SolarWinds Contracts in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 299 301 374
Rank change year-on-year +2 +73 -18
Contract jobs citing SolarWinds 102 129 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.57% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 1.13% 1.26% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 89 83
10th Percentile £419 £203 £235
25th Percentile £463 £363 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £408
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% +10.43% +16.43%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £488
90th Percentile £650 £578 £500
UK median daily rate £515 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +14.44% -5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - £56.68 £19.08
25th Percentile - £62.00 £21.27
Median hourly rate - £62.62 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - +40.71% +78.00%
75th Percentile - £63.23 £48.00
90th Percentile - £69.61 £49.56
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £62.62 £44.50
% change year-on-year -61.99% +40.71% +78.00%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,987 10,207 12,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.14% 44.98% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 6,960 8,400
10th Percentile £211 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,004 428 636
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.41 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.95 £59.41 £41.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £57.50
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SolarWinds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SolarWinds in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for SolarWinds in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SolarWinds in the UK excluding London

SolarWinds
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the UK excluding 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
South East +48 49 £513 +20.59% 14
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
Scotland +46 3 £420 -16.00% 1
Wales +4 1 - - 2
SolarWinds
UK

SolarWinds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.98%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.63%) Azure
2 18 (17.65%) AWS
3 8 (7.84%) GitHub
3 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.92%) GCP
4 4 (3.92%) IaaS
5 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.94%) PaaS
5 3 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.96%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.96%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (54.90%) Firewall
2 24 (23.53%) BGP
3 23 (22.55%) OSPF
4 20 (19.61%) Cisco ASA
5 19 (18.63%) Cisco ISE
6 18 (17.65%) DNS
7 17 (16.67%) IPsec
7 17 (16.67%) NetScaler
8 16 (15.69%) HSRP
9 15 (14.71%) DHCP
9 15 (14.71%) EIGRP
10 14 (13.73%) Cisco Firepower
10 14 (13.73%) SNMP
11 12 (11.76%) Spanning Tree
11 12 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (10.78%) TCP/IP
13 10 (9.80%) VPN
13 10 (9.80%) Wireless
14 7 (6.86%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (6.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.96%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.98%) MySQL
3 1 (0.98%) Power BI
3 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (7.84%) GitLab
2 3 (2.94%) Git
3 2 (1.96%) Subversion
General
1 13 (12.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.90%) Finance
4 5 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.92%) Legal
6 3 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.94%) Law
6 3 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.96%) Banking
7 2 (1.96%) Electronics
7 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.98%) Military
8 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (55.88%) Network Engineer
2 19 (18.63%) Senior
3 13 (12.75%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Database Specialist
7 6 (5.88%) Architect
7 6 (5.88%) Platform Specialist
8 5 (4.90%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Network Architect
9 4 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Analyst
10 3 (2.94%) IT Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Security Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (1.96%) IT Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) Jinja
2 2 (1.96%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Linux Command Line
2 8 (7.84%) Clustering
2 8 (7.84%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.86%) Replication
4 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.94%) PKI
6 2 (1.96%) CCTV
6 2 (1.96%) CMDB
6 2 (1.96%) NHS
6 2 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.98%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.63%) Linux
1 19 (18.63%) Windows
2 11 (10.78%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (5.88%) Unix
4 5 (4.90%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.92%) Solaris
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.94%) VMS
7 2 (1.96%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.51%) ITIL
2 22 (21.57%) Change Management
3 19 (18.63%) Network Architecture
4 16 (15.69%) High Availability
4 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.71%) ITSM
5 15 (14.71%) Migration
6 14 (13.73%) DevOps
6 14 (13.73%) Network Management
7 12 (11.76%) Capacity Management
7 12 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (11.76%) Task Automation
8 10 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (9.80%) Data Migration
8 10 (9.80%) Network Monitoring
8 10 (9.80%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (8.82%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.84%) Runbook
11 7 (6.86%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.61%) Python
2 14 (13.73%) Perl
2 14 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 12 (11.76%) Bash
3 12 (11.76%) Tcl
4 5 (4.90%) SQL
5 2 (1.96%) Bicep
5 2 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.96%) VBScript
6 1 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (42.16%) Security Cleared
2 41 (40.20%) SC Cleared
3 33 (32.35%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (27.45%) CCNP
5 22 (21.57%) CCNA
6 13 (12.75%) Degree
7 7 (6.86%) CCIE
7 7 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.92%) VCAP
9 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.98%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) GDPR
1 3 (2.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.98%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.98%) NIST
3 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (19.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (14.71%) Active Directory
3 13 (12.75%) Firmware
4 12 (11.76%) vSphere
5 6 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.94%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.94%) XenApp
7 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (26.47%) Ansible
2 12 (11.76%) Terraform
3 6 (5.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 6 (5.88%) SCOM
4 5 (4.90%) Nagios
4 5 (4.90%) SCCM
5 4 (3.92%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (3.92%) WSUS
6 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.94%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.94%) ZABBIX
7 2 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.96%) Cacti
7 2 (1.96%) OpenView
7 2 (1.96%) SELinux
7 2 (1.96%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (1.96%) VxRail
8 1 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.98%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.98%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 40 (39.22%) Cisco
2 26 (25.49%) F5
3 25 (24.51%) VMware
4 23 (22.55%) Palo Alto
5 22 (21.57%) Citrix
6 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
7 12 (11.76%) Red Hat
8 7 (6.86%) Oracle
9 6 (5.88%) Juniper
9 6 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
9 6 (5.88%) Meraki
10 5 (4.90%) CheckPoint
10 5 (4.90%) Dell
10 5 (4.90%) Fortinet
10 5 (4.90%) Symantec
11 3 (2.94%) Rapid7
11 3 (2.94%) Splunk
11 3 (2.94%) Veritas
12 2 (1.96%) Tanium
12 2 (1.96%) Veeam