SolarWinds
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SolarWinds products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SolarWinds over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SolarWinds.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 610 694
Rank change year-on-year -15 +84 -58
Permanent jobs citing SolarWinds 284 397 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 0.78% 0.94% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 225 287 436
10th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,894 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -8.16% -2.49%
75th Percentile £76,250 £59,375 £71,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,700 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,024 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.70% - -

All Vendors
UK

SolarWinds is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,551 42,350 61,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.92% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 25,003 24,216 32,825
10th Percentile £26,702 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.62%

SolarWinds
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SolarWinds.

Salary trend for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SolarWinds over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SolarWinds in the UK

SolarWinds
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +24 280 £57,500 +26.37% 42
UK excluding London -121 158 £50,024 +17.70% 25
London +126 122 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Work from Home 0 98 £57,500 +27.78% 21
North of England +6 62 £50,000 +11.11% 7
South West -8 50 £51,000 +22.89% 7
Yorkshire +88 28 £47,500 +17.28% 5
North West -37 27 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Midlands -52 21 £41,500 -12.63% 2
South East -26 20 £48,750 +8.33% 2
West Midlands -22 18 £41,250 -8.33% 1
East of England +18 8 £42,500 +21.43% 4
North East -10 7 £70,000 +86.67%
East Midlands -31 3 £55,000 +15.79% 1

