SolarWinds Contracts in the Midlands

SolarWinds
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 128 143 198
Rank change year-on-year +15 +55 -56
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 13 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.44% 0.47% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 1.02% 0.94% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile £473 £256 £309
25th Percentile £513 £313 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £657 £421 -
90th Percentile £659 £475 -
England median daily rate £515 £450 £469
% change year-on-year +14.49% -4.00% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £23.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.80 £62.62 £44.50
% change year-on-year -61.99% +40.71% +78.00%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,277 1,598 2,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.32% 49.64% 43.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 1,075 1,519
10th Percentile £220 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £563
90th Percentile £688 £698 £650
England median daily rate £519 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 65
10th Percentile £10.93 £13.02 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.18 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.61 £21.19 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +20.66% +17.07%
75th Percentile £26.50 £40.25 £23.50
90th Percentile £45.50 £67.20 £35.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the Midlands

SolarWinds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SolarWinds in the Midlands

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in the Midlands

SolarWinds
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SolarWinds in the Midlands

SolarWinds
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the Midlands 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
East Midlands +15 13 £600 +84.62% 3
SolarWinds
England

SolarWinds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) DHCP
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (7.69%) SAN
4 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Local Government
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Network Architect
3 3 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Network Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Biometrics
5 1 (7.69%) Coaching
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (7.69%) Data Encryption
5 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
1 5 (38.46%) Virtual Desktop
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCOM
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) F5
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 3 (23.08%) Citrix
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
3 3 (23.08%) Juniper