Network Virtualisation Contracts

Network Virtualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Virtualisation 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 468 552 626
Rank change year-on-year +84 +74 -20
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 117 146 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.29% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 91 143
10th Percentile £500 £450 £401
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -3.51% +20.00%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £813 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £550 £583
% change year-on-year +13.64% -5.58% +37.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £63.03 -
25th Percentile - £64.19 -
Median hourly rate £23.80 £67.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -64.61% - -
75th Percentile £30.35 £69.19 -
90th Percentile £42.14 £69.68 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the UK 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
England +64 101 £625 +13.64% 48
UK excluding London +47 67 £625 +13.64% 41
Work from Home +76 33 £625 +13.64% 12
London +44 31 £650 -3.70% 16
South East +25 25 £640 +13.27% 10
South West +8 22 £645 +17.27% 4
West Midlands +33 17 £630 - 12
Midlands +25 17 £630 +21.45% 19
North of England +30 16 £625 +66.67% 1
North West +26 13 £625 +66.67% 1
Scotland +46 2 £450 -2.70% 6
Yorkshire +15 2 £638 -
East of England +6 2 £525 -
North East - 1 £500 -

Network Virtualisation
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 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) Confluence
3 3 (2.56%) IIS
4 2 (1.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 49 (41.88%) Azure
2 25 (21.37%) Entra ID
3 15 (12.82%) AWS
4 14 (11.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
6 11 (9.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 10 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (6.84%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (6.84%) IaaS
8 8 (6.84%) Power Platform
8 8 (6.84%) PowerApps
9 7 (5.98%) Power Automate
9 7 (5.98%) SaaS
10 6 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (5.13%) GCP
10 6 (5.13%) PaaS
11 4 (3.42%) Azure App Service
11 4 (3.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.42%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 39 (33.33%) Firewall
2 34 (29.06%) SD-WAN
3 27 (23.08%) VPN
4 21 (17.95%) WAN
5 20 (17.09%) DNS
6 17 (14.53%) NX-OS
7 12 (10.26%) MPLS
8 11 (9.40%) BGP
8 11 (9.40%) Network Security
8 11 (9.40%) TCP/IP
9 10 (8.55%) LAN
9 10 (8.55%) OSPF
10 9 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (5.98%) Internet
11 7 (5.98%) IPsec
11 7 (5.98%) VLAN
11 7 (5.98%) Wireless
12 6 (5.13%) HTTP
13 4 (3.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.98%) Power BI
2 5 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.85%) DB2
5 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 22 (18.80%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.97%) Finance
3 12 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.98%) Financial Institution
5 6 (5.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.85%) Banking
6 1 (0.85%) Electronics
6 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (38.46%) Architect
2 30 (25.64%) Network Architect
3 21 (17.95%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Network Engineer
5 11 (9.40%) Consultant
5 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Network Consultant
6 8 (6.84%) Senior
7 7 (5.98%) Platform Architect
7 7 (5.98%) Power Platform Architect
8 6 (5.13%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (5.13%) Senior Network Consultant
9 5 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Network Specialist
9 5 (4.27%) Systems Architect
9 5 (4.27%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.40%) JSON
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (5.98%) REST
2 7 (5.98%) XML
3 4 (3.42%) Flash
4 3 (2.56%) .NET
4 3 (2.56%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.56%) EDI
4 3 (2.56%) LDAP
4 3 (2.56%) SAML
4 3 (2.56%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (35.90%) Data Centre
2 20 (17.09%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.98%) PKI
4 6 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) Clustering
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.56%) CCTV
6 3 (2.56%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.56%) SCADA
6 3 (2.56%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.71%) IVR
7 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.71%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Linux
1 7 (5.98%) Windows
2 4 (3.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.53%) High Availability
1 17 (14.53%) Incident Response
1 17 (14.53%) Network Packet Capture
2 16 (13.68%) CI/CD
2 16 (13.68%) Computer Security
2 16 (13.68%) Password Management
3 14 (11.97%) Computer Science
3 14 (11.97%) DevOps
4 13 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
4 13 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (10.26%) Migration
5 12 (10.26%) Network Design
6 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (8.55%) Analytics
7 10 (8.55%) Network Architecture
8 9 (7.69%) Agile
9 8 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (6.84%) Converged Infrastructure
10 7 (5.98%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.66%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.98%) Bicep
2 7 (5.98%) Python
2 7 (5.98%) SQL
3 3 (2.56%) C#
4 2 (1.71%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) C
5 1 (0.85%) C++
5 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.37%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (19.66%) SC Cleared
4 18 (15.38%) CCNP
5 14 (11.97%) CCIE
6 12 (10.26%) CCNA
6 12 (10.26%) Degree
7 8 (6.84%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.27%) VCAP
9 4 (3.42%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (2.56%) JNCIA
10 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.85%) CEH
12 1 (0.85%) CISSP
12 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.56%) SLA
2 2 (1.71%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 49 (41.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (35.04%) VMware NSX
3 31 (26.50%) Active Directory
4 17 (14.53%) vSphere
5 15 (12.82%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (10.26%) Hyper-V
7 7 (5.98%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (3.42%) Docker
9 3 (2.56%) BitLocker
9 3 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (2.56%) NFS
10 2 (1.71%) KVM
10 2 (1.71%) QEMU
11 1 (0.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (13.68%) CSIRT
1 16 (13.68%) Terraform
2 8 (6.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 7 (5.98%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.42%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.56%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.56%) NetBackup
5 3 (2.56%) SCCM
5 3 (2.56%) SCOM
5 3 (2.56%) SCVMM
5 3 (2.56%) VxRail
6 2 (1.71%) Ansible
7 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (45.30%) Cisco
2 49 (41.88%) VMware
3 32 (27.35%) Microsoft
4 17 (14.53%) Palo Alto
5 11 (9.40%) Juniper
6 10 (8.55%) SolarWinds
7 9 (7.69%) F5
8 4 (3.42%) Atlassian
8 4 (3.42%) Databricks
8 4 (3.42%) Dell
8 4 (3.42%) Dynatrace
8 4 (3.42%) HP
8 4 (3.42%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (2.56%) Avaya
9 3 (2.56%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.56%) Commvault
9 3 (2.56%) EMC
9 3 (2.56%) Forcepoint
9 3 (2.56%) Mitel
9 3 (2.56%) Wyse