IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SNA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SNA over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 702 852
Rank change year-on-year +138 +150 -170
Contract jobs citing SNA 18 16 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.027% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% 0.22% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 0
10th Percentile £570 - -
25th Percentile £606 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £635 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% - -
75th Percentile £657 £650 -
90th Percentile £668 £710 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £615 £600 -
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SNA is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,629 7,357 9,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 12.33% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,368 4,786 6,330
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +1.32% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 478 361
10th Percentile £13.57 £9.80 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% -0.88%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

SNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SNA.

Daily rate trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SNA.

Hourly rate trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SNA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +118 17 £625 +2.04%
London +111 12 £625 -5.66%
Work from Home +129 9 £619 -3.32%
UK excluding London +59 4 £615 +2.50%
South East +15 4 £615 +2.50%

SNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) VSAN
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Git
2 4 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Military
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 4 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Security Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 4 (22.22%) VMware Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Delivery Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior VMware Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) YAML
2 2 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (11.11%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Network Architecture
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 8 (44.44%) SDLC
4 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Budgeting
5 5 (27.78%) Data Analysis
5 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
5 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
5 5 (27.78%) Project Management
5 5 (27.78%) User Stories
5 5 (27.78%) Waterfall
6 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (22.22%) ITSM
6 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
6 4 (22.22%) Service Management
6 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) PowerShell
1 8 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
2 5 (27.78%) PMP
3 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) VMware NSX
2 8 (44.44%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.56%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) Ansible
1 11 (61.11%) Terraform
1 11 (61.11%) vRealize
2 8 (44.44%) vCenter Server
3 4 (22.22%) Progress Chef
3 4 (22.22%) Puppet
3 4 (22.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) VMware
2 4 (22.22%) Dell
2 4 (22.22%) LogRhythm
2 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
2 4 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 2 (11.11%) SunGard
4 1 (5.56%) Teradata