Software-Defined Networking Contracts

Software-Defined Networking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 654 791
Rank change year-on-year +73 +137 -118
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 21 41 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.074% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.39% 0.58% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 25 48
10th Percentile £384 £450 £275
25th Percentile £417 £463 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.82% +2.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £675
90th Percentile £679 £750 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £51.63 £42.04
25th Percentile - £54.52 £43.50
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
Median % change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%
75th Percentile - £59.18 £50.77
90th Percentile - £60.25 £53.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +15.77% -12.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,412 7,077 9,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 12.74% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 4,557 6,456
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 446 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -2.27%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking.

Hourly rate trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +81 20 £530 -16.21% 12
UK excluding London +33 13 £600 +4.35% 15
London +82 7 £450 -30.77% 2
South East +18 7 £675 -10.00% 5
Work from Home +103 5 £591 +21.28% 6
North of England +27 5 £600 +26.32% 2
North West +15 5 £600 +26.32% 1
South West +7 3 £438 -28.86% 1

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) IaaS
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.76%) Cloudflare
4 1 (4.76%) Nutanix
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Wireless
2 5 (23.81%) Firewall
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (19.05%) DHCP
3 4 (19.05%) DNS
4 3 (14.29%) Network Security
4 3 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (9.52%) BGP
5 2 (9.52%) BIG-IP
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (9.52%) OSPF
5 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
5 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (9.52%) VLAN
5 2 (9.52%) VPN
6 1 (4.76%) Junos
6 1 (4.76%) LAN
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Electronics
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Network Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Architect
4 3 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
5 2 (9.52%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Lead Cisco Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) VMware Architect
5 2 (9.52%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Juniper Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Network Configuration Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) MPEG
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) VMS
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Agile
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 5 (23.81%) Task Automation
5 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
5 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (14.29%) Performance Management
6 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 3 (14.29%) Test Planning
7 2 (9.52%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (9.52%) High Availability
7 2 (9.52%) Information Security
7 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
7 2 (9.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.52%) Bash
3 2 (9.52%) C
3 2 (9.52%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) Go
3 2 (9.52%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) CCNP
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (23.81%) CCNA
4 5 (23.81%) VCAP
5 4 (19.05%) CCIE
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (9.52%) AWS Certification
7 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.76%) HP ASE
8 1 (4.76%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (38.10%) VMware NSX
2 8 (38.10%) vSphere
3 2 (9.52%) Firmware
4 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.76%) Docker
4 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Ansible
1 6 (28.57%) vRealize
1 6 (28.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) SCOM
2 1 (4.76%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.76%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Cisco
1 9 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (9.52%) AlgoSec
2 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
2 2 (9.52%) F5
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) Infoblox
2 2 (9.52%) Meraki
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) Turbonomic