SolarWinds Contracts in England

SolarWinds
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SolarWinds over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SolarWinds.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 475 562
Rank change year-on-year +66 +87 -62
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 141 161 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Vendors category 0.89% 0.81% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 104 152
10th Percentile £403 £319 £300
25th Percentile £463 £381 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +14.49% -4.00% +17.19%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £538
90th Percentile £634 £629 £600
UK median daily rate £515 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +14.44% -5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 10
10th Percentile - £56.68 £17.03
25th Percentile - £62.00 £20.65
Median hourly rate £23.80 £62.62 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.99% +40.71% +78.00%
75th Percentile - £63.23 £48.25
90th Percentile - £69.61 £48.95
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £62.62 £44.50
% change year-on-year -61.99% +40.71% +78.00%

All Vendors
England

SolarWinds falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,802 19,999 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.13% 42.52% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,992 13,722 19,314
10th Percentile £270 £267 £278
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 547 756
10th Percentile £12.28 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.10 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SolarWinds in England

SolarWinds
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the England 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 +48 49 £513 +20.59% 14
London +69 40 £525 - 9
North West +26 31 £513 +13.89% 4
North of England -1 31 £513 +13.89% 8
East Midlands +15 13 £600 +84.62% 3
Midlands +15 13 £600 +84.62% 7
South West -12 5 £535 -2.73% 6
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.55%) IIS
4 2 (1.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.71%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (4.26%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (24.11%) Azure
2 31 (21.99%) AWS
3 14 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.38%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.67%) GitHub
6 7 (4.96%) GCP
7 6 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (4.26%) IaaS
7 6 (4.26%) SaaS
8 5 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (3.55%) Mimecast
8 5 (3.55%) Nutanix
8 5 (3.55%) OCI
8 5 (3.55%) PaaS
9 3 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.13%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.42%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 88 (62.41%) Firewall
2 37 (26.24%) BGP
2 37 (26.24%) OSPF
3 36 (25.53%) DNS
4 31 (21.99%) IPsec
5 30 (21.28%) Cisco ASA
6 29 (20.57%) Cisco ISE
6 29 (20.57%) EIGRP
7 26 (18.44%) HSRP
8 25 (17.73%) DHCP
8 25 (17.73%) NetScaler
9 20 (14.18%) Cisco Firepower
9 20 (14.18%) Wireless
10 18 (12.77%) LAN
10 18 (12.77%) VPN
11 16 (11.35%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (10.64%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (10.64%) Spanning Tree
13 13 (9.22%) SNMP
14 12 (8.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.42%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.71%) MySQL
3 1 (0.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.71%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) GitLab
2 3 (2.13%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) Subversion
4 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 16 (11.35%) Finance
2 14 (9.93%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.55%) Legal
6 3 (2.13%) Banking
6 3 (2.13%) Law
6 3 (2.13%) Local Government
6 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.42%) Electronics
7 2 (1.42%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.42%) Marketing
8 1 (0.71%) Military
8 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (60.99%) Network Engineer
2 26 (18.44%) Senior
3 19 (13.48%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (7.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 10 (7.09%) Architect
5 10 (7.09%) Cisco Engineer
5 10 (7.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 9 (6.38%) Network Architect
7 8 (5.67%) Database Specialist
8 6 (4.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) Platform Specialist
9 5 (3.55%) Linux Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) Analyst
10 4 (2.84%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) Security Engineer
11 3 (2.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.51%) Jinja
2 7 (4.96%) 802.1X
3 3 (2.13%) SAML
3 3 (2.13%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.71%) JSON
4 1 (0.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.64%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.51%) PKI
3 10 (7.09%) Clustering
4 9 (6.38%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.96%) Replication
6 6 (4.26%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.13%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.13%) Fat Client
7 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.13%) Thin Client
7 3 (2.13%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.42%) CCTV
8 2 (1.42%) CMDB
8 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.42%) NHS
9 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.71%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.15%) Windows
2 19 (13.48%) Linux
3 14 (9.93%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.38%) Unix
5 6 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.55%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.84%) Solaris
8 3 (2.13%) VMS
9 2 (1.42%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.28%) ITIL
2 23 (16.31%) Change Management
3 21 (14.89%) Network Management
4 20 (14.18%) High Availability
4 20 (14.18%) ITSM
4 20 (14.18%) Migration
5 19 (13.48%) Network Architecture
5 19 (13.48%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (11.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (10.64%) Capacity Management
7 15 (10.64%) Task Automation
8 14 (9.93%) DevOps
8 14 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (7.80%) Computer Science
9 11 (7.80%) Incident Management
10 10 (7.09%) Data Migration
10 10 (7.09%) Network Virtualisation
10 10 (7.09%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.11%) Python
2 24 (17.02%) PowerShell
3 14 (9.93%) Perl
4 12 (8.51%) Bash
4 12 (8.51%) Tcl
5 7 (4.96%) SQL
6 2 (1.42%) Bicep
6 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.42%) VBScript
7 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (36.88%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (36.17%) Security Cleared
3 47 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 46 (32.62%) CCNP
5 31 (21.99%) CCNA
6 18 (12.77%) CCIE
7 14 (9.93%) Degree
8 7 (4.96%) Azure Certification
8 7 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.84%) VCAP
11 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.42%) MCSA
12 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.71%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) SLA
2 3 (2.13%) GDPR
3 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.71%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.71%) NIST
4 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (18.44%) Active Directory
2 25 (17.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.22%) Firmware
3 13 (9.22%) vSphere
4 7 (4.96%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.55%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.84%) XenApp
8 3 (2.13%) BitLocker
8 3 (2.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.71%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (24.11%) Ansible
2 23 (16.31%) Terraform
3 9 (6.38%) SCOM
3 9 (6.38%) SolarWinds Orion
4 8 (5.67%) SCCM
5 6 (4.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 6 (4.26%) WSUS
6 5 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.55%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.55%) VxRail
7 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.84%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (2.13%) Nagios
8 3 (2.13%) Nessus
8 3 (2.13%) NetBackup
8 3 (2.13%) SCVMM
8 3 (2.13%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.13%) ZABBIX
9 2 (1.42%) SELinux
Vendors
1 70 (49.65%) Cisco
2 42 (29.79%) F5
2 42 (29.79%) Palo Alto
3 34 (24.11%) Citrix
4 33 (23.40%) VMware
5 28 (19.86%) Microsoft
6 22 (15.60%) CheckPoint
7 12 (8.51%) Red Hat
8 11 (7.80%) Fortinet
8 11 (7.80%) Juniper
9 9 (6.38%) Dell
10 7 (4.96%) Meraki
10 7 (4.96%) Oracle
11 6 (4.26%) Infoblox
11 6 (4.26%) LogicMonitor
12 5 (3.55%) Google
12 5 (3.55%) HP
12 5 (3.55%) Symantec
13 4 (2.84%) Brocade
13 4 (2.84%) Forcepoint