Arista Contracts

Arista
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Arista products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Arista over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Arista Networks.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 517 603
Rank change year-on-year +57 +86 +172
Contract jobs citing Arista 79 73 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.53% 0.39% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 57 59
10th Percentile £423 £250 £430
25th Percentile £500 £350 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £498
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +3.02% +5.29%
75th Percentile £600 £549 £555
90th Percentile £650 £650 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -12.20% +3.54% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £36.63 - -
25th Percentile £37.19 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.75 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - -
75th Percentile £39.69 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £39.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

Arista falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,890 18,640 24,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.53% 42.88% 43.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,101 11,577 16,146
10th Percentile £280 £271 £270
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £733 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 714 1,161 648
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.40 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £18.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -39.55% +83.51%
75th Percentile £53.25 £59.95 £63.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.56 £29.30
% change year-on-year +0.31% -23.00% +50.10%

Arista
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Arista as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Arista in the UK

Arista
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Arista.

Daily rate trend for Arista in the UK

Arista
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Arista over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Arista in the UK

Arista
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Arista.

Hourly rate trend for Arista in the UK

Arista
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Arista within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England +67 78 £550 +7.32% 51
London +64 62 £575 +21.05% 45
Work from Home +31 24 £450 -25.00% 17
UK excluding London +19 13 £450 -12.20% 7
North of England - 7 £550 -
West Midlands - 4 £450 - 2
Midlands - 4 £450 - 2
North West - 4 £550 -
South West - 3 £550 - 3
Yorkshire - 3 £345 -
East of England +23 1 - -
South East +20 1 £425 -17.07% 2

Arista
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (5.06%) Confluence
2 3 (3.80%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (13.92%) MS Visio
2 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.97%) AWS
2 7 (8.86%) Azure
3 3 (3.80%) OpenShift
4 2 (2.53%) GCP
4 2 (2.53%) IaaS
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.53%) PaaS
4 2 (2.53%) SaaS
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 45 (56.96%) BGP
2 40 (50.63%) Firewall
3 37 (46.84%) OSPF
4 31 (39.24%) Multicast
5 19 (24.05%) WAN
6 17 (21.52%) DNS
7 15 (18.99%) IPsec
8 14 (17.72%) Ethernet VPN
8 14 (17.72%) Network Security
8 14 (17.72%) VPN
9 13 (16.46%) LAN
10 12 (15.19%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (15.19%) VXLAN
11 10 (12.66%) DWDM
12 9 (11.39%) IGMP
12 9 (11.39%) SSL
13 8 (10.13%) HSRP
13 8 (10.13%) MPLS
13 8 (10.13%) VRRP
14 7 (8.86%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (11.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (5.06%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Git
General
1 35 (44.30%) Finance
2 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.25%) Banking
4 6 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.53%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (75.95%) Network Engineer
2 17 (21.52%) Python Engineer
3 15 (18.99%) Cisco Engineer
3 15 (18.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 14 (17.72%) AWS Engineer
4 14 (17.72%) Senior
5 9 (11.39%) Automation Engineer
5 9 (11.39%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) IP Network Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) Switch Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Data Centre Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Implementation Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Architect
9 4 (5.06%) Network Architect
10 3 (3.80%) Consultant
10 3 (3.80%) Data Network Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.53%) eBPF
3 1 (1.27%) HTML
3 1 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (37.97%) Data Centre
2 13 (16.46%) Hedge funds
3 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.53%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.53%) Derivative
4 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) PKI
5 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Low Latency
2 9 (11.39%) Migration
3 8 (10.13%) Change Management
3 8 (10.13%) Load Balancing
3 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (8.86%) Network Architecture
5 6 (7.59%) Configuration Management
6 5 (6.33%) Electronic Trading
6 5 (6.33%) Mentoring
6 5 (6.33%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (6.33%) Process Improvement
6 5 (6.33%) Product Management
7 4 (5.06%) Agile
7 4 (5.06%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.06%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (5.06%) Network Design
7 4 (5.06%) Task Automation
7 4 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (5.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (51.90%) Python
2 4 (5.06%) Perl
3 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.53%) C
5 1 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (39.24%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (29.11%) CCNP
3 13 (16.46%) CCIE
4 7 (8.86%) Degree
5 5 (6.33%) JNCIA
5 5 (6.33%) JNCIS
6 4 (5.06%) CCNA
6 4 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.53%) CISSP
7 2 (2.53%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.27%) CCDP
8 1 (1.27%) ISEB
8 1 (1.27%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (60.76%) Ansible
2 9 (11.39%) Terraform
3 5 (6.33%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.06%) Nagios
4 4 (5.06%) Puppet
5 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.53%) Icinga
6 2 (2.53%) Observium
6 2 (2.53%) ZABBIX
7 1 (1.27%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 58 (73.42%) Cisco
2 25 (31.65%) Fortinet
3 13 (16.46%) CheckPoint
4 10 (12.66%) F5
5 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
6 7 (8.86%) Palo Alto
7 6 (7.59%) Dell
7 6 (7.59%) SolarWinds
8 5 (6.33%) HP
8 5 (6.33%) Juniper
9 3 (3.80%) Aruba
9 3 (3.80%) McAfee
9 3 (3.80%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.80%) Splunk
9 3 (3.80%) VMware
10 2 (2.53%) Meraki
10 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
10 2 (2.53%) Sun
10 2 (2.53%) Wind River
10 2 (2.53%) Zscaler