Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 372 | 504 | 672 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +132 | +168 | -80 |
| Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN | 730 | 525 | 712 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.69% | 0.55% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 5.37% | 3.40% | 3.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 483 | 400 | 535 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £36,750 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,750 | £45,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,125 | £77,500 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,919 | £85,000 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | -8.33% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 13,603 | 15,428 | 22,577 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.92% | 16.28% | 13.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,416 | 7,727 | 11,819 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £28,000 | £28,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £35,750 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £50,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.94% | -3.81% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £87,419 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £44,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SD-WAN
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.
SD-WAN
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +206 | 669 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 119 |
| UK excluding London | +84 | 456 | £50,000 | - | 79 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 357 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 61 |
| London | +168 | 227 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 48 |
| Midlands | +84 | 142 | £48,500 | +13.45% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +77 | 130 | £48,500 | +13.45% | 11 |
| North of England | +78 | 121 | £72,500 | +52.63% | 18 |
| South West | +40 | 99 | £50,250 | +14.86% | 8 |
| South East | -16 | 82 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 20 |
| North West | +26 | 79 | £70,000 | +34.62% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +82 | 53 | £70,000 | +55.56% | 10 |
| East of England | +5 | 37 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 8 |
| Scotland | -58 | 20 | £50,000 | -38.46% | 10 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 12 | £39,750 | -18.46% | 4 |
| North East | -7 | 7 | £79,842 | +79.38% | |
| Wales | - | 2 | £35,000 | - | 1 |
SD-WAN
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:
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