Software-Defined Networking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Networking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 450 593
Rank change year-on-year +113 +143 -133
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 5 14 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.034% 0.058% 0.058%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 0.50% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 21
10th Percentile £451 £360 £275
25th Percentile £500 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £488 £586
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% -16.81% +20.21%
75th Percentile £673 £688 £650
90th Percentile £716 £740 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £615 £600
% change year-on-year -13.01% +2.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.35 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Software-Defined Networking 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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,522 2,817 4,490
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.46% 11.62% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,879 3,074
10th Percentile £300 £343 £313
25th Percentile £413 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £646 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.90 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.32 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.77% +16.46% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.06
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

Software-Defined Networking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Networking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Software-Defined Networking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software-Defined Networking.

Software-Defined Networking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCIE
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (20.00%) Google