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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 476 532
Rank change year-on-year -62 +56 +163
Contract jobs citing SNMP 46 62 91
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 1.38% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 55
10th Percentile £348 £359 £325
25th Percentile £406 £404 £422
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 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +58.82% -12.82% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 15
10th Percentile - £55.41 £24.35
25th Percentile - £62.50 £28.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile - - £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 4,001 4,479 6,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.20% 12.12% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,583 2,584 4,055
10th Percentile £205 £225 £213
25th Percentile £354 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 172 350
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.40 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.59 £22.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -23.70% +28.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.48% -14.04% +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 23 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 9 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 23 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 -31 37 £475 +15.50% 16
UK excluding London -58 20 £675 +58.82% 19
London +25 18 £475 +35.71% 2
Work from Home +14 13 £403 -1.17% 5
North of England -40 10 £544 +33.44% 2
South East -5 8 £325 - 12
Yorkshire -34 6 £675 +65.64% 1
North West -22 4 £403 +79.00% 1
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 6 (13.04%) OpenStack
1 6 (13.04%) TPMS
2 2 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.74%) AWS
2 7 (15.22%) Akamai
3 6 (13.04%) OpenShift
4 3 (6.52%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (4.35%) GitHub
6 1 (2.17%) Azure
6 1 (2.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) BGP
2 16 (34.78%) Firewall
2 16 (34.78%) OSPF
3 13 (28.26%) WAN
4 12 (26.09%) SSH
5 11 (23.91%) TACACS
6 10 (21.74%) Wireshark
7 9 (19.57%) SD-WAN
8 8 (17.39%) SSL
8 8 (17.39%) VPN
9 7 (15.22%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (15.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (15.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (15.22%) MPLS
9 7 (15.22%) Wireless
10 6 (13.04%) LAN
10 6 (13.04%) Network Security
11 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
11 5 (10.87%) VLAN
12 4 (8.70%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 13 (28.26%) Documentation Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Local Government
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Network Engineer
2 8 (17.39%) Cryptography Engineer
2 8 (17.39%) Designer
3 6 (13.04%) IP Designer
4 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Juniper Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Lead
6 2 (4.35%) Network Designer
6 2 (4.35%) Network Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Network Specialist
7 1 (2.17%) OSS Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.17%) NETCONF
2 1 (2.17%) OpenConfig
2 1 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.17%) RESTCONF
2 1 (2.17%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Data Centre
2 8 (17.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (6.52%) CMDB
3 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.35%) PKI
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
5 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Linux
2 10 (21.74%) Windows
3 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
2 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (19.57%) High Availability
2 9 (19.57%) Incident Response
2 9 (19.57%) Validation
3 8 (17.39%) Cryptography
4 7 (15.22%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (15.22%) Observability
5 6 (13.04%) Data Security
5 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.04%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (13.04%) OWASP
5 6 (13.04%) Performance Monitoring
5 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.87%) Containerisation
6 5 (10.87%) Dashboard Development
7 4 (8.70%) Load Balancing
7 4 (8.70%) Server Building
7 4 (8.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (41.30%) Python
2 8 (17.39%) Bash
3 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.52%) Java
4 3 (6.52%) Perl
4 3 (6.52%) SQL
5 1 (2.17%) PromQL
5 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) AWS Certification
2 8 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 7 (15.22%) CCIE
3 7 (15.22%) JNCIE
4 6 (13.04%) FFIEC
5 3 (6.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (4.35%) CEH
6 2 (4.35%) CISSP
7 1 (2.17%) CCNA
7 1 (2.17%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) PCI DSS
2 8 (17.39%) NIST
3 6 (13.04%) GDPR
3 6 (13.04%) GLBA
4 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (4.35%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (4.35%) NCSC
6 1 (2.17%) GRC
6 1 (2.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (17.39%) Docker
3 6 (13.04%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.52%) Firmware
5 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Ansible
2 7 (15.22%) FortiGate
3 6 (13.04%) Terraform
4 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (4.35%) SCCM
6 1 (2.17%) Cacti
6 1 (2.17%) collectd
6 1 (2.17%) Grafana
6 1 (2.17%) Nagios
6 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (54.35%) Cisco
2 18 (39.13%) Juniper
3 15 (32.61%) Fortinet
4 14 (30.43%) F5
5 11 (23.91%) VMware
6 10 (21.74%) SolarWinds
7 9 (19.57%) Splunk
8 7 (15.22%) Thales
9 5 (10.87%) Meraki
10 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
11 3 (6.52%) AppDynamics
11 3 (6.52%) Dynatrace
11 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
12 2 (4.35%) Ciena
12 2 (4.35%) ForeScout
13 1 (2.17%) Aruba
13 1 (2.17%) Dell
13 1 (2.17%) EMC
13 1 (2.17%) NetScout
13 1 (2.17%) SevOne