Software-Defined Networking Contracts in London

Software-Defined Networking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 392 473 579
Rank change year-on-year +81 +106 -79
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 8 9 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.036% 0.065%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 0.35% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 22
10th Percentile £372 £539 £275
25th Percentile £405 £595 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £601 £725 £675
90th Percentile £784 £770 £748
England median daily rate £535 £633 £625
% change year-on-year -15.42% +1.20% +38.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,664 2,568 3,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.41% 10.21% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,808 2,579
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 90
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +36.60% -43.48%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £43.29
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £63.39
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in London

Software-Defined Networking
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
Central London +40 2 £693 +45.79%
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 4 (50.00%) DHCP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 2 (25.00%) BGP
4 2 (25.00%) BIG-IP
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) OSPF
4 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (25.00%) VLAN
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Cisco Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hedge funds
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) VMS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Low Latency
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) Go
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (25.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) AlgoSec
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (25.00%) Meraki
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Turbonomic