SolarWinds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SolarWinds over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 628 613 717
Rank change year-on-year -15 +104 -92
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 290 406 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.79% 0.94% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 230 292 443
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,047 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.76% - -

All Vendors
UK

SolarWinds is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,650 43,239 61,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.10% 41.81% 38.95%
Number of salaries quoted 25,151 24,714 33,279
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds.

Salary trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 14 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 6 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +40 286 £56,250 +25.00% 48
UK excluding London -121 162 £50,047 +17.76% 24
London +140 124 £70,000 +16.67% 24
Work from Home +10 98 £58,750 +30.56% 26
North of England +10 63 £50,000 +17.65% 5
South West -20 52 £51,000 +22.89% 7
Yorkshire +94 28 £47,500 +25.00% 3
North West -22 28 £55,000 +22.22% 2
South East -17 21 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Midlands -27 21 £41,500 -12.63% 2
West Midlands 0 18 £41,250 -5.71% 1
East of England +18 8 £42,500 +21.43% 4
North East -13 7 £70,000 +86.67%
East Midlands -29 3 £55,000 +15.79% 1

SolarWinds
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 34 (11.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (7.24%) IIS
3 14 (4.83%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.76%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.03%) Apache
5 3 (1.03%) GlassFish
5 3 (1.03%) JBoss
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Adaptiv
2 3 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 155 (53.45%) Azure
2 71 (24.48%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (20.69%) AWS
4 26 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (8.28%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.24%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (6.55%) GCP
8 18 (6.21%) IaaS
9 16 (5.52%) Rubrik
10 14 (4.83%) SaaS
11 13 (4.48%) Datadog
12 10 (3.45%) PaaS
13 8 (2.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (2.41%) Nutanix
14 7 (2.41%) OpenShift
15 6 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (2.07%) Azure Stack
16 5 (1.72%) Snowflake
16 5 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 4 (1.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (32.76%) WAN
2 93 (32.07%) Firewall
3 75 (25.86%) LAN
4 71 (24.48%) DNS
5 67 (23.10%) Network Security
6 66 (22.76%) DHCP
7 63 (21.72%) VPN
8 52 (17.93%) SD-WAN
9 49 (16.90%) Wireless
10 37 (12.76%) TCP/IP
11 34 (11.72%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (11.38%) BGP
12 33 (11.38%) MPLS
13 28 (9.66%) Cisco Nexus
13 28 (9.66%) SAN
13 28 (9.66%) WLAN
14 26 (8.97%) VLAN
15 25 (8.62%) OSPF
16 22 (7.59%) iSCSI
17 18 (6.21%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.41%) MySQL
3 5 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.72%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.72%) Redis
4 3 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) JIRA
2 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.03%) Git
2 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.48%) Finance
3 24 (8.28%) Law
4 21 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.17%) Military
6 14 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.10%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.41%) Legal
9 6 (2.07%) Banking
10 5 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.38%) Agriculture
11 4 (1.38%) Police
12 3 (1.03%) Back Office
12 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.03%) Local Government
13 2 (0.69%) Games
13 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (29.31%) Network Engineer
2 71 (24.48%) Senior
3 46 (15.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 41 (14.14%) Analyst
5 34 (11.72%) Senior Network Engineer
6 28 (9.66%) Consultant
6 28 (9.66%) Support Engineer
7 24 (8.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 24 (8.28%) Security Consultant
8 23 (7.93%) Azure Engineer
9 22 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (7.24%) Lead
11 20 (6.90%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 19 (6.55%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
13 16 (5.52%) Storage Engineer
14 15 (5.17%) Backup Engineer
14 15 (5.17%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (5.17%) Storage and Backup Engineer
15 13 (4.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 13 (4.48%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.28%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (5.86%) JSON
3 14 (4.83%) ARM Templates
4 9 (3.10%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.72%) .NET
5 5 (1.72%) Middleware
6 4 (1.38%) SAML
7 3 (1.03%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.03%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (1.03%) LDAP
8 1 (0.34%) OAuth
8 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.86%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 17 (5.86%) EMC VNX
3 17 (5.86%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.17%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (5.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.83%) PKI
5 14 (4.83%) Replication
6 12 (4.14%) PMI
6 12 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.07%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.07%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.72%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.03%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 117 (40.34%) Windows
2 65 (22.41%) Linux
3 60 (20.69%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.69%) Windows 10
5 26 (8.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (4.48%) Unix
8 7 (2.41%) Windows 8
9 6 (2.07%) Android
10 5 (1.72%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.38%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.03%) AIX
12 3 (1.03%) CentOS
12 3 (1.03%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.03%) Rocky
12 3 (1.03%) Solaris
13 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.69%) VMS
13 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (18.97%) ITIL
3 48 (16.55%) Agile
4 41 (14.14%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (14.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (12.41%) Network Management
5 36 (12.41%) Network Monitoring
6 35 (12.07%) DevOps
6 35 (12.07%) Incident Management
6 35 (12.07%) Project Management
7 33 (11.38%) SIEM
8 32 (11.03%) Mentoring
9 29 (10.00%) Information Security
10 27 (9.31%) Analytics
11 26 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (8.62%) Vulnerability Management
13 24 (8.28%) Data Analytics
14 23 (7.93%) Customer Service
14 23 (7.93%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.79%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.93%) SQL
3 8 (2.76%) Java
3 8 (2.76%) Python
4 5 (1.72%) Bash
5 3 (1.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 58 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.17%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (9.31%) CCNP
3 27 (9.31%) DV Cleared
3 27 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 26 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (6.90%) CCNA
6 12 (4.14%) Degree
6 12 (4.14%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (2.76%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (2.07%) MCSA
11 5 (1.72%) CISSP
12 4 (1.38%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.38%) MCITP
12 4 (1.38%) MCSE
13 3 (1.03%) CCIE
14 2 (0.69%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.28%) NIST
1 24 (8.28%) SLA
2 8 (2.76%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.07%) QA
4 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (1.72%) NCSC
5 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 116 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 65 (22.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (11.72%) VMware ESXi
4 31 (10.69%) vSphere
5 27 (9.31%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.10%) Docker
7 7 (2.41%) Firmware
8 5 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.34%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.34%) vCloud
11 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 26 (8.97%) ZABBIX
3 22 (7.59%) SCOM
4 21 (7.24%) Nagios
5 20 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (6.21%) SCCM
7 17 (5.86%) EMC NetWorker
8 15 (5.17%) Kubernetes
9 14 (4.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (4.48%) Ansible
10 13 (4.48%) Terraform
10 13 (4.48%) VxRail
11 12 (4.14%) Opsgenie
12 9 (3.10%) FortiGate
12 9 (3.10%) Grafana
12 9 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (2.76%) Icinga
14 7 (2.41%) SolarWinds Orion
14 7 (2.41%) WSUS
15 5 (1.72%) Control-M
Vendors
1 129 (44.48%) Cisco
2 111 (38.28%) Microsoft
3 103 (35.52%) VMware
4 45 (15.52%) Citrix
5 41 (14.14%) Fortinet
5 41 (14.14%) Veeam
6 39 (13.45%) NetApp
7 36 (12.41%) Palo Alto
8 35 (12.07%) Meraki
9 29 (10.00%) Aruba
10 28 (9.66%) HP
11 24 (8.28%) Tanium
11 24 (8.28%) Tripwire
12 22 (7.59%) CheckPoint
13 21 (7.24%) Dell
13 21 (7.24%) Juniper
13 21 (7.24%) LogicMonitor
14 19 (6.55%) EMC
15 16 (5.52%) Oracle
16 13 (4.48%) F5