SolarWinds
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (10.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (7.39%) IIS
3 13 (4.58%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.82%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.06%) Apache
5 3 (1.06%) GlassFish
5 3 (1.06%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Adaptiv
2 3 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 150 (52.82%) Azure
2 66 (23.24%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (21.13%) AWS
4 22 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (7.75%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.39%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (6.34%) GCP
6 18 (6.34%) IaaS
7 16 (5.63%) Rubrik
8 14 (4.93%) SaaS
9 13 (4.58%) Datadog
10 10 (3.52%) PaaS
11 8 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 7 (2.46%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.46%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Stack
14 5 (1.76%) Snowflake
14 5 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 4 (1.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (33.45%) WAN
2 93 (32.75%) Firewall
3 75 (26.41%) LAN
4 70 (24.65%) DNS
5 68 (23.94%) Network Security
6 65 (22.89%) DHCP
7 61 (21.48%) VPN
8 53 (18.66%) SD-WAN
9 49 (17.25%) Wireless
10 38 (13.38%) TCP/IP
11 34 (11.97%) BGP
11 34 (11.97%) MPLS
11 34 (11.97%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (9.86%) Cisco Nexus
12 28 (9.86%) SAN
12 28 (9.86%) WLAN
13 27 (9.51%) VLAN
14 26 (9.15%) OSPF
15 21 (7.39%) iSCSI
16 18 (6.34%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.46%) MySQL
3 5 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.76%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.76%) Redis
4 3 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.06%) Git
2 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (20.07%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.08%) Finance
3 23 (8.10%) Law
4 22 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.28%) Military
6 12 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.46%) Legal
9 5 (1.76%) Banking
9 5 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.41%) Agriculture
10 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.41%) Police
11 3 (1.06%) Back Office
11 3 (1.06%) Local Government
12 2 (0.70%) Billing
12 2 (0.70%) Games
12 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 87 (30.63%) Network Engineer
2 66 (23.24%) Senior
3 43 (15.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (13.38%) Analyst
5 34 (11.97%) Senior Network Engineer
6 29 (10.21%) Consultant
7 28 (9.86%) Support Engineer
8 25 (8.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 25 (8.80%) Security Consultant
9 21 (7.39%) Azure Engineer
9 21 (7.39%) Lead
10 20 (7.04%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (6.34%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 17 (5.99%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
13 15 (5.28%) Storage Engineer
14 14 (4.93%) Backup Engineer
14 14 (4.93%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.93%) Storage and Backup Engineer
15 13 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 13 (4.58%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.80%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (4.23%) ARM Templates
2 12 (4.23%) JSON
3 9 (3.17%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.76%) .NET
4 5 (1.76%) Middleware
5 4 (1.41%) SAML
6 3 (1.06%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.06%) LDAP
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.20%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 16 (5.63%) EMC VNX
3 16 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.28%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (5.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.93%) PKI
5 14 (4.93%) Replication
6 12 (4.23%) PMI
6 12 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.41%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (40.14%) Windows
2 64 (22.54%) Linux
3 58 (20.42%) Windows Server
4 31 (10.92%) Windows 10
5 26 (9.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (5.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (4.23%) Unix
8 7 (2.46%) Windows 8
9 6 (2.11%) Android
10 5 (1.76%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.06%) AIX
12 3 (1.06%) CentOS
12 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.06%) Rocky
12 3 (1.06%) Solaris
13 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.70%) VMS
13 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (19.01%) ITIL
3 49 (17.25%) Agile
4 42 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (14.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 37 (13.03%) Network Management
7 36 (12.68%) Incident Management
7 36 (12.68%) Network Monitoring
8 35 (12.32%) Project Management
9 34 (11.97%) SIEM
10 32 (11.27%) Mentoring
11 31 (10.92%) DevOps
12 28 (9.86%) Analytics
12 28 (9.86%) Information Security
13 27 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (9.15%) Vulnerability Management
15 25 (8.80%) Data Analytics
16 24 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 23 (8.10%) Roadmaps
18 22 (7.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.68%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.39%) SQL
3 8 (2.82%) Java
4 7 (2.46%) Python
5 5 (1.76%) Bash
6 3 (1.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 56 (19.72%) Security Cleared
2 45 (15.85%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (9.86%) CCNP
4 27 (9.51%) DV Cleared
5 25 (8.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (8.45%) SC Cleared
7 20 (7.04%) CCNA
8 13 (4.58%) Degree
9 12 (4.23%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (2.82%) Azure Certification
12 7 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.76%) CISSP
13 5 (1.76%) MCSA
14 4 (1.41%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.41%) MCITP
14 4 (1.41%) MCSE
15 3 (1.06%) CCIE
16 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.80%) NIST
2 23 (8.10%) SLA
3 8 (2.82%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.11%) QA
5 5 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.76%) NCSC
6 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 110 (38.73%) Active Directory
2 61 (21.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (11.62%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (11.27%) vSphere
5 27 (9.51%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.17%) Docker
7 7 (2.46%) Firmware
8 3 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.35%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 28 (9.86%) vCenter Server
2 26 (9.15%) ZABBIX
3 21 (7.39%) SCOM
4 20 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (7.04%) Nagios
5 18 (6.34%) SCCM
6 16 (5.63%) EMC NetWorker
7 15 (5.28%) Kubernetes
8 14 (4.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (4.58%) VxRail
10 12 (4.23%) Ansible
10 12 (4.23%) Opsgenie
10 12 (4.23%) Terraform
11 9 (3.17%) Grafana
11 9 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (2.82%) Icinga
13 7 (2.46%) FortiGate
13 7 (2.46%) SolarWinds Orion
13 7 (2.46%) WSUS
14 5 (1.76%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 129 (45.42%) Cisco
2 107 (37.68%) Microsoft
3 97 (34.15%) VMware
4 41 (14.44%) Citrix
5 40 (14.08%) Fortinet
5 40 (14.08%) Veeam
6 39 (13.73%) NetApp
7 36 (12.68%) Meraki
7 36 (12.68%) Palo Alto
8 28 (9.86%) Aruba
9 26 (9.15%) HP
10 25 (8.80%) Tanium
10 25 (8.80%) Tripwire
11 22 (7.75%) CheckPoint
12 21 (7.39%) Dell
12 21 (7.39%) Juniper
12 21 (7.39%) LogicMonitor
13 18 (6.34%) EMC
14 15 (5.28%) Oracle
15 12 (4.23%) F5