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 18 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 365 439
Rank change year-on-year -100 +74 +114
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 154 163 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.55% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.78% 1.17% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 114 118
10th Percentile £293 £300 £325
25th Percentile £338 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £525 £602 £625
90th Percentile £568 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £538 £502
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.07% +18.12%
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 19,664 13,924 18,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.64% 47.32% 42.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,579 8,773 11,593
10th Percentile £313 £294 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 533 1,074
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.57 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.43
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.47 £24.66 £21.46
% change year-on-year +7.34% +14.91% -44.26%

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 18 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 18 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 14 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 18 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 -110 138 £456 -13.51% 31
UK excluding London -72 119 £430 -20.00% 27
South East -20 48 £500 -9.09% 9
Work from Home -48 38 £425 -15.00% 8
Midlands -67 28 £310 -46.85% 9
West Midlands -56 27 £309 -43.92% 8
London -73 23 £500 - 5
North of England -73 17 £355 -23.04% 4
South West -23 16 £371 -20.96% 3
North West -51 14 £348 -18.24%
East of England -28 6 £363 -34.09%
Scotland +5 4 £500 +11.11% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £519 - 3
East Midlands -43 1 £475 -26.98% 1

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 10 (6.49%) Confluence
2 6 (3.90%) IIS
3 5 (3.25%) Apache
4 4 (2.60%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (9.74%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (33.12%) Azure
2 38 (24.68%) AWS
3 15 (9.74%) Datadog
4 14 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.49%) GCP
6 8 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.25%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.60%) SaaS
9 3 (1.95%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.95%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.95%) PaaS
9 3 (1.95%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.30%) Cohesity
11 1 (0.65%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 72 (46.75%) Firewall
2 59 (38.31%) WAN
3 56 (36.36%) LAN
4 47 (30.52%) DNS
5 40 (25.97%) DHCP
6 36 (23.38%) BGP
6 36 (23.38%) OSPF
7 30 (19.48%) Junos
8 29 (18.83%) VPN
8 29 (18.83%) VXLAN
9 27 (17.53%) BIG-IP
9 27 (17.53%) Cisco ISE
10 25 (16.23%) Ethernet VPN
11 19 (12.34%) Network Security
11 19 (12.34%) VLAN
12 18 (11.69%) SD-WAN
13 16 (10.39%) SNMP
14 14 (9.09%) MPLS
15 13 (8.44%) TCP/IP
15 13 (8.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.90%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (1.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Git
1 4 (2.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.30%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 33 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.44%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.49%) Finance
5 7 (4.55%) Law
6 6 (3.90%) Legal
7 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Military
8 4 (2.60%) Retail
9 2 (1.30%) Aviation
9 2 (1.30%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (32.47%) Network Engineer
2 17 (11.04%) Analyst
3 15 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.44%) Firewall Specialist
4 13 (8.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 13 (8.44%) Network Specialist
4 13 (8.44%) Senior
5 12 (7.79%) Architect
6 11 (7.14%) Consultant
7 10 (6.49%) Management Consultant
8 8 (5.19%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Network Architect
9 7 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) Server Engineer
10 6 (3.90%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (15.58%) 802.1X
2 19 (12.34%) REST
3 4 (2.60%) JSON
3 4 (2.60%) LDAP
3 4 (2.60%) SAML
4 2 (1.30%) Middleware
5 1 (0.65%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (24.68%) Data Centre
2 35 (22.73%) Clustering
3 27 (17.53%) PKI
4 14 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.55%) Replication
5 7 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.90%) CMDB
7 5 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.60%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.30%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.30%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.65%) EMC VMAX
10 1 (0.65%) EMC VNX
10 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (42.21%) Windows
2 37 (24.03%) Linux
3 20 (12.99%) Windows Server
4 14 (9.09%) AIX
5 3 (1.95%) Unix
5 3 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.65%) Solaris
6 1 (0.65%) VMS
6 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (23.38%) High Availability
3 34 (22.08%) ITIL
4 30 (19.48%) Load Balancing
4 30 (19.48%) Observability
5 24 (15.58%) Agile
6 23 (14.94%) Identity Access Management
7 20 (12.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (12.99%) ITSM
8 18 (11.69%) Change Management
9 17 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (11.04%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (11.04%) Service Management
10 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.74%) Project Delivery
11 13 (8.44%) Capacity Planning
12 12 (7.79%) Dashboard Development
13 10 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.49%) Network Design
13 10 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.08%) PowerShell
2 27 (17.53%) Python
3 17 (11.04%) SQL
4 12 (7.79%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (4.55%) Bash
6 3 (1.95%) Perl
7 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 76 (49.35%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.97%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 26 (16.88%) DV Cleared
5 19 (12.34%) CCNP
6 11 (7.14%) CCNA
6 11 (7.14%) JNCIS
7 9 (5.84%) JNCIP
8 8 (5.19%) Degree
8 8 (5.19%) JNCIA
9 6 (3.90%) CCIE
10 5 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.60%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.60%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.95%) CCIE Security
12 3 (1.95%) CCSP
12 3 (1.95%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.90%) GDPR
1 6 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.60%) NIST
2 4 (2.60%) PCI DSS
2 4 (2.60%) QA
3 3 (1.95%) NCSC
4 2 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.65%) GRC
5 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (23.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (20.13%) Active Directory
3 19 (12.34%) vSphere
4 17 (11.04%) VMware NSX
5 13 (8.44%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.25%) Firmware
7 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.65%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.65%) KVM
8 1 (0.65%) NFS
8 1 (0.65%) RHEV
8 1 (0.65%) SRDF
8 1 (0.65%) Xen
8 1 (0.65%) XenApp
8 1 (0.65%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (19.48%) Nagios
2 25 (16.23%) FortiGate
3 24 (15.58%) Ansible
4 20 (12.99%) Terraform
5 14 (9.09%) ZABBIX
6 13 (8.44%) Netcool
6 13 (8.44%) vRealize
7 12 (7.79%) OpenView
7 12 (7.79%) Tivoli
7 12 (7.79%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 12 (7.79%) VxRail
8 11 (7.14%) vCenter Server
9 9 (5.84%) SCCM
10 8 (5.19%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (3.25%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (2.60%) Pingdom
14 3 (1.95%) WSUS
15 2 (1.30%) Iperf
Vendors
1 97 (62.99%) Cisco
2 44 (28.57%) Juniper
3 43 (27.92%) Splunk
4 37 (24.03%) VMware
5 35 (22.73%) F5
6 26 (16.88%) IBM
6 26 (16.88%) Palo Alto
7 25 (16.23%) HP
8 22 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
9 18 (11.69%) Fortinet
9 18 (11.69%) Microsoft
10 16 (10.39%) AppDynamics
10 16 (10.39%) BMC
10 16 (10.39%) Commvault
11 15 (9.74%) Dell
12 14 (9.09%) ServiceNow
13 12 (7.79%) Meraki
14 10 (6.49%) CheckPoint
14 10 (6.49%) Veeam
15 9 (5.84%) Aruba