Software-Defined Networking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking 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 338 451 603
Rank change year-on-year +113 +152 -151
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 5 15 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.034% 0.061% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 21
10th Percentile £451 £360 £275
25th Percentile £500 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £488 £586
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% -16.81% +33.94%
75th Percentile £673 £688 £650
90th Percentile £716 £740 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £633 £586
% change year-on-year -17.00% +7.94% +30.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.35 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Software-Defined Networking 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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,848 4,326
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.37% 11.57% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,885 2,931
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £676
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +13.64%

Software-Defined Networking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Networking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCIE
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (20.00%) Google