SolarWinds Contract Job Trends
SolarWinds
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies citing 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 30 October 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 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 547 | 415 | 400 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -132 | -15 | +57 |
| Contract jobs citing SolarWinds | 157 | 162 | 153 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.29% | 0.47% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.67% | 0.99% | 0.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 112 | 124 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £335 | £332 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £489 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.36% | +2.95% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £526 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £635 | £707 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £492 | £458 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.25% | +7.54% | -3.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £47.57 | £58.15 | £25.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.13 | £61.00 | £27.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.75 | £66.50 | £30.90 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.38% | +115.21% | -53.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £67.25 | £34.45 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £36.58 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.75 | £66.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +3.38% | - | - |
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 citing vendor products and services.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services | 23,286 | 16,292 | 16,475 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 42.48% | 47.60% | 44.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13,940 | 10,140 | 9,690 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £281 | £291 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £613 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.63% | -1.60% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,576 | 824 | 532 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.75 | £17.87 | £16.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.00 | £25.00 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -23.08% | -25.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.57 | £38.94 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.88 | £69.01 | £71.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.16 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.52% | -26.13% | -27.71% |
SolarWinds Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SolarWinds relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
SolarWinds Daily Rate Trend
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 30 October 2026.
SolarWinds Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SolarWinds.
SolarWinds Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.
SolarWinds Top 15 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 30 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -143 | 130 | £538 | +9.25% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | -78 | 123 | £538 | +9.25% | 21 |
| South East | -56 | 43 | £538 | +7.50% | 6 |
| Work from Home | -55 | 34 | £582 | +29.28% | 12 |
| London | -108 | 23 | £450 | -5.26% | 3 |
| Midlands | -51 | 21 | £575 | +28.49% | 5 |
| Scotland | -1 | 20 | £475 | - | |
| West Midlands | -45 | 19 | £581 | +29.83% | 3 |
| North of England | -66 | 15 | £400 | -15.79% | 3 |
| South West | -29 | 14 | £613 | +11.36% | 4 |
| East of England | -11 | 10 | - | - | 2 |
| North West | -42 | 7 | £400 | -15.79% | 2 |
| North East | -31 | 5 | £225 | -55.00% | |
| Yorkshire | -54 | 3 | £397 | -16.95% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £475 | - | 2 |
SolarWinds Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Vendors
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco | 51.0% | 80 |
| 2 | VMware | 39.5% | 62 |
| 3 | Palo Alto | 28.7% | 45 |
| 4 | Microsoft | 26.1% | 41 |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 21.7% | 34 |
| 6 | Splunk | 21.0% | 33 |
| 7 | F5 | 15.3% | 24 |
| 8 | Fortinet | 12.7% | 20 |
| 9 | Aruba | 9.6% | 15 |
| 9 | Meraki | 9.6% | 15 |
| 11 | Veeam | 8.9% | 14 |
| 12 | CheckPoint | 7.6% | 12 |
| 13 | Broadcom | 7.0% | 11 |
| 13 | Commvault | 7.0% | 11 |
| 15 | Citrix | 5.7% | 9 |
| 15 | NetApp | 5.7% | 9 |
| 17 | Juniper | 5.1% | 8 |
| 18 | BT | 4.5% | 7 |
| 18 | Dynatrace | 4.5% | 7 |
| 18 | Xerox | 4.5% | 7 |