SNMP Contracts

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SNMP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SNMP over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 586 724
Rank change year-on-year +84 +138 -146
Contract jobs citing SNMP 88 102 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.62% 1.44% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 86 75
10th Percentile £300 £341 £250
25th Percentile £363 £450 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £529 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +11.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £609 £700 £606
90th Percentile £653 - £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -25.00% +18.18% +14.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 4
10th Percentile £40.80 - -
25th Percentile £62.00 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £19.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +268.42% -24.75% -43.09%
75th Percentile - £36.63 £35.38
90th Percentile £71.50 £46.90 £44.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +268.42% -13.64% -45.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SNMP 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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,086 9,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.48% 12.71% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,222 4,566 6,488
10th Percentile £206 £241 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 446 369
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.47 £21.50
% change year-on-year +157.24% -14.12% -2.27%

SNMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SNMP over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SNMP over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SNMP within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +83 81 £515 -3.38% 19
UK excluding London +37 49 £488 -25.00% 15
London +96 34 £600 +14.29% 3
South East +27 28 £400 -5.88% 8
Work from Home +113 21 £475 -8.30% 7
North West +25 13 £515 +14.44%
North of England +22 13 £515 +14.44% 2
South West +12 5 £488 - 1
Scotland - 2 £365 - 1
West Midlands +9 1 - -
Midlands +9 1 - - 3

SNMP
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 22 (25.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.14%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.50%) Azure
2 9 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (9.09%) AWS
4 4 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.41%) Datadog
6 2 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.14%) GCP
7 1 (1.14%) PaaS
7 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (44.32%) BGP
2 31 (35.23%) Firewall
3 29 (32.95%) HSRP
4 27 (30.68%) OSPF
5 26 (29.55%) DNS
5 26 (29.55%) MPLS
6 25 (28.41%) Cisco ASA
7 20 (22.73%) IPsec
7 20 (22.73%) Software-Defined Radio
8 17 (19.32%) TCP/IP
8 17 (19.32%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (18.18%) DHCP
9 16 (18.18%) Spanning Tree
10 15 (17.05%) EIGRP
11 14 (15.91%) Cisco ISE
11 14 (15.91%) Network Security
12 13 (14.77%) VPLS
12 13 (14.77%) VRRP
12 13 (14.77%) WAN
13 12 (13.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) NonStop SQL
1 4 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (28.41%) Git
2 21 (23.86%) Eclipse
3 19 (21.59%) GoogleTest
3 19 (21.59%) JIRA
3 19 (21.59%) Robot Framework
4 17 (19.32%) Bitbucket
5 6 (6.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (4.55%) GitLab
7 1 (1.14%) LabVIEW
General
1 15 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.36%) Aerospace
3 9 (10.23%) Telecoms
4 7 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Finance
6 1 (1.14%) Electronics
6 1 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (34.09%) Network Engineer
2 18 (20.45%) Software Engineer
3 14 (15.91%) C++ Software Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) Senior
5 10 (11.36%) Embedded Engineer
5 10 (11.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (11.36%) IP Expert
6 8 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Architect
7 7 (7.95%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Java Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Java Software Engineer
8 5 (5.68%) Cisco Expert
8 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 4 (4.55%) Telephony Architect
9 4 (4.55%) Voice Architect
10 3 (3.41%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (28.41%) Jinja
2 18 (20.45%) HTML
3 17 (19.32%) CSS
4 15 (17.05%) NETCONF
5 13 (14.77%) JSON
5 13 (14.77%) XML
5 13 (14.77%) YANG
6 3 (3.41%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (3.41%) RESTful
7 2 (2.27%) LDAP
8 1 (1.14%) 802.1X
8 1 (1.14%) Regular Expression
8 1 (1.14%) Web Services
8 1 (1.14%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 10 (11.36%) Distributed Architecture
3 5 (5.68%) Clustering
4 4 (4.55%) PKI
5 3 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.14%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.14%) BBC
7 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.14%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (36.36%) Linux
2 15 (17.05%) Windows
3 7 (7.95%) Unix
4 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.14%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.14%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.68%) DevOps
2 26 (29.55%) Agile
3 23 (26.14%) ITIL
3 23 (26.14%) Software Engineering
4 22 (25.00%) Scrum
5 20 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (20.45%) SysML
6 18 (20.45%) UML
7 16 (18.18%) Change Management
7 16 (18.18%) Network Management
7 16 (18.18%) Validation
8 13 (14.77%) Load Balancing
8 13 (14.77%) Prototyping
8 13 (14.77%) Verification and Validation
9 11 (12.50%) ITSM
9 11 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (11.36%) Test Planning
11 8 (9.09%) Migration
12 6 (6.82%) High Availability
12 6 (6.82%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) C++
2 19 (21.59%) Python
3 18 (20.45%) JavaScript
4 13 (14.77%) Perl
5 12 (13.64%) Tcl
6 9 (10.23%) Java
7 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.14%) C
8 1 (1.14%) Groovy
8 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.14%) SQL
8 1 (1.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (32.95%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (25.00%) CCNP
3 19 (21.59%) SC Cleared
3 19 (21.59%) Security Cleared
4 16 (18.18%) CCNA
5 7 (7.95%) CCDP
5 7 (7.95%) Degree
6 5 (5.68%) CCIE
6 5 (5.68%) CCIE Service Provider
7 2 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.27%) BC Cleared
7 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.27%) CCIP
7 2 (2.27%) CCSK
7 2 (2.27%) CCSP
7 2 (2.27%) CISM
7 2 (2.27%) CISSP
7 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.14%) CCA
8 1 (1.14%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.41%) NCSC
1 3 (3.41%) QA
2 2 (2.27%) GRC
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.27%) NIST
3 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 28 (31.82%) Firmware
2 3 (3.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.27%) KVM
3 2 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.27%) XenApp
4 1 (1.14%) Docker
4 1 (1.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (21.59%) Ansible
2 4 (4.55%) Nagios
2 4 (4.55%) OpenView
2 4 (4.55%) Terraform
3 3 (3.41%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.41%) Kibana
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.27%) Nmap
4 2 (2.27%) OpenNMS
5 1 (1.14%) Grafana
5 1 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.14%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.14%) TADDM
5 1 (1.14%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 47 (53.41%) Cisco
2 21 (23.86%) Palo Alto
3 19 (21.59%) Google
4 17 (19.32%) Atlassian
4 17 (19.32%) SolarWinds
5 14 (15.91%) Citrix
6 13 (14.77%) Fortinet
7 11 (12.50%) Nokia
8 8 (9.09%) Aruba
8 8 (9.09%) Juniper
8 8 (9.09%) Microsoft
9 6 (6.82%) Meraki
9 6 (6.82%) Splunk
9 6 (6.82%) Zscaler
10 5 (5.68%) Arista
11 4 (4.55%) BigPanda
12 3 (3.41%) AlienVault
12 3 (3.41%) F5
12 3 (3.41%) Infoblox
13 2 (2.27%) Alcatel-Lucent