Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 368 | 394 | 485 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | +91 | +23 |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 238 | 358 | 416 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 0.60% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.24% | 4.86% | 4.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 147 | 230 | 273 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £313 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £395 | £391 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £494 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.27% | -1.25% | +4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £595 | £588 | £593 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £700 | £723 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | +3.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.95 | £29.30 | £25.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.69 | £32.75 | £25.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.25 | £92.50 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.22% | +236.36% | -56.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.81 | £101.25 | £29.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £91.50 | £102.00 | £29.95 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £92.50 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.14% | +255.77% | -36.20% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,616 | 7,369 | 9,710 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.97% | 12.32% | 10.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,363 | 4,796 | 6,383 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £231 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £384 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £519 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.59% | +3.80% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.57% | +9.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 420 | 481 | 362 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £14.82 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £10.63 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £38.00 | £19.00 | £28.33 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +100.00% | -32.93% | -0.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.50 | £50.77 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.75 | £75.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.88 | £18.50 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +148.00% | -13.95% | -14.00% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
SD-WAN
Top 14 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +52 | 206 | £525 | +5.00% | 93 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 119 | £500 | +11.11% | 68 |
| London | +70 | 74 | £525 | -8.70% | 41 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 74 | £538 | +10.26% | 42 |
| North of England | +10 | 31 | £433 | -6.99% | 16 |
| South East | -10 | 30 | £570 | +13.90% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 27 | £650 | +100.00% | 8 |
| Midlands | +16 | 27 | £650 | +85.58% | 12 |
| North West | -7 | 24 | £433 | -6.99% | 10 |
| South West | +24 | 15 | £675 | +45.95% | 10 |
| East of England | +17 | 12 | £525 | +82.61% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 6 | £610 | +43.45% | 5 |
| Scotland | +16 | 4 | £500 | +11.11% | 14 |
| North East | +18 | 1 | £613 | +11.36% | 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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