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 2 April 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
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 349 440
Rank change year-on-year -123 +91 +115
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 159 175 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.60% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.82% 1.28% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 121 119
10th Percentile £299 £300 £329
25th Percentile £356 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% -2.91% +11.35%
75th Percentile £525 £603 £606
90th Percentile £576 £689 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £531 £500
% change year-on-year -19.02% +6.20% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £42.05 - £33.98
25th Percentile £43.11 - £38.06
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £47.75
75th Percentile £62.29 - £59.06
90th Percentile £68.11 - £64.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - +0.61%

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 19,402 13,689 18,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.34% 47.10% 42.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,458 8,649 11,787
10th Percentile £312 £292 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £700 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 962 483 1,042
10th Percentile £15.26 £15.48 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £26.50 £28.75 £23.11
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +24.42% -42.23%
75th Percentile £58.88 £62.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £78.18 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.83% +26.16% -38.62%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -132 138 £475 -9.52% 35
UK excluding London -94 118 £430 -19.02% 28
South East -32 49 £500 -9.09% 10
Work from Home -33 42 £425 -15.00% 10
West Midlands -56 25 £310 -43.74% 7
Midlands -71 25 £310 -47.01% 8
London -86 25 £500 - 10
South West -22 17 £426 +3.27% 6
North of England -81 16 £348 -26.84% 3
North West -46 14 £348 -22.56%
East of England -30 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 11 (6.92%) Confluence
2 6 (3.77%) IIS
3 5 (3.14%) Apache
4 4 (2.52%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (8.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
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 71 (44.65%) Firewall
2 58 (36.48%) WAN
3 52 (32.70%) LAN
4 45 (28.30%) DNS
5 40 (25.16%) OSPF
6 38 (23.90%) BGP
6 38 (23.90%) DHCP
7 33 (20.75%) Junos
8 32 (20.13%) Cisco ISE
9 29 (18.24%) VXLAN
10 28 (17.61%) VPN
11 25 (15.72%) BIG-IP
11 25 (15.72%) Ethernet VPN
12 20 (12.58%) VLAN
13 18 (11.32%) Network Security
14 15 (9.43%) MPLS
14 15 (9.43%) SD-WAN
14 15 (9.43%) SNMP
15 13 (8.18%) TCP/IP
15 13 (8.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (3.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.14%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) Git
3 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.63%) Subversion
General
1 31 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (9.43%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.18%) Finance
4 7 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.40%) 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%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.63%) French Language
10 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (33.96%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.69%) Analyst
3 14 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (8.81%) Senior
4 13 (8.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (7.55%) Firewall Specialist
5 12 (7.55%) Network Specialist
6 11 (6.92%) Architect
6 11 (6.92%) Consultant
7 10 (6.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 10 (6.29%) Management Consultant
8 9 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) Network Support
9 8 (5.03%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Network Architect
10 7 (4.40%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.72%) 802.1X
2 18 (11.32%) 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%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.01%) Data Centre
2 34 (21.38%) 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%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 67 (42.14%) Windows
2 37 (23.27%) Linux
3 23 (14.47%) Windows Server
4 13 (8.18%) AIX
5 4 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.89%) Unix
6 3 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.63%) Solaris
8 1 (0.63%) VMS
8 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.01%) High Availability
1 35 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (19.50%) ITIL
3 29 (18.24%) Load Balancing
4 28 (17.61%) Observability
5 23 (14.47%) Agile
6 22 (13.84%) Identity Access Management
6 22 (13.84%) ITSM
7 20 (12.58%) Service Management
8 18 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (10.69%) Change Management
9 17 (10.69%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.81%) Project Delivery
12 13 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (6.92%) Capacity Planning
13 11 (6.92%) Dashboard Development
14 10 (6.29%) Network Design
15 9 (5.66%) Availability Management
15 9 (5.66%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.13%) PowerShell
2 26 (16.35%) Python
3 17 (10.69%) SQL
4 11 (6.92%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.77%) Bash
6 4 (2.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 78 (49.06%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.16%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (22.64%) SC Cleared
4 28 (17.61%) DV Cleared
5 20 (12.58%) CCNP
6 12 (7.55%) CCNA
7 11 (6.92%) JNCIS
8 9 (5.66%) JNCIP
9 8 (5.03%) JNCIA
10 7 (4.40%) Degree
11 6 (3.77%) CCIE
12 5 (3.14%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.52%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
14 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.89%) CCIE Security
14 3 (1.89%) CCSP
14 3 (1.89%) CISSP
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 36 (22.64%) Active Directory
1 36 (22.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (13.21%) VMware NSX
3 17 (10.69%) vSphere
4 12 (7.55%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.77%) Firmware
6 2 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.63%) KVM
7 1 (0.63%) RHEV
7 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.63%) Xen
7 1 (0.63%) XenApp
7 1 (0.63%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (19.50%) Nagios
2 24 (15.09%) FortiGate
3 23 (14.47%) Ansible
4 19 (11.95%) Terraform
5 17 (10.69%) vCenter Server
6 13 (8.18%) Netcool
6 13 (8.18%) vRealize
6 13 (8.18%) ZABBIX
7 12 (7.55%) OpenView
7 12 (7.55%) Tivoli
7 12 (7.55%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 12 (7.55%) VxRail
8 11 (6.92%) SCCM
9 8 (5.03%) Cisco Prime
10 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (2.52%) Pingdom
12 4 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (2.52%) WSUS
13 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 100 (62.89%) Cisco
2 46 (28.93%) Juniper
3 41 (25.79%) Splunk
4 38 (23.90%) VMware
5 35 (22.01%) F5
6 26 (16.35%) IBM
6 26 (16.35%) Palo Alto
7 25 (15.72%) HP
8 21 (13.21%) Extreme Networks
9 18 (11.32%) Fortinet
10 17 (10.69%) Microsoft
11 16 (10.06%) AppDynamics
11 16 (10.06%) ServiceNow
12 15 (9.43%) BMC
12 15 (9.43%) Commvault
13 14 (8.81%) Dell
14 13 (8.18%) Meraki
15 9 (5.66%) Aruba
15 9 (5.66%) CheckPoint
15 9 (5.66%) Veeam