SolarWinds Job Trends in England

SolarWinds
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SolarWinds over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 428 523
Rank change year-on-year +15 +95 +86
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 243 187 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.48% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 1.36% 1.21% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 111 147 217
10th Percentile £36,000 - £34,950
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,887 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -5.66% +22.22%

All Vendors
England

SolarWinds falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,887 15,515 28,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.28% 39.64% 38.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,351 9,080 22,160
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SolarWinds relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SolarWinds job vacancy trend in England

SolarWinds
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SolarWinds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SolarWinds

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +2 70 £55,000 -2.00% 7
London +10 67 £70,000 - 6
South East +17 47 £52,500 +23.53% 19
East of England +16 20 £43,080 -21.67%
Midlands -33 17 £54,068 +8.14% 2
North of England -45 14 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -10 11 £54,068 +8.14% 1
North West -9 7 £40,000 -5.88%
North East - 7 - - 1
East Midlands -30 6 £52,500 +16.67% 1
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 84 (34.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.65%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (7.82%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.65%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 150 (61.73%) Azure
2 94 (38.68%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (22.22%) AWS
4 18 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.76%) SaaS
6 13 (5.35%) AWS Direct Connect
7 11 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (3.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.88%) Datadog
10 7 (2.88%) IaaS
11 5 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.06%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.06%) PaaS
12 4 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.65%) GCP
12 4 (1.65%) GitHub
12 4 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.23%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 102 (41.98%) DNS
2 91 (37.45%) Firewall
3 88 (36.21%) DHCP
4 82 (33.74%) WAN
5 66 (27.16%) VPN
6 58 (23.87%) LAN
7 56 (23.05%) OSPF
8 51 (20.99%) BGP
9 49 (20.16%) SD-WAN
10 44 (18.11%) VLAN
11 40 (16.46%) Network Security
12 39 (16.05%) Cisco ISE
12 39 (16.05%) Wireless
13 31 (12.76%) Cisco ASA
13 31 (12.76%) Cisco Firepower
14 29 (11.93%) Wi-Fi
15 27 (11.11%) EIGRP
16 23 (9.47%) Cisco Nexus
16 23 (9.47%) TCP/IP
17 21 (8.64%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (27.57%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.82%) DTS
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) MySQL
4 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Git
2 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 140 (57.61%) Social Skills
2 112 (46.09%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.70%) Finance
4 15 (6.17%) Banking
5 14 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.12%) Retail
7 8 (3.29%) Retail Banking
8 5 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.23%) Advertising
10 3 (1.23%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.82%) Automotive
11 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.82%) Marketing
11 2 (0.82%) Police
12 1 (0.41%) Electronics
12 1 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 84 (34.57%) Network Engineer
2 63 (25.93%) Systems Engineer
3 36 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (12.35%) Senior
5 26 (10.70%) Senior Network Engineer
6 21 (8.64%) Cisco Engineer
6 21 (8.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (6.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (6.17%) Infrastructure Support
9 14 (5.76%) Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.35%) Infrastructure Support Manager
10 13 (5.35%) Support Manager
11 11 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (4.53%) Firewall Engineer
11 11 (4.53%) Lead
12 10 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (4.12%) IT Support
13 9 (3.70%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Network Operations Engineer
13 9 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.12%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.06%) WebSockets
3 4 (1.65%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.41%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (27.16%) Legacy Systems
2 51 (20.99%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.17%) PKI
4 12 (4.94%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.70%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.65%) Wiki
8 3 (1.23%) CCTV
8 3 (1.23%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.82%) CMDB
9 2 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.82%) iPad
9 2 (0.82%) iPhone
9 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Synthetic Data
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 130 (53.50%) Windows
2 100 (41.15%) Windows Server
3 83 (34.16%) Linux
4 69 (28.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (6.17%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.65%) Android
9 4 (1.65%) VMS
10 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) CentOS
12 1 (0.41%) Rocky
12 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (49.79%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (37.04%) Kalman Filter
3 77 (31.69%) Customer Service
4 69 (28.40%) Migration
5 65 (26.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 64 (26.34%) Customer Experience
6 64 (26.34%) Email Filtering
6 64 (26.34%) Web Filtering
7 63 (25.93%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 46 (18.93%) ITSM
9 41 (16.87%) ITIL
10 39 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (13.58%) Network Monitoring
12 28 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (11.52%) Load Balancing
13 26 (10.70%) Root Cause Analysis
14 25 (10.29%) Service Management
15 23 (9.47%) Security Operations
16 21 (8.64%) Computer Science
17 20 (8.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.76%) Python
2 17 (7.00%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.53%) SQL
4 10 (4.12%) Bash
5 5 (2.06%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (35.39%) Security Cleared
2 74 (30.45%) SC Cleared
3 54 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (20.99%) CCNP
5 33 (13.58%) Degree
6 23 (9.47%) Azure Certification
7 21 (8.64%) CCIE
8 20 (8.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (7.41%) CCNA
10 15 (6.17%) DV Cleared
11 10 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.06%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.06%) RHCSA
13 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.82%) CCSA
14 2 (0.82%) CCSE
14 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (27.98%) PCI DSS
2 65 (26.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (6.58%) PMO
4 12 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (4.53%) NIST
6 9 (3.70%) GDPR
7 7 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.65%) QA
8 4 (1.65%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 108 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 67 (27.57%) Hyper-V
3 63 (25.93%) Terminal Server
4 24 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (6.58%) Firmware
6 14 (5.76%) ProxySG
7 13 (5.35%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (4.53%) VMware NSX
9 9 (3.70%) vSphere
10 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (11.93%) SCCM
1 29 (11.93%) vCenter Server
2 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (5.76%) Nagios
4 9 (3.70%) Ansible
4 9 (3.70%) Terraform
5 8 (3.29%) Check_MK
6 7 (2.88%) Grafana
6 7 (2.88%) ZABBIX
7 6 (2.47%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.47%) SCOM
8 5 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.65%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (1.23%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.82%) Control-M
11 2 (0.82%) Nessus
11 2 (0.82%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
12 1 (0.41%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 119 (48.97%) Microsoft
2 106 (43.62%) Cisco
3 102 (41.98%) VMware
4 78 (32.10%) Veeam
5 77 (31.69%) Splunk
6 65 (26.75%) Brocade
6 65 (26.75%) Tanium
7 63 (25.93%) Nimble Storage
8 44 (18.11%) ServiceNow
9 34 (13.99%) CheckPoint
10 28 (11.52%) Meraki
11 23 (9.47%) Fortinet
12 22 (9.05%) Palo Alto
13 20 (8.23%) F5
13 20 (8.23%) Infoblox
14 16 (6.58%) Motorola
15 14 (5.76%) Blue Coat
15 14 (5.76%) Dynatrace
16 13 (5.35%) Juniper
17 10 (4.12%) Broadcom