SolarWinds Contract Job Trends

SolarWinds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SolarWinds over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, 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 SolarWinds.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 380 441
Rank change year-on-year -52 +61 +143
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 143 144 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.00% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 96 108
10th Percentile £315 £306 £321
25th Percentile £411 £409 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £525 £615 £638
90th Percentile £575 £715 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile - - £33.21
25th Percentile £65.75 - £54.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £38.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -42.41% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Vendors
UK

SolarWinds 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 16,759 14,424 19,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.24% 45.77% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,764 8,535 12,034
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £411 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.88% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 793 422 684
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £19.60 £17.75
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -38.06% +60.71%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £24.83 £44.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% -44.20% +80.27%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SolarWinds job vacancy trend in the UK

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SolarWinds
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 -77 126 £500 +5.26% 65
UK excluding London -52 106 £500 +5.26% 66
Work from Home -11 41 £438 -12.50% 12
South East -5 39 £500 +21.95% 21
West Midlands -28 26 £318 -42.29% 7
Midlands -53 26 £318 -43.21% 14
London -12 22 £500 +7.07% 8
South West -14 17 £550 +32.13% 6
North of England -65 16 £335 -29.47% 11
North West -46 15 £338 -28.95% 6
East of England -16 5 £363 -37.23% 8
Scotland - 3 £500 - 2
Yorkshire -39 1 £238 +5.56% 4

SolarWinds
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 11 (7.69%) Confluence
1 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.20%) IIS
2 6 (4.20%) Skype for Business
3 5 (3.50%) Apache
4 4 (2.80%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (2.80%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (8.39%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (32.17%) Azure
2 30 (20.98%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) Datadog
4 10 (6.99%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.59%) GCP
6 6 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.50%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.50%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.80%) Cohesity
8 4 (2.80%) SaaS
8 4 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (2.10%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.40%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.70%) Akamai
11 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.70%) IaaS
11 1 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (37.06%) Firewall
2 31 (21.68%) DNS
3 30 (20.98%) WAN
4 28 (19.58%) Cisco ISE
5 26 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
6 25 (17.48%) LAN
7 24 (16.78%) VLAN
8 23 (16.08%) Cisco Firepower
9 22 (15.38%) Junos
9 22 (15.38%) Network Security
9 22 (15.38%) TCP/IP
9 22 (15.38%) VPN
10 19 (13.29%) DHCP
11 18 (12.59%) BGP
12 17 (11.89%) OSPF
13 14 (9.79%) SD-WAN
13 14 (9.79%) Wireless
14 13 (9.09%) MPLS
15 12 (8.39%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (8.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Git
2 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.10%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.58%) Public Sector
3 24 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.69%) Finance
5 6 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Law
9 2 (1.40%) Legal
9 2 (1.40%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.70%) French Language
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
10 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (42.66%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (14.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (14.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (14.69%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 21 (14.69%) Support Engineer
4 19 (13.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 18 (12.59%) Analyst
5 18 (12.59%) Network Support
5 18 (12.59%) Network Support Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (11.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 11 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) Server Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Senior
11 6 (4.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Security Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Switch Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.50%) REST
2 4 (2.80%) JSON
3 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.70%) LDAP
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) PKI
2 14 (9.79%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (8.39%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.99%) Clustering
5 8 (5.59%) Operational Technology
6 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.50%) CMDB
7 5 (3.50%) Replication
7 5 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.10%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) SCADA
10 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (36.36%) Windows
2 39 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 27 (18.88%) Linux
4 6 (4.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.80%) Unix
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.70%) Solaris
7 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.68%) Service Management
2 25 (17.48%) ITSM
3 24 (16.78%) Agile
4 21 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (13.29%) ITIL
6 16 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.49%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (7.69%) Change Management
8 11 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (7.69%) Network Design
8 11 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (6.99%) Mentoring
10 9 (6.29%) Infrastructure Automation
10 9 (6.29%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (5.59%) Computer Science
11 8 (5.59%) Critical Thinking
11 8 (5.59%) System Testing
12 7 (4.90%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (4.90%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.19%) Python
3 8 (5.59%) SQL
4 7 (4.90%) Bash
4 7 (4.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (44.76%) Security Cleared
2 31 (21.68%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (20.28%) CCNP
3 29 (20.28%) DV Cleared
4 27 (18.88%) SC Cleared
5 18 (12.59%) CCNA
6 13 (9.09%) Degree
7 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (5.59%) MCSE
9 6 (4.20%) CCIE
9 6 (4.20%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (3.50%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.80%) CISSP
11 4 (2.80%) JNCIS
12 3 (2.10%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.10%) CCDP
12 3 (2.10%) CCSP
12 3 (2.10%) MCSA
12 3 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.20%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.50%) GDPR
3 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.80%) NIST
4 2 (1.40%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (35.66%) Active Directory
2 45 (31.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (23.78%) VMware NSX
4 15 (10.49%) vSphere
5 12 (8.39%) Hyper-V
6 7 (4.90%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (3.50%) Firmware
7 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.70%) KVM
8 1 (0.70%) RHEV
8 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.70%) Xen
8 1 (0.70%) XenApp
8 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (23.78%) vCenter Server
2 24 (16.78%) Ansible
3 18 (12.59%) Terraform
4 16 (11.19%) Nagios
5 15 (10.49%) SCCM
6 13 (9.09%) vRealize
7 12 (8.39%) VxRail
8 9 (6.29%) WSUS
9 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (3.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.80%) FortiGate
11 4 (2.80%) Pingdom
12 3 (2.10%) Cisco Prime
12 3 (2.10%) Iperf
12 3 (2.10%) Nmap
12 3 (2.10%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (1.40%) PowerCLI
13 2 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.70%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 107 (74.83%) Cisco
2 49 (34.27%) VMware
3 33 (23.08%) Juniper
4 25 (17.48%) Veeam
5 24 (16.78%) Palo Alto
6 23 (16.08%) Fortinet
7 22 (15.38%) Microsoft
8 17 (11.89%) Dell
9 16 (11.19%) F5
10 15 (10.49%) CheckPoint
10 15 (10.49%) Commvault
11 14 (9.79%) AppDynamics
11 14 (9.79%) IBM
12 12 (8.39%) HP
12 12 (8.39%) ServiceNow
13 11 (7.69%) Meraki
14 10 (6.99%) LogicMonitor
14 10 (6.99%) Splunk
15 6 (4.20%) Tanium
16 5 (3.50%) Aruba