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 29 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
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 391 437
Rank change year-on-year -63 +46 +175
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 139 145 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.44% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 0.95% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 94 106
10th Percentile £320 £304 £319
25th Percentile £413 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £528 £617 £638
90th Percentile £575 £715 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +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% +29.96%
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +29.96%

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 17,315 15,273 19,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.93% 45.84% 44.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,057 9,100 12,272
10th Percentile £294 £285 £252
25th Percentile £409 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £717 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 831 447 661
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.27
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.51 £19.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -40.06% +76.99%
75th Percentile £44.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -14.00% -45.86% +102.88%

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 29 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 29 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 -60 124 £500 +5.26% 63
UK excluding London -58 102 £500 +5.26% 62
South East +1 38 £500 +18.34% 22
Work from Home -4 35 £438 -12.50% 23
West Midlands -20 25 £318 -40.84% 16
Midlands -49 25 £318 -45.48% 19
London -11 23 £500 - 19
South West -2 17 £550 +32.13% 4
North of England -64 16 £335 -29.29% 5
North West -36 15 £338 -28.95% 5
East of England -17 4 £363 -37.23%
Scotland - 2 £475 - 2
Yorkshire -46 1 £238 +5.56%

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 (7.91%) Confluence
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.32%) Skype for Business
3 5 (3.60%) IIS
4 4 (2.88%) Apache
4 4 (2.88%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (2.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.94%) Azure
2 30 (21.58%) AWS
3 14 (10.07%) Datadog
4 9 (6.47%) GCP
5 7 (5.04%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.60%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.88%) Cohesity
7 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.88%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.88%) SaaS
7 4 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.16%) Akamai
8 3 (2.16%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.44%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.72%) IaaS
10 1 (0.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (38.13%) Firewall
2 32 (23.02%) DNS
3 31 (22.30%) Cisco ISE
4 27 (19.42%) WAN
5 26 (18.71%) Cisco IOS
6 24 (17.27%) Cisco Firepower
6 24 (17.27%) VLAN
7 23 (16.55%) LAN
8 22 (15.83%) BGP
8 22 (15.83%) Junos
8 22 (15.83%) Network Security
9 21 (15.11%) OSPF
9 21 (15.11%) TCP/IP
9 21 (15.11%) VPN
10 20 (14.39%) DHCP
11 15 (10.79%) Wireless
12 13 (9.35%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (9.35%) SD-WAN
13 12 (8.63%) MPLS
13 12 (8.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) Git
2 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.16%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 37 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.86%) Public Sector
3 23 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Finance
5 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.72%) Advertising
10 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) French Language
10 1 (0.72%) Law
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (41.73%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (15.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (15.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (15.11%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 20 (14.39%) Support Engineer
5 19 (13.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 17 (12.23%) 3rd Line Support
6 17 (12.23%) Analyst
6 17 (12.23%) Network Support
6 17 (12.23%) Network Support Engineer
7 16 (11.51%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 13 (9.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 11 (7.91%) Server Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) Senior
11 8 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Security Engineer
13 5 (3.60%) Network Security Engineer
13 5 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (3.60%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) REST
2 4 (2.88%) JSON
3 2 (1.44%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.72%) LDAP
4 1 (0.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.79%) PKI
2 14 (10.07%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (8.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (7.19%) Clustering
5 7 (5.04%) Operational Technology
6 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.60%) CMDB
7 5 (3.60%) Replication
8 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.16%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.44%) SCADA
11 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 51 (36.69%) Windows
2 38 (27.34%) Windows Server
3 26 (18.71%) Linux
4 6 (4.32%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.16%) Unix
7 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.72%) Solaris
7 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.30%) Service Management
2 24 (17.27%) ITSM
3 23 (16.55%) Agile
4 19 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (11.51%) ITIL
5 16 (11.51%) Network Monitoring
6 12 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (7.91%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.19%) Mentoring
8 10 (7.19%) Network Design
9 9 (6.47%) Change Management
9 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Automation
9 9 (6.47%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (5.76%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (5.76%) Critical Thinking
10 8 (5.76%) System Testing
11 7 (5.04%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (5.04%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.83%) PowerShell
2 17 (12.23%) Python
3 8 (5.76%) SQL
4 7 (5.04%) Bash
4 7 (5.04%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (45.32%) Security Cleared
2 32 (23.02%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (20.86%) CCNP
4 28 (20.14%) DV Cleared
5 27 (19.42%) SC Cleared
6 17 (12.23%) CCNA
7 13 (9.35%) Degree
8 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (5.76%) MCSE
10 7 (5.04%) CCIE
11 6 (4.32%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.88%) CISSP
14 3 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.16%) AWS Certification
14 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
14 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (2.16%) CCIE Security
14 3 (2.16%) CCSA
14 3 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.32%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.60%) GDPR
3 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.72%) QA
4 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (36.69%) Active Directory
2 44 (31.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (23.74%) VMware NSX
4 15 (10.79%) vSphere
5 12 (8.63%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.04%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (4.32%) Firmware
8 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.72%) KVM
9 1 (0.72%) RHEV
9 1 (0.72%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.72%) Xen
9 1 (0.72%) XenApp
9 1 (0.72%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (24.46%) vCenter Server
2 24 (17.27%) Ansible
3 19 (13.67%) Terraform
4 15 (10.79%) Nagios
5 14 (10.07%) SCCM
6 13 (9.35%) vRealize
7 12 (8.63%) VxRail
8 9 (6.47%) WSUS
9 6 (4.32%) FortiGate
9 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (3.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (2.88%) Pingdom
12 3 (2.16%) Iperf
12 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (2.16%) Nmap
12 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (1.44%) PowerCLI
13 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 106 (76.26%) Cisco
2 48 (34.53%) VMware
3 35 (25.18%) Juniper
4 23 (16.55%) Fortinet
4 23 (16.55%) Veeam
5 21 (15.11%) Palo Alto
6 19 (13.67%) Microsoft
7 18 (12.95%) F5
8 17 (12.23%) Dell
9 16 (11.51%) CheckPoint
10 15 (10.79%) Commvault
11 14 (10.07%) AppDynamics
11 14 (10.07%) IBM
12 12 (8.63%) HP
12 12 (8.63%) Meraki
12 12 (8.63%) ServiceNow
13 10 (7.19%) LogicMonitor
13 10 (7.19%) Splunk
14 6 (4.32%) Tanium
15 5 (3.60%) Broadcom