IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SNA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SNA over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 674 840
Rank change year-on-year +108 +166 -143
Contract jobs citing SNA 5 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.023% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.093% 0.18% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile - £613 -
25th Percentile £606 £628 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £640 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% - -
75th Percentile - £686 -
90th Percentile £674 £725 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SNA 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 5,394 7,081 9,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 12.44% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,577 6,274
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 458 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.21 £50.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £65.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%

SNA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SNA.

Daily rate trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SNA.

Hourly rate trend for SNA in the UK

SNA
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SNA within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +107 5 £650 +4.00%
London +100 5 £650 -1.89%
Work from Home +100 2 £613 -5.04%

SNA
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (40.00%) PMP
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (60.00%) VMware NSX
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
1 3 (60.00%) vCenter Server
1 3 (60.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware