SolarWinds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 12 May 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
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 477 617
Rank change year-on-year +4 +140 -24
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 253 180 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.41% 0.29%
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% 1.02% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 139 150 225
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,225 £34,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,900 £51,650 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -10.17% +27.78%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,024
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.04% +17.70%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23,222 17,581 35,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.69% 40.20% 36.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,584 10,332 24,954
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £38,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -10.00%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SolarWinds job vacancy trend in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SolarWinds.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SolarWinds

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
England +14 241 £56,900 +9.84% 25
UK excluding London +27 156 £52,500 +10.53% 25
London -15 85 £70,000 +5.46% 6
Work from Home +15 53 £52,500 -6.45% 14
South West -18 49 £37,500 -33.18% 5
South East +17 46 £52,500 +23.53% 7
Midlands -30 24 £54,068 +8.38% 4
West Midlands -25 21 £54,068 +8.26% 3
East of England -7 16 £46,160 +9.90% 1
North of England -27 13 £40,000 -5.88% 5
North East - 8 - - 2
Wales -23 7 £34,000 -26.67%
North West -4 4 £40,000 -5.88% 2
East Midlands -30 3 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Scotland -3 1 - - 3
Yorkshire -55 1 - - 1

SolarWinds
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 64 (25.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.79%) nginx
4 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (13.04%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.98%) AutoCAD
2 5 (1.98%) DaVinci Resolve
3 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 142 (56.13%) Azure
2 78 (30.83%) AWS
3 77 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.09%) SaaS
5 17 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (5.93%) AWS Direct Connect
6 15 (5.93%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (5.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 14 (5.53%) Datadog
8 13 (5.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 13 (5.14%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.77%) PaaS
10 6 (2.37%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.58%) IaaS
12 3 (1.19%) GCP
13 2 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.79%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.79%) GitHub
13 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 99 (39.13%) Firewall
2 98 (38.74%) DNS
2 98 (38.74%) WAN
3 85 (33.60%) VPN
4 70 (27.67%) DHCP
4 70 (27.67%) SD-WAN
5 66 (26.09%) LAN
6 60 (23.72%) OSPF
7 58 (22.92%) BGP
8 54 (21.34%) VLAN
9 51 (20.16%) Network Security
10 46 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
11 41 (16.21%) Wireless
12 34 (13.44%) Cisco ASA
13 31 (12.25%) Cisco Firepower
13 31 (12.25%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (11.46%) TCP/IP
15 28 (11.07%) Cisco Wireless
15 28 (11.07%) EIGRP
16 23 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.55%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.79%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Git
2 5 (1.98%) GitLab
3 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.79%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) Yeoman
General
1 125 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 97 (38.34%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (13.83%) Finance
4 22 (8.70%) Banking
5 10 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.56%) Retail
7 8 (3.16%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.98%) Law
9 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Legal
12 2 (0.79%) Automotive
12 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Electronics
13 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (35.97%) Network Engineer
2 49 (19.37%) Systems Engineer
3 48 (18.97%) Senior
4 35 (13.83%) Senior Network Engineer
5 28 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.91%) Cisco Engineer
6 20 (7.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 20 (7.91%) Infrastructure Manager
6 20 (7.91%) Infrastructure Support
6 20 (7.91%) Infrastructure Support Manager
6 20 (7.91%) Support Manager
7 14 (5.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.14%) Administrator
8 13 (5.14%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (4.74%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (4.74%) Lead
9 12 (4.74%) Linux Administrator
9 12 (4.74%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.35%) Analyst
10 11 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.74%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.95%) WebSockets
3 7 (2.77%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.79%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 64 (25.30%) Data Centre
2 48 (18.97%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (7.91%) PKI
4 12 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.74%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.77%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.58%) Wiki
10 3 (1.19%) iSeries
10 3 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.79%) CCTV
11 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.79%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.79%) Synthetic Data
12 1 (0.40%) FMCG
12 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 123 (48.62%) Windows
2 79 (31.23%) Windows Server
3 75 (29.64%) Linux
4 53 (20.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (9.49%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.58%) Android
8 4 (1.58%) Rocky
8 4 (1.58%) VMS
8 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.79%) AIX
9 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.79%) CentOS
10 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (47.04%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (29.64%) Kalman Filter
3 57 (22.53%) Customer Service
4 55 (21.74%) ITSM
5 52 (20.55%) Migration
6 51 (20.16%) Customer Experience
7 48 (18.97%) Email Filtering
7 48 (18.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 48 (18.97%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 48 (18.97%) Web Filtering
8 47 (18.58%) Network Monitoring
9 36 (14.23%) ITIL
10 34 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (12.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 27 (10.67%) Load Balancing
13 27 (10.67%) Security Operations
14 26 (10.28%) Service Management
15 25 (9.88%) Patch Management
16 24 (9.49%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.37%) Python
2 25 (9.88%) SQL
3 18 (7.11%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.53%) Bash
5 6 (2.37%) Bicep
6 4 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 71 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 68 (26.88%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (25.30%) CCNP
4 63 (24.90%) SC Cleared
5 36 (14.23%) Degree
6 22 (8.70%) CCIE
6 22 (8.70%) CCNA
7 20 (7.91%) Azure Certification
8 18 (7.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (4.35%) DV Cleared
10 10 (3.95%) RHCSA
11 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.58%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.79%) CCSA
14 2 (0.79%) CCSE
14 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.11%) PCI DSS
2 48 (18.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (8.30%) NIST
4 16 (6.32%) PMO
5 15 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 13 (5.14%) GDPR
7 11 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (3.95%) QA
9 8 (3.16%) SLA
10 5 (1.98%) Accessibility
System Software
1 87 (34.39%) Active Directory
2 49 (19.37%) Hyper-V
3 48 (18.97%) Terminal Server
4 25 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (6.32%) ProxySG
6 9 (3.56%) Firmware
7 7 (2.77%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.77%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.77%) vSphere
8 4 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (12.25%) SCCM
2 20 (7.91%) Nagios
3 19 (7.51%) vCenter Server
4 18 (7.11%) Ansible
5 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (4.74%) Terraform
7 10 (3.95%) Cisco Prime
8 9 (3.56%) Check_MK
9 6 (2.37%) ZABBIX
10 5 (1.98%) Grafana
10 5 (1.98%) Prometheus
11 4 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.58%) SCOM
11 4 (1.58%) SolarWinds Orion
12 3 (1.19%) Netcool
13 2 (0.79%) Control-M
13 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.79%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.79%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 113 (44.66%) Cisco
2 110 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 85 (33.60%) VMware
4 75 (29.64%) Splunk
5 60 (23.72%) Veeam
6 53 (20.95%) ServiceNow
7 48 (18.97%) Brocade
7 48 (18.97%) Nimble Storage
7 48 (18.97%) Tanium
8 34 (13.44%) CheckPoint
9 29 (11.46%) Infoblox
10 28 (11.07%) F5
10 28 (11.07%) Meraki
11 25 (9.88%) Palo Alto
12 20 (7.91%) Fortinet
13 17 (6.72%) Arista
14 16 (6.32%) Blue Coat
14 16 (6.32%) Dynatrace
14 16 (6.32%) Motorola
15 15 (5.93%) Zscaler