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 20 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 400 440
Rank change year-on-year -49 +40 +161
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 142 141 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.41% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 0.91% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 89 104
10th Percentile £322 £300 £316
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -9.52% +15.38%
75th Percentile £529 £623 £638
90th Percentile £575 £715 £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% +14.71%
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% +15.75%
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 17,425 15,570 19,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.27% 45.69% 45.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,076 9,288 12,626
10th Percentile £294 £283 £252
25th Percentile £408 £410 £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 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 866 465 664
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.62 £14.52
25th Percentile £18.01 £19.59 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.11
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% -35.71% +76.74%
75th Percentile £44.40 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.01 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.81 £45.21
% change year-on-year -17.95% -40.69% +104.02%

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 20 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 20 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 -52 126 £500 +5.26% 51
UK excluding London -48 100 £500 +8.11% 53
South East -17 37 £500 +18.34% 18
Work from Home -7 32 £450 -10.00% 18
London +8 27 £500 -4.63% 11
West Midlands -18 25 £318 -39.43% 13
Midlands -39 25 £318 -47.00% 14
South West 0 18 £550 +32.13% 10
North of England -65 16 £335 -29.47% 4
North West -39 15 £338 -28.95% 3
East of England -22 2 £363 -37.23%
Scotland - 2 £475 - 1
Yorkshire -51 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 (7.75%) Confluence
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.23%) Skype for Business
3 4 (2.82%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (2.82%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.11%) IIS
5 2 (1.41%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (7.04%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.58%) Azure
2 33 (23.24%) AWS
3 14 (9.86%) Datadog
4 9 (6.34%) GCP
5 5 (3.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.82%) Akamai
6 4 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.82%) Cohesity
6 4 (2.82%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.82%) SaaS
6 4 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.11%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.41%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.41%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (39.44%) Firewall
2 36 (25.35%) Cisco ISE
3 34 (23.94%) DNS
4 29 (20.42%) WAN
5 27 (19.01%) BGP
6 26 (18.31%) Cisco IOS
6 26 (18.31%) OSPF
6 26 (18.31%) VLAN
7 25 (17.61%) Network Security
8 24 (16.90%) Cisco Firepower
8 24 (16.90%) LAN
9 23 (16.20%) VPN
10 22 (15.49%) DHCP
10 22 (15.49%) Junos
11 20 (14.08%) TCP/IP
12 19 (13.38%) Wireless
13 16 (11.27%) SD-WAN
14 15 (10.56%) WLAN
15 13 (9.15%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (9.15%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Git
1 5 (3.52%) JIRA
2 4 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.11%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.70%) Subversion
General
1 38 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.83%) Public Sector
3 25 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.15%) Finance
5 7 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.70%) French Language
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
10 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 59 (41.55%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (14.79%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (14.79%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (14.79%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 20 (14.08%) Support Engineer
5 19 (13.38%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 17 (11.97%) 3rd Line Support
6 17 (11.97%) Analyst
6 17 (11.97%) Network Support
6 17 (11.97%) Network Support Engineer
7 16 (11.27%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 11 (7.75%) Server Engineer
10 9 (6.34%) Senior
11 7 (4.93%) Security Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Network Security Engineer
13 5 (3.52%) Architect
13 5 (3.52%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.52%) REST
2 4 (2.82%) JSON
3 2 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.70%) LDAP
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.56%) PKI
2 14 (9.86%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.86%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (7.04%) Clustering
4 7 (4.93%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.52%) CMDB
6 5 (3.52%) Replication
7 3 (2.11%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.41%) SCADA
8 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 49 (34.51%) Windows
2 36 (25.35%) Windows Server
3 26 (18.31%) Linux
4 6 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.70%) Solaris
7 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.83%) Service Management
2 24 (16.90%) ITSM
3 21 (14.79%) Agile
4 20 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.68%) Network Monitoring
6 14 (9.86%) ITIL
7 11 (7.75%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (7.75%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.04%) Change Management
8 10 (7.04%) Mentoring
8 10 (7.04%) Network Design
9 9 (6.34%) High Availability
9 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Automation
9 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.34%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (5.63%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.63%) Critical Thinking
10 8 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (5.63%) Migration
10 8 (5.63%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) PowerShell
2 18 (12.68%) Python
3 8 (5.63%) SQL
4 7 (4.93%) Bash
4 7 (4.93%) Perl
Qualifications
1 65 (45.77%) Security Cleared
2 35 (24.65%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (22.54%) CCNP
4 28 (19.72%) DV Cleared
4 28 (19.72%) SC Cleared
5 16 (11.27%) CCNA
6 13 (9.15%) Degree
7 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (5.63%) CCIE
8 8 (5.63%) MCSE
9 6 (4.23%) CCSA
9 6 (4.23%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (3.52%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.82%) CISSP
12 3 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.11%) CCIE Security
12 3 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.23%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.52%) GDPR
3 4 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.82%) NIST
4 2 (1.41%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.70%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (35.21%) Active Directory
2 44 (30.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (23.24%) VMware NSX
4 15 (10.56%) vSphere
5 11 (7.75%) Hyper-V
6 8 (5.63%) Firmware
7 7 (4.93%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.70%) KVM
9 1 (0.70%) RHEV
9 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.70%) Xen
9 1 (0.70%) XenApp
9 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (23.94%) vCenter Server
2 24 (16.90%) Ansible
3 19 (13.38%) Terraform
4 14 (9.86%) Nagios
4 14 (9.86%) SCCM
5 13 (9.15%) vRealize
6 12 (8.45%) VxRail
7 9 (6.34%) WSUS
8 7 (4.93%) FortiGate
9 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (3.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (2.82%) CA Spectrum
11 4 (2.82%) Pingdom
12 3 (2.11%) Iperf
12 3 (2.11%) Nmap
12 3 (2.11%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (1.41%) PowerCLI
13 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 110 (77.46%) Cisco
2 48 (33.80%) VMware
3 39 (27.46%) Juniper
4 25 (17.61%) Fortinet
5 23 (16.20%) F5
6 22 (15.49%) Veeam
7 20 (14.08%) Palo Alto
8 19 (13.38%) CheckPoint
8 19 (13.38%) Microsoft
9 17 (11.97%) Dell
10 15 (10.56%) Commvault
10 15 (10.56%) Meraki
11 14 (9.86%) AppDynamics
11 14 (9.86%) IBM
12 12 (8.45%) HP
12 12 (8.45%) ServiceNow
13 11 (7.75%) LogicMonitor
13 11 (7.75%) Splunk
14 6 (4.23%) Tanium
15 5 (3.52%) Broadcom