OPNET Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Riverbed OPNET
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OPNET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OPNET over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OPNET 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £568 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £545 £650
% change year-on-year +10.09% -16.15% +23.81%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

OPNET falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,647 4,293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.49% 10.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,220 3,179
10th Percentile £386 £356 £400
25th Percentile £440 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £626 £631 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 73
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £26.55
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +65.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

OPNET
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OPNET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OPNET trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OPNET
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OPNET.

OPNET daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OPNET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Skype
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Service Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) PKI
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Security Hardening
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) MCSA
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft