SolarWinds Job Trends in the South East

SolarWinds
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 21 February 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
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 251 316
Rank change year-on-year +12 +65 +45
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 49 26 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.42% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Vendors category 1.45% 0.86% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 17
10th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £29,410
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £56,094 £47,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,000 £52,000 £70,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,443 £51,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% +2.83% +13.33%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,368 3,029 4,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.19% 37.80% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,915 1,638 3,838
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,425
25th Percentile £31,438 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +15.79% -7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,650 £82,325 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SolarWinds job vacancy trend in the South East

SolarWinds
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SolarWinds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SolarWinds

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds in the South East over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in the South East

SolarWinds
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Hampshire +19 23 £47,500 +11.76% 6
Kent +5 22 £52,500 +10.53% 1
Thames Valley -7 2 £52,500 +40.00% 14
Surrey - 2 £80,000 -
Buckinghamshire +3 1 - - 1
Berkshire -8 1 £52,500 - 12
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (6.12%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) Azure
4 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.04%) IaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) Firewall
2 12 (24.49%) Cisco Firepower
2 12 (24.49%) Cisco ISE
2 12 (24.49%) DHCP
2 12 (24.49%) DNS
3 11 (22.45%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (22.45%) Junos
4 10 (20.41%) NX-OS
4 10 (20.41%) SAN
5 4 (8.16%) VLAN
5 4 (8.16%) VPN
6 3 (6.12%) WAN
7 2 (4.08%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.08%) IPv4
7 2 (4.08%) Network Security
7 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.08%) Wireless
8 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.04%) NAS
8 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Retail
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Advertising
4 1 (2.04%) Electronics
4 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Network Engineer
2 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Manager
2 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Support
2 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Support Manager
2 12 (24.49%) Support Manager
3 11 (22.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (12.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.12%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Junior
6 2 (4.08%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior
7 1 (2.04%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Middleware
2 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) PKI
2 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.12%) Wiki
3 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.04%) CCTV
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.04%) FMCG
4 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (63.27%) Windows
2 19 (38.78%) Windows Server
3 12 (24.49%) Windows 10
4 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (10.20%) Linux
6 4 (8.16%) Unix
7 3 (6.12%) AIX
8 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (63.27%) ITSM
2 21 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 16 (32.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (30.61%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (26.53%) Change Management
6 12 (24.49%) Emotional Intelligence
6 12 (24.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (24.49%) Patch Management
6 12 (24.49%) Service Management
6 12 (24.49%) Software Deployment
7 9 (18.37%) DevOps
7 9 (18.37%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (8.16%) High Availability
9 3 (6.12%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.12%) Fintech
9 3 (6.12%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (6.12%) Process Improvement
9 3 (6.12%) Service Delivery
10 2 (4.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) SQL
2 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) Security Cleared
2 15 (30.61%) DV Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.08%) CCNA
5 2 (4.08%) CCNP
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) CCIE
6 1 (2.04%) Degree
6 1 (2.04%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.04%) JNCIS
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.04%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 19 (38.78%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.45%) VMware NSX
3 10 (20.41%) Firmware
4 9 (18.37%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (2.04%) KVM
6 1 (2.04%) RHEV
6 1 (2.04%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (53.06%) SCCM
2 24 (48.98%) vCenter Server
3 14 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (10.20%) SCOM
5 3 (6.12%) Netcool
5 3 (6.12%) ZABBIX
6 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
7 1 (2.04%) AirWatch
7 1 (2.04%) Nagios
7 1 (2.04%) Proxmox
7 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Cisco
2 15 (30.61%) ServiceNow
3 14 (28.57%) VMware
4 13 (26.53%) Juniper
5 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
5 11 (22.45%) Veeam
6 10 (20.41%) 3PAR
6 10 (20.41%) Broadcom
6 10 (20.41%) NetApp
7 4 (8.16%) McAfee
8 3 (6.12%) F5
8 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
8 3 (6.12%) IBM
8 3 (6.12%) Oracle
8 3 (6.12%) Snow
9 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
10 1 (2.04%) Meraki
10 1 (2.04%) Mitel
10 1 (2.04%) Splunk
10 1 (2.04%) Workday