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 10 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
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 397 445
Rank change year-on-year -33 +48 +153
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 152 147 164
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.88% 0.91% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 85 108
10th Percentile £327 £300 £310
25th Percentile £413 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £467 £523
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -10.62% +16.11%
75th Percentile £534 £601 £626
90th Percentile £602 £715 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +10.19% +0.83% +5.88%
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 17,187 16,208 20,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.37% 45.39% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,917 9,626 13,106
10th Percentile £290 £290 £255
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 864 500 679
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.46 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.09 £18.69 £19.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.39 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% -33.97% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.35 £62.51 £64.70
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.04% +97.78%

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 10 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 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 10 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 -48 130 £500 +7.30% 47
UK excluding London -49 106 £500 +10.19% 47
South East -19 34 £500 +21.95% 22
Work from Home -13 30 £450 -10.00% 10
London +2 29 £500 -4.63% 8
West Midlands -13 27 £366 -30.24% 8
Midlands -30 27 £366 -33.41% 10
North of England -55 20 £475 - 4
South West -10 17 £550 +32.13% 5
Yorkshire -32 11 £490 +117.56%
North West -38 9 £405 -14.74% 3
Channel Islands - 3 £725 -
East of England -13 2 £363 -37.23%
Scotland - 2 £475 - 1
Wales +2 1 £190 - 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 (7.24%) Confluence
1 11 (7.24%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.95%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.63%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.97%) IIS
6 2 (1.32%) Apache
6 2 (1.32%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (5.26%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.68%) Azure
2 29 (19.08%) AWS
3 14 (9.21%) Datadog
4 8 (5.26%) GCP
5 7 (4.61%) Akamai
6 5 (3.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.29%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.63%) Cohesity
7 4 (2.63%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.63%) SaaS
7 4 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.97%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.32%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.66%) IaaS
10 1 (0.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (45.39%) Firewall
2 49 (32.24%) Cisco ISE
3 35 (23.03%) WAN
4 33 (21.71%) BGP
5 32 (21.05%) DNS
5 32 (21.05%) OSPF
6 29 (19.08%) Wireless
7 28 (18.42%) Cisco Firepower
8 26 (17.11%) Cisco IOS
9 24 (15.79%) SD-WAN
9 24 (15.79%) VLAN
10 22 (14.47%) Junos
11 21 (13.82%) Network Security
12 20 (13.16%) Cisco Nexus
12 20 (13.16%) DHCP
12 20 (13.16%) LAN
12 20 (13.16%) VPN
13 19 (12.50%) Wireshark
14 17 (11.18%) EIGRP
15 15 (9.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Git
1 5 (3.29%) JIRA
2 4 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.97%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 34 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.08%) Public Sector
3 21 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.21%) Finance
5 5 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.97%) Local Government
8 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.66%) Advertising
9 1 (0.66%) Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.66%) French Language
9 1 (0.66%) Law
9 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 71 (46.71%) Network Engineer
2 22 (14.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 22 (14.47%) Support Engineer
3 21 (13.82%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (13.82%) Analyst
3 21 (13.82%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (13.82%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 20 (13.16%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 17 (11.18%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (11.18%) Network Support
5 17 (11.18%) Network Support Engineer
6 16 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 9 (5.92%) Security Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Senior
10 7 (4.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 7 (4.61%) Wintel Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.97%) 802.1X
1 3 (1.97%) REST
2 2 (1.32%) JSON
3 1 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.66%) LDAP
3 1 (0.66%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.87%) PKI
3 14 (9.21%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.61%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.29%) CMDB
6 5 (3.29%) Replication
7 4 (2.63%) Clustering
8 3 (1.97%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.32%) SCADA
9 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (28.95%) Windows
2 33 (21.71%) Windows Server
3 26 (17.11%) Linux
4 6 (3.95%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.97%) Unix
7 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.66%) Solaris
7 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.39%) Service Management
2 27 (17.76%) ITSM
3 21 (13.82%) Agile
3 21 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
5 15 (9.87%) ITIL
6 14 (9.21%) High Availability
7 11 (7.24%) Project Delivery
8 10 (6.58%) Change Management
8 10 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (6.58%) Mentoring
8 10 (6.58%) Network Segmentation
9 9 (5.92%) Capacity Planning
9 9 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (5.92%) Network Design
9 9 (5.92%) Network Virtualisation
9 9 (5.92%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (5.26%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (5.26%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.16%) Python
2 17 (11.18%) PowerShell
3 8 (5.26%) SQL
4 7 (4.61%) Bash
4 7 (4.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (48.03%) Security Cleared
2 38 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (22.37%) SC Cleared
4 32 (21.05%) DV Cleared
5 31 (20.39%) CCNP
6 16 (10.53%) CCNA
7 13 (8.55%) Degree
8 9 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (5.26%) CCIE
9 8 (5.26%) MCSE
10 6 (3.95%) CCSA
10 6 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (3.29%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.63%) CISSP
13 3 (1.97%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.97%) CCDP
13 3 (1.97%) OCA
13 3 (1.97%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) GDPR
1 6 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.95%) PCI DSS
2 4 (2.63%) NIST
3 2 (1.32%) NCSC
3 2 (1.32%) SLA
4 1 (0.66%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.66%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (28.29%) Active Directory
1 43 (28.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (21.71%) VMware NSX
3 15 (9.87%) vSphere
4 8 (5.26%) Firmware
5 7 (4.61%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (2.63%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.66%) XenApp
8 1 (0.66%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (22.37%) vCenter Server
2 20 (13.16%) Ansible
3 16 (10.53%) SCCM
4 13 (8.55%) vRealize
5 12 (7.89%) VxRail
6 11 (7.24%) Terraform
7 10 (6.58%) FortiGate
8 9 (5.92%) WSUS
9 5 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (2.63%) CA Spectrum
11 3 (1.97%) Iperf
11 3 (1.97%) Nagios
11 3 (1.97%) Nmap
11 3 (1.97%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (1.97%) SCOM
12 2 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.32%) Pingdom
12 2 (1.32%) PowerCLI
12 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (80.26%) Cisco
2 47 (30.92%) VMware
3 40 (26.32%) Juniper
4 32 (21.05%) F5
5 28 (18.42%) Fortinet
6 24 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 20 (13.16%) Palo Alto
7 20 (13.16%) Veeam
8 19 (12.50%) CheckPoint
8 19 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
9 17 (11.18%) Dell
10 15 (9.87%) Commvault
10 15 (9.87%) Meraki
11 14 (9.21%) AppDynamics
11 14 (9.21%) IBM
12 12 (7.89%) HP
13 11 (7.24%) Splunk
14 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
15 6 (3.95%) Tanium
16 5 (3.29%) Broadcom