Software-Defined Networking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Networking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 462 597
Rank change year-on-year +119 +135 -148
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 5 14 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.055% 0.056%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% 0.47% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 19
10th Percentile £451 £360 £275
25th Percentile £500 £441 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% -4.88% +18.84%
75th Percentile £673 £688 £625
90th Percentile £716 £740 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £650 £586
% change year-on-year -25.00% +10.92% +30.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.35 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Software-Defined Networking is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,565 2,949 4,334
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 11.55% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,011 1,962 2,936
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £600
90th Percentile £703 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.19
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%

Software-Defined Networking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Networking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCIE
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (20.00%) Google