SolarWinds Contracts

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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 447 544
Rank change year-on-year +85 +97 +71
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 159 154 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 1.15% 0.83% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 113 116
10th Percentile £300 £325 £211
25th Percentile £413 £420 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £456
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +12.88% -1.35%
75th Percentile £615 £613 £572
90th Percentile £688 £650 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £508 £438
% change year-on-year +8.21% +16.17% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - - £56.68
25th Percentile - £23.80 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £28.15 £62.62
Median % change year-on-year - -55.04% +40.71%
75th Percentile - £42.19 £63.23
90th Percentile - £57.38 £69.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +40.71%

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 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SolarWinds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds.

Daily rate trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds.

Hourly rate trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 15 Contract 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 April 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 +61 141 £538 +2.38% 59
UK excluding London +36 92 £550 +8.21% 50
London +51 54 £500 -4.76% 19
Work from Home +57 46 £500 +2.56% 43
Midlands +45 28 £585 -2.50% 6
North of England +21 22 £461 -10.44% 9
South East +15 22 £550 +6.02% 12
North West +3 19 £425 -17.07% 6
West Midlands - 18 £551 - 4
South West +42 10 £525 +20.69% 8
Wales +14 10 £290 +39.76% 1
East Midlands +13 10 £651 +8.42% 1
East of England +35 3 £466 +33.21% 3
North East - 3 £600 - 1
Scotland +1 1 £450 +3.45% 8

SolarWinds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.89%) IIS
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.26%) nginx
2 2 (1.26%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.53%) Azure
2 31 (19.50%) AWS
3 7 (4.40%) IaaS
4 6 (3.77%) GitHub
4 6 (3.77%) Nutanix
5 5 (3.14%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.14%) GCP
5 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.89%) Datadog
7 3 (1.89%) PaaS
8 2 (1.26%) Akamai
8 2 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.26%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.26%) Serverless
8 2 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (51.57%) Firewall
2 49 (30.82%) OSPF
3 46 (28.93%) BGP
4 42 (26.42%) VPN
5 37 (23.27%) DNS
6 31 (19.50%) WAN
7 28 (17.61%) IPsec
8 27 (16.98%) Network Security
9 26 (16.35%) Wireless
10 24 (15.09%) LAN
11 23 (14.47%) MPLS
12 21 (13.21%) SD-WAN
13 20 (12.58%) VLAN
14 19 (11.95%) Cisco ISE
14 19 (11.95%) DHCP
14 19 (11.95%) HSRP
15 17 (10.69%) Cisco ASA
16 16 (10.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 16 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
17 15 (9.43%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.52%) Data Lake
1 4 (2.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) MySQL
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Git
2 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.89%) JIRA
4 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.26%) Subversion
5 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 32 (20.13%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.29%) Finance
5 8 (5.03%) Law
6 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.52%) Legal
7 4 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.26%) Banking
8 2 (1.26%) Electronics
8 2 (1.26%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.26%) Marketing
9 1 (0.63%) Back Office
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Military
9 1 (0.63%) Police
9 1 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (44.03%) Network Engineer
2 19 (11.95%) Architect
3 16 (10.06%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (8.81%) Network Architect
5 12 (7.55%) Principal Network Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Network Security Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Lead
7 8 (5.03%) Senior
8 7 (4.40%) Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Administrator
9 6 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.77%) Principal Security Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Consultant
10 5 (3.14%) Implementation Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.66%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.26%) Node.js
4 1 (0.63%) ADO
4 1 (0.63%) JSON
4 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.18%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.29%) CSOC
3 7 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.14%) Clustering
5 3 (1.89%) CMDB
5 3 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.26%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.26%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.26%) NHS
6 2 (1.26%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.26%) SCADA
6 2 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (25.16%) Windows
2 29 (18.24%) Linux
3 23 (14.47%) Windows Server
4 17 (10.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (6.29%) VMS
6 6 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 5 (3.14%) Unix
7 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.52%) CentOS
9 2 (1.26%) Solaris
9 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.63%) Rocky
10 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.79%) Network Monitoring
2 30 (18.87%) Migration
3 28 (17.61%) ITIL
4 18 (11.32%) SIEM
5 17 (10.69%) High Availability
6 15 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (9.43%) Project Delivery
7 13 (8.18%) Configuration Management
7 13 (8.18%) Network Management
8 12 (7.55%) Agile
8 12 (7.55%) Patch Management
9 11 (6.92%) Change Management
9 11 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (6.29%) Event Correlation
10 10 (6.29%) Network Design
11 9 (5.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (5.66%) ITSM
11 9 (5.66%) Network Architecture
11 9 (5.66%) Problem Management
12 8 (5.03%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.21%) Python
2 15 (9.43%) PowerShell
3 13 (8.18%) SQL
4 6 (3.77%) Bash
5 3 (1.89%) Perl
6 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.63%) C
Qualifications
1 58 (36.48%) Security Cleared
2 49 (30.82%) SC Cleared
3 48 (30.19%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (20.13%) CCNP
5 16 (10.06%) CCIE
6 14 (8.81%) Degree
7 13 (8.18%) CCNA
8 10 (6.29%) DV Cleared
9 8 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (4.40%) CCSA
11 5 (3.14%) CCIE Service Provider
12 4 (2.52%) CISSP
12 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.89%) RHCE
13 3 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (1.26%) CESG Certified Professional
14 2 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.26%) HP APS
14 2 (1.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.52%) NIST
1 4 (2.52%) QA
1 4 (2.52%) SLA
2 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.26%) GDPR
3 2 (1.26%) JSP 440
3 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.26%) PMO
3 2 (1.26%) RMADS
4 1 (0.63%) GRC
4 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (15.72%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.40%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.14%) Firmware
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.52%) vSphere
7 3 (1.89%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.63%) Docker
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (15.72%) Ansible
2 18 (11.32%) ZABBIX
3 14 (8.81%) Cisco Prime
4 13 (8.18%) Terraform
5 9 (5.66%) Nagios
6 8 (5.03%) vCenter Server
7 7 (4.40%) SCCM
7 7 (4.40%) SCOM
8 5 (3.14%) Cacti
8 5 (3.14%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (2.52%) CA Spectrum
9 4 (2.52%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (1.26%) Iperf
11 2 (1.26%) Kubernetes
11 2 (1.26%) Prometheus
11 2 (1.26%) Puppet
11 2 (1.26%) SELinux
11 2 (1.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 96 (60.38%) Cisco
2 40 (25.16%) Palo Alto
2 40 (25.16%) VMware
3 38 (23.90%) F5
4 31 (19.50%) Juniper
5 22 (13.84%) CheckPoint
5 22 (13.84%) Microsoft
6 21 (13.21%) Fortinet
7 18 (11.32%) Red Hat
8 17 (10.69%) ServiceNow
9 12 (7.55%) Meraki
9 12 (7.55%) Splunk
10 8 (5.03%) Dell
10 8 (5.03%) Nokia
11 7 (4.40%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.77%) Aruba
13 5 (3.14%) NETGEAR
13 5 (3.14%) Symantec
13 5 (3.14%) TP-LINK
13 5 (3.14%) Zscaler