SD-WAN Contracts in London

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 396 436
Rank change year-on-year +76 +40 -43
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 74 105 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.42% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.32% 3.91% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 62 115
10th Percentile £356 £414 £400
25th Percentile £436 £484 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £585 £694 £650
90th Percentile £740 £743 £725
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £23.55 - £26.30
25th Percentile £24.00 - £26.38
Median hourly rate £28.50 - £28.00
75th Percentile £33.75 - £29.88
90th Percentile - - £30.10
England median hourly rate £31.25 £92.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -66.22% +236.36% -56.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,682 3,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.66% 9.92% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,890 2,561
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +1.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 53 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £46.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +31.43% +45.83%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.55
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Central London +40 13 £488 +1.56% 7
East London - 6 £585 - 2
West London +18 1 £400 +33.33% 1
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 28 (37.84%) Azure
2 16 (21.62%) AWS
3 13 (17.57%) GCP
4 3 (4.05%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.35%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.35%) GitHub
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 69 (93.24%) WAN
2 43 (58.11%) Firewall
3 29 (39.19%) LAN
4 25 (33.78%) OSPF
5 23 (31.08%) BGP
6 20 (27.03%) VPN
7 19 (25.68%) MPLS
7 19 (25.68%) Network Security
8 14 (18.92%) DNS
9 13 (17.57%) Wireless
10 11 (14.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (14.86%) IPsec
11 10 (13.51%) SNMP
12 9 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
14 7 (9.46%) DHCP
14 7 (9.46%) EIGRP
15 6 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
16 5 (6.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.70%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.35%) Katalon Studio
General
1 21 (28.38%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.76%) Banking
4 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Local Government
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (40.54%) Network Engineer
2 11 (14.86%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) Consultant
4 9 (12.16%) Architect
4 9 (12.16%) Security Consultant
5 8 (10.81%) Network Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Cloud Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Azure Consultant
8 4 (5.41%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 4 (5.41%) WAN Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Applications Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Programme Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Analyst
10 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 2 (2.70%) Presales Network Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.70%) HTML
1 2 (2.70%) Jinja
1 2 (2.70%) JSON
1 2 (2.70%) LDAP
1 2 (2.70%) NETCONF
1 2 (2.70%) RESTful
1 2 (2.70%) XML
1 2 (2.70%) YANG
2 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) PKI
2 14 (18.92%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.05%) Clustering
5 2 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (2.70%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) NHS
5 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.35%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) IVR
6 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
1 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Cloud Security
2 13 (17.57%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (17.57%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (16.22%) Risk Assessment
3 12 (16.22%) SIEM
4 11 (14.86%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.51%) Data Encryption
5 10 (13.51%) Database Security
5 10 (13.51%) Key Management
5 10 (13.51%) Network Architecture
5 10 (13.51%) Security Auditing
6 9 (12.16%) Migration
7 8 (10.81%) Ethical Hacking
7 8 (10.81%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (9.46%) Change Management
8 7 (9.46%) Load Balancing
8 7 (9.46%) Network Design
8 7 (9.46%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (6.76%) SQL
2 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.05%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 26 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (29.73%) CCNP
3 12 (16.22%) Degree
4 10 (13.51%) CCIE
5 7 (9.46%) CCNA
6 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
7 5 (6.76%) CCDP
8 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (2.70%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.70%) CCIP
9 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.70%) PMP
9 2 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (8.11%) SLA
4 3 (4.05%) QA
5 2 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (8.11%) Firmware
2 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.76%) Terraform
2 3 (4.05%) Ansible
2 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.05%) Kibana
2 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.70%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (2.70%) Stealthwatch
3 2 (2.70%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (1.35%) CASB
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (54.05%) Cisco
2 19 (25.68%) Palo Alto
3 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
4 14 (18.92%) F5
5 12 (16.22%) Meraki
6 9 (12.16%) Juniper
7 8 (10.81%) Aruba
7 8 (10.81%) Infoblox
8 7 (9.46%) Fortinet
9 6 (8.11%) CheckPoint
9 6 (8.11%) Zscaler
10 5 (6.76%) Google
10 5 (6.76%) Splunk
11 4 (5.41%) Arista
11 4 (5.41%) Nokia
11 4 (5.41%) SolarWinds
11 4 (5.41%) VMware
12 2 (2.70%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 2 (2.70%) Genesys
12 2 (2.70%) HP