SD-WAN Contracts in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 171 156 211
Rank change year-on-year -15 +55 -15
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 30 65 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.54% 1.12% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.40% 6.62% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 45 32
10th Percentile £269 £325 £400
25th Percentile £344 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £663 £588 £541
90th Percentile £713 £730 £603
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £27.58 -
25th Percentile £27.50 £28.44 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +20.19% -
75th Percentile £32.50 £33.44 £26.50
90th Percentile - £33.93 -
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
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,248 982 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.61% 16.90% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 592 774
10th Percentile £205 £236 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +7 15 £657 +16.80% 4
Thames Valley -21 14 £300 -40.00% 3
Berkshire -27 12 £475 -4.95% 1
Buckinghamshire +27 2 £300 -33.33% 2
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (46.67%) WAN
2 6 (20.00%) Firewall
3 5 (16.67%) DNS
3 5 (16.67%) LAN
4 3 (10.00%) BGP
4 3 (10.00%) MPLS
5 2 (6.67%) DWDM
5 2 (6.67%) Ethernet
5 2 (6.67%) GGSN
5 2 (6.67%) Internet
5 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (6.67%) SDH
5 2 (6.67%) SONET
5 2 (6.67%) VoIP
5 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (6.67%) Wireless
5 2 (6.67%) Wireshark
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.33%) Network Security
6 1 (3.33%) VPN
General
1 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.33%) Advertising
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Local Government
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Architect
2 13 (43.33%) Network Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Network Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) NOC Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 1 (3.33%) Network Support
8 1 (3.33%) Network Support Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Programme Manager
8 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Network Management
1 13 (43.33%) Presales
1 13 (43.33%) Requirements Management
1 13 (43.33%) SIEM
2 5 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.67%) Load Balancing
4 2 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (3.33%) Change Control
5 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.33%) Product Management
5 1 (3.33%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (3.33%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) CCNA
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) ISO 9000
2 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Cisco
2 3 (10.00%) Juniper
3 2 (6.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 2 (6.67%) Ciena
3 2 (6.67%) Huawei
3 2 (6.67%) Nokia
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Fujitsu
4 1 (3.33%) IBM
4 1 (3.33%) Meraki
4 1 (3.33%) VMware