Software-Defined Networking Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software-Defined Networking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking 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 293 340 464
Rank change year-on-year +47 +124 +141
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 11 5 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.033% 0.050%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% 0.31% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile - £451 £360
25th Percentile £463 £500 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £591 £488
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% +21.28% +5.41%
75th Percentile £631 £673 £688
90th Percentile £718 £716 £740
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49.68
Median hourly rate - - £53.35
75th Percentile - - £57.03
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £57.33
% change year-on-year - - +18.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Software-Defined Networking falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Software-Defined Networking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Networking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) Wireless
4 2 (18.18%) BGP
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (18.18%) DWDM
4 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
4 2 (18.18%) Internet
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) MPLS
4 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
4 2 (18.18%) VPN
4 2 (18.18%) WAN
4 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
5 1 (9.09%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Principal Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Principal Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Architect
4 1 (9.09%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) DevOps
1 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
1 3 (27.27%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
2 2 (18.18%) Event-Driven
2 2 (18.18%) Microservices
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Use Case
3 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) VCAP
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware NSX
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) PowerCLI
2 1 (9.09%) vRealize
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Aruba
2 2 (18.18%) BT
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 2 (18.18%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) F5
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Meraki
3 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds