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 27 May 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
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 361 430
Rank change year-on-year -124 +69 +94
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 144 161 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.56% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 1.18% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 115 105
10th Percentile £294 £285 £352
25th Percentile £356 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +14.44%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £588
90th Percentile £600 £688 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -8.35% -2.68% +14.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - -
25th Percentile £43.11 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £23.80
75th Percentile £62.29 - -
90th Percentile £68.11 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 - -

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 20,005 13,641 18,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.05% 47.74% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,636 8,503 11,247
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.51% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 563 1,105
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +12.11% -47.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £76.62 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.29 £22.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +33.11% +2.52% -45.74%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -133 129 £475 -5.00% 24
UK excluding London -96 116 £458 -8.35% 25
South East -33 49 £500 -9.09% 7
Work from Home -56 33 £500 - 12
London -96 20 £500 - 5
South West -24 19 £426 -19.81% 5
Midlands -76 18 £413 -27.73% 2
North of England -81 18 £353 -25.40% 7
West Midlands -61 17 £359 -34.94% 1
North West -43 15 £350 -17.65% 3
Scotland +7 8 £500 +11.11% 4
East of England -29 4 £363 -9.38%
Yorkshire -55 4 £519 +8.58% 1
East Midlands -37 1 £475 -26.95% 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 4 (2.78%) BizTalk Server
1 4 (2.78%) IIS
2 3 (2.08%) Apache
3 2 (1.39%) Confluence
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.69%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (25.00%) Azure
2 21 (14.58%) AWS
3 12 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.17%) SaaS
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.78%) Datadog
8 3 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.08%) GCP
8 3 (2.08%) PaaS
8 3 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.39%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.39%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.69%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.69%) GitHub
10 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 69 (47.92%) Firewall
2 65 (45.14%) WAN
3 63 (43.75%) LAN
4 49 (34.03%) DNS
5 39 (27.08%) DHCP
6 34 (23.61%) BGP
6 34 (23.61%) OSPF
7 32 (22.22%) VPN
8 29 (20.14%) BIG-IP
9 27 (18.75%) Ethernet VPN
9 27 (18.75%) SNMP
9 27 (18.75%) VXLAN
10 25 (17.36%) Junos
11 24 (16.67%) Network Security
12 21 (14.58%) Cisco ISE
13 18 (12.50%) VLAN
14 16 (11.11%) SD-WAN
15 15 (10.42%) Cisco Nexus
16 14 (9.72%) MPLS
17 13 (9.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.39%) JIRA
1 2 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.69%) Git
2 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (4.86%) Law
4 6 (4.17%) Legal
4 6 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.78%) Finance
5 4 (2.78%) Military
5 4 (2.78%) Retail
6 3 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.39%) Aviation
7 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (30.56%) Network Engineer
2 16 (11.11%) Consultant
3 15 (10.42%) Senior
4 14 (9.72%) Firewall Specialist
4 14 (9.72%) Management Consultant
4 14 (9.72%) Network Specialist
5 13 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.64%) Architect
7 10 (6.94%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.56%) DBA
8 8 (5.56%) SQL DBA
9 6 (4.17%) Network Architect
9 6 (4.17%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.17%) Server Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Network Manager
11 4 (2.78%) Administrator
11 4 (2.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 4 (2.78%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
11 4 (2.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (19.44%) 802.1X
2 24 (16.67%) REST
3 5 (3.47%) LDAP
3 5 (3.47%) SAML
4 4 (2.78%) JSON
5 2 (1.39%) Middleware
6 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (28.47%) Data Centre
2 37 (25.69%) Clustering
3 27 (18.75%) PKI
4 7 (4.86%) Replication
4 7 (4.86%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.08%) CMDB
6 3 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.39%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.39%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.39%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.69%) EMC VMAX
8 1 (0.69%) EMC VNX
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (50.69%) Windows
2 35 (24.31%) Linux
3 19 (13.19%) AIX
4 15 (10.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.39%) Unix
6 2 (1.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.69%) VMS
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.69%) High Availability
2 32 (22.22%) ITIL
2 32 (22.22%) Observability
3 30 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (19.44%) Load Balancing
5 24 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 22 (15.28%) Network Monitoring
7 19 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (11.81%) ITSM
10 16 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 14 (9.72%) Dashboard Development
12 13 (9.03%) Change Management
12 13 (9.03%) Migration
12 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (8.33%) Service Management
14 11 (7.64%) Agile
14 11 (7.64%) Performance Tuning
15 10 (6.94%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 36 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 29 (20.14%) SQL
3 25 (17.36%) Python
4 17 (11.81%) Search Processing Language
5 3 (2.08%) Bash
6 2 (1.39%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 77 (53.47%) Security Cleared
2 37 (25.69%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (24.31%) SC Cleared
4 29 (20.14%) DV Cleared
5 15 (10.42%) CCNP
6 11 (7.64%) JNCIS
7 10 (6.94%) CCNA
8 8 (5.56%) JNCIA
9 7 (4.86%) JNCIP
10 5 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.08%) CCIE
12 2 (1.39%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.39%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.39%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.39%) PMP
13 1 (0.69%) CCDA
13 1 (0.69%) CCDP
13 1 (0.69%) CCIP
13 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.08%) NCSC
1 3 (2.08%) QA
2 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.39%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) GDPR
3 1 (0.69%) GRC
3 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (18.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (15.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.64%) vSphere
4 10 (6.94%) Hyper-V
4 10 (6.94%) VMware NSX
5 6 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.39%) Firmware
6 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.69%) Docker
7 1 (0.69%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.69%) KVM
7 1 (0.69%) NFS
7 1 (0.69%) RHEV
7 1 (0.69%) SRDF
7 1 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (24.31%) Nagios
2 26 (18.06%) FortiGate
3 19 (13.19%) ZABBIX
4 18 (12.50%) Netcool
5 17 (11.81%) Tivoli
6 16 (11.11%) Ansible
6 16 (11.11%) Terraform
7 15 (10.42%) OpenView
7 15 (10.42%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 8 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (4.17%) WMI
10 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (3.47%) SCCM
11 4 (2.78%) Pingdom
12 3 (2.08%) vCenter Server
12 3 (2.08%) vRealize
13 2 (1.39%) Grafana
13 2 (1.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 88 (61.11%) Cisco
2 53 (36.81%) Splunk
3 41 (28.47%) F5
4 39 (27.08%) Juniper
5 32 (22.22%) Palo Alto
6 24 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 24 (16.67%) VMware
7 23 (15.97%) Extreme Networks
8 21 (14.58%) BMC
8 21 (14.58%) Fortinet
9 19 (13.19%) HP
9 19 (13.19%) IBM
10 18 (12.50%) ServiceNow
11 14 (9.72%) CheckPoint
12 11 (7.64%) Aruba
12 11 (7.64%) Meraki
13 10 (6.94%) Veeam
14 8 (5.56%) RedGate
15 7 (4.86%) Commvault
16 6 (4.17%) Dynatrace