds Orion
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SolarWinds Orion
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 SolarWinds Orion within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 April 2026. 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
Midlands -67 1 £475 +27.09% 1
East Midlands - 1 £475 - 1
SolarWinds Orion
UK

SolarWinds Orion
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds