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 5 November 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
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 405 450
Rank change year-on-year -4 +45 +166
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 161 154 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 0.98% 0.94% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 88 121
10th Percentile £362 £346 £319
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -5.00% +9.77%
75th Percentile £526 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £715 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £458 £475
% change year-on-year +7.54% -3.68% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £58.15 £25.22 £38.04
25th Percentile £61.00 £27.35 £59.99
Median hourly rate £66.50 £30.90 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year +115.21% -53.17% +15.75%
75th Percentile £67.25 £34.45 -
90th Percentile - £36.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +15.75%

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 16,461 16,408 21,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.61% 44.93% 45.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,296 9,661 13,519
10th Percentile £281 £293 £260
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.80% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 511 665
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.91 £17.00 £19.76
Median hourly rate £25.04 £31.50 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -20.52% -28.25% +75.60%
75th Percentile £39.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.75 £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £28.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -21.70% -33.33% +94.32%

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 5 November 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 16 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 5 November 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 -10 138 £492 +5.35% 87
UK excluding London -39 114 £492 +7.54% 84
South East -3 38 £500 +14.29% 33
Work from Home -12 36 £450 -10.00% 27
London +17 28 £500 - 29
North of England -53 27 £475 +2.70% 9
West Midlands -4 24 £448 -8.91% 6
Midlands -21 24 £448 -14.76% 13
Yorkshire -13 18 £478 +112.44%
South West +12 17 £550 +30.95% 14
North West -54 8 £475 +1.33% 5
Channel Islands - 3 £725 -
Scotland - 3 £475 - 5
Wales +3 1 £190 - 4
East of England -15 1 £400 -30.74% 2
North East - 1 £500 - 4

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 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.21%) Confluence
2 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.73%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.48%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.12%) Azure
2 24 (14.91%) AWS
3 8 (4.97%) Datadog
3 8 (4.97%) GCP
4 7 (4.35%) Akamai
5 6 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.48%) Cohesity
7 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.48%) SaaS
8 3 (1.86%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.24%) IaaS
9 2 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.24%) PaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.62%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 71 (44.10%) Firewall
2 50 (31.06%) Cisco ISE
3 40 (24.84%) BGP
4 39 (24.22%) OSPF
5 37 (22.98%) DNS
5 37 (22.98%) WAN
6 34 (21.12%) VLAN
7 30 (18.63%) Wireless
8 29 (18.01%) VPN
9 27 (16.77%) Network Security
9 27 (16.77%) SD-WAN
10 26 (16.15%) DHCP
11 23 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
11 23 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
12 22 (13.66%) EIGRP
13 21 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
13 21 (13.04%) LAN
14 19 (11.80%) TCP/IP
15 18 (11.18%) Wireshark
16 17 (10.56%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (7.45%) JIRA
2 3 (1.86%) Git
3 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 31 (19.25%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.63%) Public Sector
3 23 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.70%) Finance
5 6 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.48%) Banking
8 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Local Government
8 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (1.24%) Legal
9 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.62%) French Language
10 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (44.72%) Network Engineer
2 26 (16.15%) Support Engineer
3 22 (13.66%) Analyst
4 18 (11.18%) Network Support
5 17 (10.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 17 (10.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (10.56%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (10.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 17 (10.56%) Network Support Engineer
6 16 (9.94%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 16 (9.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 16 (9.94%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Network Analyst
8 10 (6.21%) Security Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Senior
9 9 (5.59%) Wintel Engineer
10 8 (4.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 8 (4.97%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.63%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.21%) PKI
3 8 (4.97%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.35%) CMDB
4 7 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.11%) Replication
7 4 (2.48%) Clustering
8 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.86%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.24%) SCADA
10 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Life Science
10 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 46 (28.57%) Windows
2 28 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.18%) Linux
4 6 (3.73%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.86%) Unix
7 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.62%) Solaris
7 1 (0.62%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.63%) Service Management
2 26 (16.15%) ITSM
3 24 (14.91%) ITIL
4 21 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
5 20 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (10.56%) Agile
6 17 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (9.94%) Performance Monitoring
8 15 (9.32%) High Availability
9 11 (6.83%) Asset Management
9 11 (6.83%) Network Segmentation
10 10 (6.21%) Migration
11 9 (5.59%) Computer Science
11 9 (5.59%) Load Balancing
11 9 (5.59%) Network Design
11 9 (5.59%) Project Delivery
12 8 (4.97%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (4.97%) Roadmaps
12 8 (4.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (4.97%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) Python
2 18 (11.18%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.35%) Bash
3 7 (4.35%) SQL
4 6 (3.73%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (49.07%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.47%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (24.22%) SC Cleared
4 32 (19.88%) CCNP
4 32 (19.88%) DV Cleared
5 17 (10.56%) CCNA
6 15 (9.32%) Degree
7 8 (4.97%) CCIE
8 7 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (3.73%) CCSA
9 6 (3.73%) MCSE
9 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (3.11%) CISSP
10 5 (3.11%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.86%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.86%) CCDP
11 3 (1.86%) CCSP
11 3 (1.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.73%) GDPR
2 6 (3.73%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.48%) NIST
4 2 (1.24%) NCSC
4 2 (1.24%) SLA
5 1 (0.62%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.62%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.62%) QA
5 1 (0.62%) RMADS
5 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (23.60%) Active Directory
2 33 (20.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (16.77%) VMware NSX
4 13 (8.07%) vSphere
5 7 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (3.73%) Hyper-V
7 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (2.48%) Firmware
8 4 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.62%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.62%) XenApp
9 1 (0.62%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (17.39%) vCenter Server
2 21 (13.04%) Ansible
3 18 (11.18%) SCCM
4 10 (6.21%) FortiGate
5 9 (5.59%) WSUS
6 8 (4.97%) Terraform
7 7 (4.35%) Nagios
7 7 (4.35%) SCOM
7 7 (4.35%) vRealize
7 7 (4.35%) VxRail
8 5 (3.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (3.11%) Tivoli
9 4 (2.48%) CA Spectrum
10 3 (1.86%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (1.86%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.86%) Iperf
10 3 (1.86%) Nmap
10 3 (1.86%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.62%) SELinux
Vendors
1 116 (72.05%) Cisco
2 42 (26.09%) VMware
3 37 (22.98%) Juniper
4 36 (22.36%) F5
5 29 (18.01%) Fortinet
6 24 (14.91%) Microsoft
6 24 (14.91%) Palo Alto
7 22 (13.66%) CheckPoint
7 22 (13.66%) Veeam
8 18 (11.18%) Meraki
9 17 (10.56%) LogicMonitor
10 13 (8.07%) ServiceNow
11 12 (7.45%) Dell
12 11 (6.83%) Splunk
13 8 (4.97%) AppDynamics
13 8 (4.97%) Commvault
13 8 (4.97%) IBM
14 6 (3.73%) Citrix
14 6 (3.73%) HP
15 5 (3.11%) Tanium