Software-Defined Networking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 406 476
Rank change year-on-year +18 +70 -77
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 13 24 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.11% 0.092%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.68% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 19
10th Percentile £491 £450 £413
25th Percentile - £456 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £649 £638
90th Percentile £653 £750 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £615 £600
% change year-on-year -13.01% +2.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £51.63 £42.04
25th Percentile - £54.52 £43.50
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
Median % change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%
75th Percentile - £59.18 £50.77
90th Percentile - £60.25 £53.74
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East +17 7 £675 -10.00% 5
North of England +19 5 £600 +26.32% 2
North West +17 5 £600 +26.32% 1
South West -3 3 £438 -28.86%
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (30.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) Junos
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Juniper Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
5 3 (23.08%) Performance Management
5 3 (23.08%) Test Planning
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
7 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) VCAP
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) CCIE
4 3 (23.08%) CCNA
4 3 (23.08%) CCNP
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) HP ASE
6 1 (7.69%) JNCIE
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (46.15%) VMware NSX
2 6 (46.15%) vSphere
3 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) vRealize
1 6 (46.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 3 (23.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) Juniper