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 15 April 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
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 356 436
Rank change year-on-year -110 +80 +123
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 157 164 155
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 1.18% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 117 120
10th Percentile £296 £300 £325
25th Percentile £356 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -2.68% +11.08%
75th Percentile £525 £603 £625
90th Percentile £560 £688 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £537 £502
% change year-on-year -19.96% +7.02% +18.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - £33.98
25th Percentile £43.11 - £38.06
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £47.75
75th Percentile £62.29 - £59.06
90th Percentile £68.11 - £64.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - +0.61%

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 19,604 13,856 18,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.75% 47.30% 42.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,559 8,734 11,576
10th Percentile £313 £293 £262
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.56% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 979 530 1,062
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £28.88 £28.21 £22.21
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +26.98% -47.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £55.97
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £24.83 £21.37
% change year-on-year +2.22% +16.19% -45.97%

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 15 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 14 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 15 April 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 -131 138 £468 -10.95% 32
UK excluding London -76 119 £430 -19.96% 27
South East -27 49 £500 -9.09% 7
Work from Home -29 41 £425 -15.00% 9
Midlands -65 27 £311 -46.79% 10
West Midlands -53 26 £310 -43.74% 9
London -82 23 £500 - 7
North of England -75 17 £355 -23.04% 4
South West -24 16 £371 -10.18% 4
North West -48 14 £348 -18.24% 1
East of England -25 6 £363 -34.09%
Scotland +8 4 £500 +11.11% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £519 - 2
East Midlands -40 1 £475 -26.98% 1

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 10 (6.37%) Confluence
2 6 (3.82%) IIS
3 5 (3.18%) Apache
4 4 (2.55%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.92%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (32.48%) Azure
2 38 (24.20%) AWS
3 15 (9.55%) Datadog
4 14 (8.92%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.37%) GCP
6 8 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.18%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.55%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.55%) SaaS
9 3 (1.91%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.91%) PaaS
10 2 (1.27%) Cohesity
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (46.50%) Firewall
2 61 (38.85%) WAN
3 56 (35.67%) LAN
4 46 (29.30%) DNS
5 40 (25.48%) DHCP
6 39 (24.84%) OSPF
7 37 (23.57%) BGP
8 31 (19.75%) Junos
9 29 (18.47%) Cisco ISE
9 29 (18.47%) VXLAN
10 28 (17.83%) VPN
11 26 (16.56%) BIG-IP
12 25 (15.92%) Ethernet VPN
13 21 (13.38%) VLAN
14 19 (12.10%) Network Security
15 18 (11.46%) SD-WAN
16 15 (9.55%) SNMP
17 14 (8.92%) MPLS
18 13 (8.28%) TCP/IP
18 13 (8.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Git
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.27%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 33 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.64%) Finance
5 7 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.46%) Law
6 6 (3.82%) Legal
7 5 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Military
8 4 (2.55%) Retail
9 2 (1.27%) Aviation
9 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.64%) French Language
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (33.12%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.83%) Analyst
3 15 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.28%) Firewall Specialist
4 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 13 (8.28%) Network Specialist
4 13 (8.28%) Senior
5 12 (7.64%) Architect
6 10 (6.37%) Consultant
6 10 (6.37%) Management Consultant
7 8 (5.10%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (4.46%) Network Architect
8 7 (4.46%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.82%) Server Engineer
9 6 (3.82%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.92%) 802.1X
2 18 (11.46%) REST
3 4 (2.55%) JSON
4 3 (1.91%) LDAP
4 3 (1.91%) SAML
5 2 (1.27%) Middleware
6 1 (0.64%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (24.20%) Data Centre
2 35 (22.29%) Clustering
3 27 (17.20%) PKI
4 14 (8.92%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.46%) CMDB
5 7 (4.46%) Replication
5 7 (4.46%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.82%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.27%) SCADA
9 2 (1.27%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 65 (41.40%) Windows
2 36 (22.93%) Linux
3 21 (13.38%) Windows Server
4 13 (8.28%) AIX
5 3 (1.91%) Unix
5 3 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.64%) Solaris
6 1 (0.64%) VMS
6 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (22.93%) High Availability
3 34 (21.66%) ITIL
4 30 (19.11%) Load Balancing
4 30 (19.11%) Observability
5 24 (15.29%) Agile
6 23 (14.65%) Identity Access Management
7 21 (13.38%) ITSM
8 20 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (11.46%) Change Management
9 18 (11.46%) Network Monitoring
9 18 (11.46%) Service Management
10 17 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (8.92%) Project Delivery
13 13 (8.28%) Capacity Planning
14 11 (7.01%) Dashboard Development
15 10 (6.37%) Migration
15 10 (6.37%) Network Design
15 10 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (21.02%) PowerShell
2 27 (17.20%) Python
3 17 (10.83%) SQL
4 11 (7.01%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (4.46%) Bash
6 4 (2.55%) Perl
7 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 76 (48.41%) Security Cleared
2 42 (26.75%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (22.29%) SC Cleared
4 25 (15.92%) DV Cleared
5 21 (13.38%) CCNP
6 13 (8.28%) CCNA
7 11 (7.01%) JNCIS
8 9 (5.73%) JNCIP
9 8 (5.10%) Degree
9 8 (5.10%) JNCIA
10 6 (3.82%) CCIE
11 5 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.55%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.55%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.91%) CCIE Security
13 3 (1.91%) CISSP
13 3 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.82%) GDPR
1 6 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.55%) NIST
2 4 (2.55%) PCI DSS
2 4 (2.55%) QA
3 3 (1.91%) NCSC
4 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.64%) GRC
5 1 (0.64%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (22.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (20.38%) Active Directory
3 19 (12.10%) vSphere
4 17 (10.83%) VMware NSX
5 13 (8.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.18%) Firmware
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.64%) KVM
8 1 (0.64%) NFS
8 1 (0.64%) RHEV
8 1 (0.64%) SRDF
8 1 (0.64%) Xen
8 1 (0.64%) XenApp
8 1 (0.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (19.75%) Nagios
2 25 (15.92%) FortiGate
3 24 (15.29%) Ansible
4 20 (12.74%) Terraform
5 13 (8.28%) Netcool
5 13 (8.28%) vCenter Server
5 13 (8.28%) vRealize
5 13 (8.28%) ZABBIX
6 12 (7.64%) OpenView
6 12 (7.64%) Tivoli
6 12 (7.64%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 12 (7.64%) VxRail
7 10 (6.37%) SCCM
8 8 (5.10%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.55%) Pingdom
11 4 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.91%) WSUS
13 2 (1.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 99 (63.06%) Cisco
2 45 (28.66%) Juniper
3 42 (26.75%) Splunk
4 38 (24.20%) VMware
5 34 (21.66%) F5
6 26 (16.56%) IBM
7 25 (15.92%) HP
7 25 (15.92%) Palo Alto
8 22 (14.01%) Extreme Networks
9 18 (11.46%) Fortinet
10 17 (10.83%) Microsoft
11 16 (10.19%) AppDynamics
11 16 (10.19%) Commvault
12 15 (9.55%) BMC
12 15 (9.55%) Dell
12 15 (9.55%) ServiceNow
13 12 (7.64%) Meraki
14 10 (6.37%) Aruba
14 10 (6.37%) Veeam
15 9 (5.73%) CheckPoint