OPNET Contracts

Riverbed OPNET
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 506 557 714
Rank change year-on-year +51 +157 +130
Contract jobs citing OPNET 14 25 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.057% 0.007%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.30% 0.49% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 4
10th Percentile £545 £528 -
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 £613 £681
90th Percentile £701 £713 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £545 £650
% change year-on-year +10.09% -16.15% +23.81%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,597 5,137 9,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 11.79% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,150 3,667 6,945
10th Percentile £313 £258 £356
25th Percentile £419 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 127 209
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £16.48
25th Percentile £19.51 £17.77 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%
75th Percentile £50.75 £54.38 £71.50
90th Percentile £69.88 £70.50 £82.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%

OPNET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OPNET in the UK

OPNET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OPNET in the UK

OPNET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OPNET over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OPNET in the UK

OPNET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OPNET in the UK

OPNET
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 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
England +46 14 £600 +10.09% 4
UK excluding London +50 11 £600 +10.09% 3
South West +33 11 £600 +10.09% 3
Work from Home - 5 £585 -
London +40 3 £613 -9.26% 1

OPNET
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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 2 (14.29%) Skype for Business
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (21.43%) SSL
2 3 (21.43%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) BIG-IP
3 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 2 (14.29%) Skype
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 2 (14.29%) Wireshark
4 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
4 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (7.14%) RIP
4 1 (7.14%) SDH
4 1 (7.14%) VPLS
4 1 (7.14%) VSAN
4 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Military
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Senior
1 3 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Incident Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Service Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.14%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) PKI
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Change Control
3 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) NsoIT
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 8 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) CISSP
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (14.29%) MCSA
5 2 (14.29%) MCSE
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
6 1 (7.14%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (7.14%) CISA
6 1 (7.14%) CISM
6 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
6 1 (7.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
1 2 (14.29%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.14%) GRC
2 1 (7.14%) JSP 440
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Nagios
2 1 (7.14%) OpenView
2 1 (7.14%) Puppet
2 1 (7.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 2 (14.29%) F5
3 2 (14.29%) Infoblox
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 2 (14.29%) Remedy
4 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
4 1 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (7.14%) Juniper
4 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.14%) VMware