Network Virtualisation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Virtualization
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Network Virtualisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 390 528
Rank change year-on-year +78 +138 -123
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 31 76 101
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 54 75
10th Percentile £463 £458 £405
25th Percentile £500 £500 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £544 £570
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -4.61% +16.33%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £626
90th Percentile £640 £788 £716
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £62.28 -
25th Percentile - £62.31 £64.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £64.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.78% -1.15% -
75th Percentile - £67.31 £66.75
90th Percentile - £67.43 -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £65.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -63.38% -1.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Virtualisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,003 22,075 40,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.68% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,632 29,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 503 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.68 £20.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +35.21% +61.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Network Virtualisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Virtualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Virtualisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Virtualisation.

Network Virtualisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Network Virtualisation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Virtualisation.

Network Virtualisation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Virtualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Key Vault
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.45%) Azure App Service
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
6 1 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.23%) PaaS
6 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) Firewall
2 9 (29.03%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (29.03%) Cisco Nexus
3 8 (25.81%) Network Security
3 8 (25.81%) VPN
4 6 (19.35%) 4G
4 6 (19.35%) 5G
5 4 (12.90%) DNS
5 4 (12.90%) WAN
6 3 (9.68%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (3.23%) BGP
7 1 (3.23%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (3.23%) IPv6
7 1 (3.23%) MPLS
7 1 (3.23%) Quagga
7 1 (3.23%) SAN
7 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.23%) VXLAN
7 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Consultant
1 8 (25.81%) Network Consultant
2 7 (22.58%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Senior
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Consultant
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Network Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Core Network Specialist
5 3 (9.68%) Design Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IP Design Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IP Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Mobile Specialist
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design Specialist
5 3 (9.68%) Network Specialist
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) ARM Templates
1 3 (9.68%) EDI
2 2 (6.45%) YAML
3 1 (3.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) CCTV
2 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
2 3 (9.68%) SCADA
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Unix
2 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Network Design
2 7 (22.58%) DevOps
3 6 (19.35%) Load Balancing
4 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
5 3 (9.68%) Analytics
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Security
6 2 (6.45%) Configuration Management
6 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.45%) Identity Management
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) Log Analytics
6 2 (6.45%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (3.23%) API Management
7 1 (3.23%) Budget Management
7 1 (3.23%) Change Advisory Board
7 1 (3.23%) Containerisation
7 1 (3.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) Bicep
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) CCNP
1 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (19.35%) CCIE
2 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) CCNA
3 3 (9.68%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.23%) PMP
4 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (32.26%) VMware NSX
2 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (6.45%) Docker
4 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Kubernetes
1 5 (16.13%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.23%) Progress Chef
2 1 (3.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Cisco
2 10 (32.26%) VMware
3 9 (29.03%) Palo Alto
4 6 (19.35%) Juniper
5 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
6 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
7 2 (6.45%) Databricks
8 1 (3.23%) BMC
8 1 (3.23%) Remedy
8 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow