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 24 March 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
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 347 443
Rank change year-on-year -103 +96 +123
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 159 179 154
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.61% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 1.30% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 126 119
10th Percentile £302 £305 £332
25th Percentile £356 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +11.35%
75th Percentile £525 £615 £600
90th Percentile £581 £700 £652
UK excluding London median daily rate £452 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.00% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £42.05 - £36.70
25th Percentile £43.11 - £44.88
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £63.00
75th Percentile £62.29 - £66.74
90th Percentile £68.11 - £67.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 - £64.49
% change year-on-year - - +2.99%

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 19,113 13,749 18,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.62% 47.20% 42.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,239 8,664 11,803
10th Percentile £311 £290 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £625
90th Percentile £700 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 464 1,035
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.49 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.38 £29.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +22.83% -38.68%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.28 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.36% +27.91% -38.57%

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 24 March 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 24 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

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 24 March 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 -133 139 £500 -4.76% 34
UK excluding London -94 119 £452 -14.00% 27
South East -27 50 £500 -9.09% 11
Work from Home -39 43 £425 -15.00% 9
West Midlands -61 25 £310 -43.74% 6
London -75 25 £520 +4.00% 10
Midlands -81 25 £310 -46.69% 7
South West -28 17 £471 +14.24% 5
North of England -82 16 £348 -26.84% 3
North West -47 14 £348 -26.84%
East of England -25 6 £363 -34.09% 1
Scotland - 5 £500 -
Yorkshire - 3 - - 2

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 12 (7.55%) Confluence
2 6 (3.77%) IIS
3 5 (3.14%) Apache
4 4 (2.52%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (8.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (30.19%) Azure
2 36 (22.64%) AWS
3 14 (8.81%) Datadog
4 13 (8.18%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.29%) GCP
6 8 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.14%) Nutanix
8 5 (3.14%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.14%) SaaS
8 5 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.52%) PaaS
10 3 (1.89%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.89%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.26%) Cohesity
11 2 (1.26%) IaaS
12 1 (0.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 70 (44.03%) Firewall
2 58 (36.48%) WAN
3 51 (32.08%) LAN
4 44 (27.67%) DNS
5 39 (24.53%) OSPF
6 37 (23.27%) BGP
6 37 (23.27%) DHCP
7 34 (21.38%) Junos
8 33 (20.75%) Cisco ISE
9 28 (17.61%) VPN
9 28 (17.61%) VXLAN
10 24 (15.09%) BIG-IP
10 24 (15.09%) Ethernet VPN
11 20 (12.58%) VLAN
12 18 (11.32%) Network Security
13 15 (9.43%) MPLS
13 15 (9.43%) SD-WAN
14 14 (8.81%) Cisco Firepower
14 14 (8.81%) Cisco IOS
14 14 (8.81%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (3.77%) JIRA
2 5 (3.14%) Git
3 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.89%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.63%) Subversion
General
1 33 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (10.69%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.18%) Finance
4 7 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.77%) Law
5 6 (3.77%) Legal
6 5 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.52%) Military
8 3 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Retail
9 2 (1.26%) Aviation
9 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.63%) Advertising
10 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.63%) French Language
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (35.22%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.69%) Analyst
3 14 (8.81%) Senior
4 13 (8.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 13 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Network Specialist
6 11 (6.92%) Architect
6 11 (6.92%) Firewall Specialist
7 10 (6.29%) Network Support
7 10 (6.29%) Support Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Network Support Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (4.40%) Consultant
10 7 (4.40%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (15.09%) 802.1X
2 15 (9.43%) REST
3 4 (2.52%) JSON
4 3 (1.89%) LDAP
4 3 (1.89%) SAML
5 2 (1.26%) Middleware
6 1 (0.63%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.01%) Data Centre
2 33 (20.75%) Clustering
3 27 (16.98%) PKI
4 14 (8.81%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (5.03%) CMDB
6 7 (4.40%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.77%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.77%) Replication
8 5 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.26%) SCADA
10 2 (1.26%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 66 (41.51%) Windows
2 34 (21.38%) Linux
3 25 (15.72%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.66%) AIX
5 4 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.89%) Unix
6 3 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.63%) Solaris
7 1 (0.63%) VMS
7 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (21.38%) High Availability
3 31 (19.50%) ITIL
4 28 (17.61%) Load Balancing
5 27 (16.98%) Observability
6 24 (15.09%) Agile
6 24 (15.09%) ITSM
6 24 (15.09%) Service Management
7 21 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (11.32%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (10.69%) Change Management
9 17 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (8.18%) Project Delivery
12 11 (6.92%) Capacity Planning
13 10 (6.29%) Network Design
13 10 (6.29%) Roadmaps
14 9 (5.66%) Availability Management
14 9 (5.66%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.87%) PowerShell
2 24 (15.09%) Python
3 14 (8.81%) SQL
4 8 (5.03%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.77%) Bash
6 4 (2.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 77 (48.43%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.90%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (22.01%) SC Cleared
4 29 (18.24%) DV Cleared
5 20 (12.58%) CCNP
6 11 (6.92%) CCNA
6 11 (6.92%) JNCIS
7 9 (5.66%) JNCIP
8 8 (5.03%) Degree
8 8 (5.03%) JNCIA
9 6 (3.77%) CCIE
10 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (3.14%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.52%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.89%) CCIE Security
12 3 (1.89%) CISSP
12 3 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) GDPR
1 6 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.52%) NIST
2 4 (2.52%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.89%) NCSC
3 3 (1.89%) QA
4 2 (1.26%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.63%) GRC
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
System Software
1 38 (23.90%) Active Directory
2 37 (23.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (15.09%) VMware NSX
4 17 (10.69%) vSphere
5 12 (7.55%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.77%) Firmware
7 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.63%) KVM
8 1 (0.63%) RHEV
8 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.63%) Xen
8 1 (0.63%) XenApp
8 1 (0.63%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (16.98%) Nagios
2 25 (15.72%) Ansible
3 23 (14.47%) FortiGate
4 21 (13.21%) Terraform
5 20 (12.58%) vCenter Server
6 13 (8.18%) vRealize
7 12 (7.55%) VxRail
8 11 (6.92%) SCCM
9 9 (5.66%) Netcool
9 9 (5.66%) ZABBIX
10 8 (5.03%) Cisco Prime
10 8 (5.03%) OpenView
10 8 (5.03%) Tivoli
10 8 (5.03%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (3.14%) WSUS
13 4 (2.52%) Pingdom
13 4 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
14 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 102 (64.15%) Cisco
2 47 (29.56%) Juniper
3 41 (25.79%) VMware
4 36 (22.64%) Splunk
5 34 (21.38%) F5
6 27 (16.98%) Palo Alto
7 22 (13.84%) IBM
8 21 (13.21%) HP
9 20 (12.58%) Extreme Networks
10 18 (11.32%) Fortinet
10 18 (11.32%) Microsoft
11 16 (10.06%) AppDynamics
11 16 (10.06%) ServiceNow
12 15 (9.43%) Commvault
13 14 (8.81%) Dell
14 13 (8.18%) Meraki
15 12 (7.55%) Veeam
16 11 (6.92%) BMC
17 10 (6.29%) Aruba
18 9 (5.66%) CheckPoint