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 18 December 2025, 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
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 406 448
Rank change year-on-year -48 +42 +142
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 143 139 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 0.89% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 87 105
10th Percentile £329 £300 £318
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -9.52% +15.38%
75th Percentile £529 £624 £638
90th Percentile £575 £715 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% +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% +15.75%
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +15.75%

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 17,283 15,622 19,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.24% 45.70% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,989 9,336 12,667
10th Percentile £293 £283 £253
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £722 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 464 671
10th Percentile £15.11 £15.62 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.00 £19.87 £19.88
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% -34.83% +73.08%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £44.75
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.39% +98.89%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 -47 126 £500 +5.26% 53
UK excluding London -60 100 £500 +8.70% 54
South East -17 38 £500 +18.34% 19
Work from Home -15 32 £450 -10.00% 18
London +7 27 £500 -4.63% 13
West Midlands -22 24 £320 -39.05% 11
Midlands -42 24 £320 -46.67% 12
South West +1 18 £550 +32.13% 11
North of England -68 16 £335 -29.47% 5
North West -34 15 £338 -28.95% 3
East of England -20 2 £363 -37.23%
Scotland - 2 £475 - 1
Yorkshire -42 1 £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 (7.69%) Confluence
1 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.20%) Skype for Business
3 4 (2.80%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (2.80%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.10%) IIS
5 2 (1.40%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (6.99%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.67%) Azure
2 33 (23.08%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) Datadog
4 9 (6.29%) GCP
5 5 (3.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (3.50%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.80%) Akamai
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.80%) Cohesity
6 4 (2.80%) SaaS
6 4 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.10%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.40%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.40%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (39.86%) Firewall
2 37 (25.87%) Cisco ISE
3 34 (23.78%) DNS
4 29 (20.28%) WAN
5 27 (18.88%) BGP
6 26 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
6 26 (18.18%) OSPF
6 26 (18.18%) VLAN
7 25 (17.48%) Network Security
8 24 (16.78%) Cisco Firepower
8 24 (16.78%) LAN
9 23 (16.08%) VPN
10 22 (15.38%) DHCP
10 22 (15.38%) Junos
11 20 (13.99%) TCP/IP
11 20 (13.99%) Wireless
12 16 (11.19%) SD-WAN
13 15 (10.49%) WLAN
14 13 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Git
1 5 (3.50%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.10%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 38 (26.57%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.68%) Public Sector
3 25 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.09%) Finance
5 7 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
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%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
10 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 59 (41.26%) 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
4 20 (13.99%) Support Engineer
5 19 (13.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 18 (12.59%) Analyst
7 17 (11.89%) 3rd Line Support
7 17 (11.89%) Network Support
7 17 (11.89%) Network Support Engineer
8 16 (11.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 11 (7.69%) Server Engineer
11 9 (6.29%) Senior
12 7 (4.90%) Security Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Network Security Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Wintel Engineer
14 5 (3.50%) Architect
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%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.79%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (6.99%) Clustering
4 7 (4.90%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.50%) CMDB
6 5 (3.50%) Replication
7 3 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) SCADA
8 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 49 (34.27%) Windows
2 35 (24.48%) Windows Server
3 26 (18.18%) Linux
4 6 (4.20%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.10%) 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 21 (14.69%) Agile
3 21 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (12.59%) Network Monitoring
5 14 (9.79%) ITIL
6 11 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 10 (6.99%) Change Management
7 10 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (6.99%) Mentoring
7 10 (6.99%) Network Design
8 9 (6.29%) High Availability
8 9 (6.29%) Infrastructure Automation
8 9 (6.29%) Network Virtualisation
9 8 (5.59%) Computer Science
9 8 (5.59%) Critical Thinking
9 8 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (5.59%) Migration
9 8 (5.59%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 18 (12.59%) Python
3 8 (5.59%) SQL
4 7 (4.90%) Bash
4 7 (4.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 67 (46.85%) Security Cleared
2 35 (24.48%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (22.38%) CCNP
4 29 (20.28%) DV Cleared
4 29 (20.28%) SC Cleared
5 16 (11.19%) CCNA
6 13 (9.09%) Degree
7 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (5.59%) CCIE
8 8 (5.59%) MCSE
9 6 (4.20%) CCSA
9 6 (4.20%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (3.50%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.80%) CISSP
12 3 (2.10%) CCDP
12 3 (2.10%) CCSP
12 3 (2.10%) MCSA
12 3 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (2.10%) OCA
12 3 (2.10%) Oracle Certification
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%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.70%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (34.27%) Active Directory
2 44 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (23.08%) VMware NSX
4 15 (10.49%) vSphere
5 11 (7.69%) Hyper-V
6 8 (5.59%) Firmware
7 7 (4.90%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.70%) KVM
9 1 (0.70%) RHEV
9 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.70%) Xen
9 1 (0.70%) XenApp
9 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (23.78%) vCenter Server
2 24 (16.78%) Ansible
3 19 (13.29%) Terraform
4 15 (10.49%) SCCM
5 14 (9.79%) Nagios
6 13 (9.09%) vRealize
7 12 (8.39%) VxRail
8 9 (6.29%) WSUS
9 7 (4.90%) FortiGate
10 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (3.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (2.80%) CA Spectrum
12 4 (2.80%) Pingdom
13 3 (2.10%) Iperf
13 3 (2.10%) Nmap
13 3 (2.10%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (1.40%) PowerCLI
14 2 (1.40%) SCOM
14 2 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
15 1 (0.70%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 111 (77.62%) Cisco
2 48 (33.57%) VMware
3 39 (27.27%) Juniper
4 25 (17.48%) Fortinet
5 23 (16.08%) F5
6 21 (14.69%) Veeam
7 20 (13.99%) Palo Alto
8 19 (13.29%) CheckPoint
9 18 (12.59%) Microsoft
10 17 (11.89%) Dell
11 15 (10.49%) Commvault
11 15 (10.49%) Meraki
12 14 (9.79%) AppDynamics
12 14 (9.79%) IBM
13 12 (8.39%) HP
14 11 (7.69%) LogicMonitor
14 11 (7.69%) ServiceNow
14 11 (7.69%) Splunk
15 6 (4.20%) Tanium
16 5 (3.50%) Broadcom