Riverbed Contract Job Trends

Riverbed
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Riverbed products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Riverbed over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Riverbed Technology.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 518 576
Rank change year-on-year - +58 +87
Contract jobs citing Riverbed 0 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.014% 0.026%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.029% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £498
25th Percentile - £413 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -29.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £438 £650
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475

All Vendors
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,948 13,741 18,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.76% 47.66% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,535 8,490 11,282
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £405 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £514
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -1.22% -2.14%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £626
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +1.23% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,030 604 1,114
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.34 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.24% -46.92%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% +4.65% -45.64%

Riverbed
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Riverbed job vacancy trend in the UK

Riverbed
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Riverbed.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Riverbed

Riverbed
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Riverbed.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Riverbed