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 28 February 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 345 437
Rank change year-on-year -102 +92 +149
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 162 177 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.58% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.87% 1.24% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 117 111
10th Percentile £306 £362 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £530 £625 £631
90th Percentile £576 £711 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £44.28 - £47.60
25th Percentile £48.68 - £62.24
Median hourly rate £57.02 £38.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +50.05% -42.41% +5.37%
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - £66.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.02 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +5.37%

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 18,550 14,255 19,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.54% 46.58% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,906 8,669 12,082
10th Percentile £305 £284 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.90%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 433 960
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +11.81% -25.27%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.73
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £27.24 £25.75
% change year-on-year -16.92% +5.78% -17.14%

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 28 February 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 28 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

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 28 February 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 -110 140 £500 -4.76% 37
UK excluding London -98 119 £500 -4.76% 35
South East -13 49 £500 +11.11% 21
Work from Home -21 47 £430 -14.00% 8
London -47 26 £500 - 9
West Midlands -50 24 £311 -43.51% 2
Midlands -71 24 £311 -46.79% 3
North of England -84 18 £338 -28.95% 4
South West -28 16 £550 +32.13% 4
North West -57 15 £340 -28.42% 3
East of England -19 6 £363 -37.23%
Scotland - 6 £500 - 1
Yorkshire -59 4 £238 +5.56% 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 11 (6.79%) Confluence
2 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.17%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.70%) IIS
4 5 (3.09%) Apache
4 5 (3.09%) Skype for Business
5 4 (2.47%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (2.47%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (8.02%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.40%) Azure
2 34 (20.99%) AWS
3 14 (8.64%) Datadog
4 13 (8.02%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.17%) GCP
6 7 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.09%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.09%) SaaS
8 4 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.47%) Cohesity
8 4 (2.47%) PaaS
8 4 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.85%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.23%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (43.21%) Firewall
2 53 (32.72%) WAN
3 47 (29.01%) LAN
4 43 (26.54%) DNS
5 36 (22.22%) DHCP
6 35 (21.60%) Cisco ISE
6 35 (21.60%) OSPF
7 33 (20.37%) BGP
7 33 (20.37%) Junos
8 28 (17.28%) VPN
9 22 (13.58%) VLAN
9 22 (13.58%) VXLAN
10 18 (11.11%) BIG-IP
10 18 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
10 18 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
10 18 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
10 18 (11.11%) MPLS
10 18 (11.11%) Network Security
11 17 (10.49%) SD-WAN
12 15 (9.26%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.09%) JIRA
2 4 (2.47%) Git
2 4 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 39 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.43%) Public Sector
3 23 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.02%) Finance
5 7 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.32%) Law
6 6 (3.70%) Legal
7 5 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.47%) Military
9 3 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Retail
9 3 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.23%) Aviation
11 1 (0.62%) Advertising
11 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) French Language
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (39.51%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 17 (10.49%) Analyst
3 16 (9.88%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 16 (9.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 16 (9.88%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 15 (9.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 14 (8.64%) Support Engineer
6 13 (8.02%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 13 (8.02%) Network Support
6 13 (8.02%) Senior
7 12 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (7.41%) Network Support Engineer
8 11 (6.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.17%) Architect
10 9 (5.56%) Network Specialist
11 8 (4.94%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (4.32%) Firewall Specialist
12 7 (4.32%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.73%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.70%) REST
3 4 (2.47%) JSON
4 2 (1.23%) LDAP
4 2 (1.23%) Middleware
4 2 (1.23%) SAML
5 1 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.62%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.90%) Clustering
1 29 (17.90%) Data Centre
1 29 (17.90%) PKI
2 14 (8.64%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (4.94%) CMDB
3 8 (4.94%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.94%) Operational Technology
4 7 (4.32%) Replication
4 7 (4.32%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.23%) SCADA
7 2 (1.23%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 63 (38.89%) Windows
2 34 (20.99%) Windows Server
3 26 (16.05%) Linux
4 6 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.85%) Unix
6 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.62%) Solaris
7 1 (0.62%) VMS
7 1 (0.62%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.60%) ITIL
2 34 (20.99%) Service Management
3 33 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (17.90%) High Availability
5 27 (16.67%) ITSM
6 24 (14.81%) Agile
7 22 (13.58%) Load Balancing
7 22 (13.58%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (11.73%) Observability
9 17 (10.49%) Change Management
10 16 (9.88%) Identity Access Management
10 16 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (8.64%) Project Delivery
13 13 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (8.02%) Network Design
14 12 (7.41%) Capacity Planning
15 9 (5.56%) Incident Response
15 9 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
15 9 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (15.43%) PowerShell
2 14 (8.64%) Python
3 13 (8.02%) SQL
4 7 (4.32%) Bash
5 4 (2.47%) Perl
6 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 76 (46.91%) Security Cleared
2 42 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (20.37%) DV Cleared
3 33 (20.37%) SC Cleared
4 28 (17.28%) CCNP
5 18 (11.11%) CCNA
6 13 (8.02%) Degree
7 10 (6.17%) JNCIS
7 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.94%) JNCIP
8 8 (4.94%) MCSE
9 7 (4.32%) CCIE
9 7 (4.32%) JNCIA
10 6 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (3.09%) Master's Degree
11 5 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.47%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.85%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.09%) GDPR
2 5 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.47%) NIST
4 3 (1.85%) NCSC
4 3 (1.85%) QA
5 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.62%) GRC
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (29.01%) Active Directory
2 43 (26.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (17.90%) VMware NSX
4 17 (10.49%) vSphere
5 12 (7.41%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.09%) Firmware
6 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.62%) KVM
8 1 (0.62%) RHEV
8 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.62%) Xen
8 1 (0.62%) XenApp
8 1 (0.62%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (16.05%) vCenter Server
2 25 (15.43%) Ansible
3 19 (11.73%) FortiGate
3 19 (11.73%) Terraform
4 18 (11.11%) Nagios
5 16 (9.88%) SCCM
6 13 (8.02%) vRealize
7 12 (7.41%) VxRail
8 10 (6.17%) WSUS
9 9 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
10 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (2.47%) Pingdom
13 3 (1.85%) Iperf
13 3 (1.85%) Nmap
13 3 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 114 (70.37%) Cisco
2 47 (29.01%) Juniper
2 47 (29.01%) VMware
3 31 (19.14%) Palo Alto
4 28 (17.28%) F5
4 28 (17.28%) Splunk
5 23 (14.20%) Microsoft
6 21 (12.96%) Fortinet
7 19 (11.73%) Veeam
8 16 (9.88%) Extreme Networks
8 16 (9.88%) ServiceNow
9 15 (9.26%) AppDynamics
9 15 (9.26%) Commvault
10 14 (8.64%) Dell
10 14 (8.64%) IBM
11 13 (8.02%) HP
12 12 (7.41%) CheckPoint
12 12 (7.41%) Meraki
13 11 (6.79%) Aruba
14 10 (6.17%) LogicMonitor