SNMP Contract Job Trends

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SNMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 492 511
Rank change year-on-year -35 +19 +199
Contract jobs citing SNMP 50 66 89
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.48% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 54
10th Percentile £300 £359 £321
25th Percentile £405 £404 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £688 £444 £588
90th Percentile £700 £470 £609
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £488
% change year-on-year -2.94% -12.82% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 14
10th Percentile - £42.99 £24.65
25th Percentile - £60.25 £33.51
Median hourly rate - £66.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year - +12.77% +6.82%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +13.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SNMP 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,002 4,472 6,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.08% 12.19% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 2,577 3,921
10th Percentile £206 £223 £211
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £683 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 174 346
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.67 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.75 £23.59 £22.81
Median hourly rate £34.00 £41.75 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% -25.04% +34.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -10.53% -15.91% +25.53%

SNMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SNMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SNMP job vacancy trend in the UK

SNMP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP

SNMP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SNMP over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP

SNMP
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SNMP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 November 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 -21 42 £450 +9.42% 17
UK excluding London -64 25 £413 -2.94% 20
London +9 18 £475 +35.71% 3
Work from Home +1 12 £501 +23.04% 6
South East -10 11 £300 - 13
North of England -40 11 £675 +65.64% 1
Yorkshire -41 7 £688 +68.71%
North West -22 4 £403 +79.00% 1
Midlands -29 3 £300 -40.00% 1
West Midlands -32 3 £300 -40.00% 1
South West - 2 £300 -
Channel Islands - 2 £725 -

SNMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) TPMS
2 6 (12.00%) OpenStack
3 2 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) AWS
2 7 (14.00%) Akamai
3 6 (12.00%) OpenShift
4 3 (6.00%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) Azure
6 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) BGP
2 16 (32.00%) Firewall
3 15 (30.00%) OSPF
4 14 (28.00%) WAN
5 13 (26.00%) SSH
6 11 (22.00%) TACACS
7 10 (20.00%) Wireshark
8 9 (18.00%) SSL
9 8 (16.00%) MPLS
9 8 (16.00%) SD-WAN
9 8 (16.00%) VPN
10 7 (14.00%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (14.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (14.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (14.00%) Wireless
11 6 (12.00%) LAN
11 6 (12.00%) Network Security
11 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
12 4 (8.00%) VLAN
13 3 (6.00%) FTP
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (28.00%) Documentation Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.00%) Cryptography Engineer
3 8 (16.00%) Designer
4 6 (12.00%) IP Designer
5 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) OSS Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Juniper Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Operations Support Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) OSS Support Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) OSS Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Support Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Systems Support
7 3 (6.00%) Systems Support Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Network Designer
8 2 (4.00%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) 802.1X
1 2 (4.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (4.00%) OpenConfig
1 2 (4.00%) RESTCONF
1 2 (4.00%) YANG
2 1 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (18.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.00%) CMDB
5 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.00%) PKI
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Linux
2 11 (22.00%) Windows
3 1 (2.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
2 9 (18.00%) Cryptography
2 9 (18.00%) High Availability
2 9 (18.00%) Incident Response
2 9 (18.00%) Validation
3 8 (16.00%) Observability
4 7 (14.00%) Data Security
4 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (14.00%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (14.00%) OWASP
4 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.00%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (12.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (10.00%) Capacity Management
6 5 (10.00%) Containerisation
6 5 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (10.00%) Fault Management
6 5 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.00%) Python
2 8 (16.00%) Bash
3 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.00%) Java
4 3 (6.00%) Perl
4 3 (6.00%) SQL
5 1 (2.00%) PromQL
5 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) AWS Certification
3 8 (16.00%) CCIE
3 8 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (16.00%) JNCIE
4 7 (14.00%) FFIEC
5 3 (6.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) CEH
6 2 (4.00%) CISSP
7 1 (2.00%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) PCI DSS
2 9 (18.00%) NIST
3 7 (14.00%) GDPR
3 7 (14.00%) GLBA
4 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (4.00%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (4.00%) NCSC
6 1 (2.00%) GRC
6 1 (2.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (16.00%) Docker
3 6 (12.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.00%) Firmware
5 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Ansible
2 7 (14.00%) FortiGate
3 6 (12.00%) Terraform
4 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.00%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (4.00%) SCCM
6 1 (2.00%) Cacti
6 1 (2.00%) collectd
6 1 (2.00%) Grafana
6 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (50.00%) Cisco
2 19 (38.00%) Juniper
3 16 (32.00%) Fortinet
4 15 (30.00%) F5
5 10 (20.00%) Splunk
5 10 (20.00%) VMware
6 9 (18.00%) SolarWinds
7 8 (16.00%) Thales
8 4 (8.00%) Meraki
8 4 (8.00%) Microsoft
9 3 (6.00%) AppDynamics
9 3 (6.00%) Dynatrace
9 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
10 2 (4.00%) Ciena
10 2 (4.00%) ForeScout
11 1 (2.00%) Aruba
11 1 (2.00%) Dell
11 1 (2.00%) EMC
11 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto
11 1 (2.00%) Tenable