Software-Defined Networking Contracts

Software-Defined Networking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 674 789
Rank change year-on-year +115 +115 -164
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 23 38 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.063% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.51% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 47
10th Percentile £356 £452 £275
25th Percentile £413 £541 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £513
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +26.83% +13.89%
75th Percentile £600 £681 £675
90th Percentile £705 £735 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £615 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +29.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £51.63 £41.98
25th Percentile - £54.52 £42.33
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year - +18.77% -22.15%
75th Percentile - £59.18 £50.77
90th Percentile - £60.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.33 £48.27
% change year-on-year - +18.77% -22.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Software-Defined Networking is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,705 7,429 9,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 12.35% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,431 4,839 6,415
10th Percentile £205 £231 £227
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £433
% change year-on-year - +9.70% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 491 363
10th Percentile £13.71 £9.80 £14.83
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £17.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% +6.89%
75th Percentile £62.25 £60.53 £50.00
90th Percentile £67.21 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.95 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +153.76% -13.95% -11.34%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +114 23 £525 -19.23% 19
UK excluding London +58 16 £600 -2.44% 17
London +97 7 £425 -34.62% 6
South East +18 6 - - 3
South West +16 6 £600 -2.44% 1
North of England +43 5 £600 -5.88% 4
North West +22 5 £600 -5.88% 1
Work from Home +114 4 £591 +21.28% 10
Midlands +35 1 - - 2
West Midlands +29 1 - - 2

Software-Defined Networking
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 (8.70%) Confluence
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) nginx
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) IaaS
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
2 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Wireless
2 5 (21.74%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (17.39%) DHCP
3 4 (17.39%) DNS
4 3 (13.04%) WAN
5 2 (8.70%) BGP
5 2 (8.70%) BIG-IP
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (8.70%) Network Security
5 2 (8.70%) OSPF
5 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (8.70%) Skype
5 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (8.70%) VSAN
6 1 (4.35%) Junos
6 1 (4.35%) LAN
6 1 (4.35%) VLAN
6 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) MySQL
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (8.70%) Bitbucket
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
3 1 (4.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (4.35%) Git
3 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Legal
2 4 (17.39%) Marketing
2 4 (17.39%) Retail
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco Specialist
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Cisco Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Configuration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) IoT
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) PKI
3 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.35%) VMS
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
2 6 (26.09%) Task Automation
3 5 (21.74%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Load Balancing
4 4 (17.39%) Presales
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Product Management
4 4 (17.39%) Product Marketing
5 3 (13.04%) Business Continuity
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security
5 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (13.04%) Performance Management
5 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
5 3 (13.04%) Test Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (8.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) Bash
3 2 (8.70%) C
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) Go
3 2 (8.70%) Java
3 2 (8.70%) Ruby
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
3 10 (43.48%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (34.78%) CCNA
5 6 (26.09%) CCNP
5 6 (26.09%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (13.04%) CCIE
7 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
8 2 (8.70%) VCAP
9 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (4.35%) HP ASE
9 1 (4.35%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (30.43%) VMware NSX
3 4 (17.39%) vSphere
4 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
5 2 (8.70%) Firmware
5 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Ansible
2 3 (13.04%) vCenter Server
3 2 (8.70%) Puppet
3 2 (8.70%) vRealize
3 2 (8.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (4.35%) PowerCLI
4 1 (4.35%) Progress Chef
4 1 (4.35%) SCOM
4 1 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (4.35%) VxRail
4 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) VMware
3 5 (21.74%) Meraki
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.70%) AlgoSec
5 2 (8.70%) Atlassian
5 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.70%) F5
5 2 (8.70%) Infoblox
5 2 (8.70%) Juniper
5 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (8.70%) Splunk
6 1 (4.35%) Dell
6 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.35%) Google
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.35%) Turbonomic
6 1 (4.35%) Veeam