SD-WAN Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 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 340 561 662
Rank change year-on-year +221 +101 -85
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 677 438 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.80% 0.47% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.58% 3.04% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 433 325 406
10th Percentile £35,850 £35,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £69,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,435 £87,300 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +11.30% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in England.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the England region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +221 270 £60,000 -7.69% 41
Midlands +94 137 £48,500 +14.79% 12
West Midlands +106 128 £48,500 +14.79% 8
North of England +71 110 £72,500 +52.63% 17
South West +53 85 £50,000 +12.68% 10
South East +26 78 £55,000 - 13
North West +34 70 £70,000 +33.33% 11
Yorkshire +103 48 £62,500 +38.89% 5
East of England +14 32 £45,000 -10.00% 3
North East +3 9 £79,842 +83.52% 1
East Midlands -9 9 £35,000 -41.67% 4
SD-WAN
UK

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

Application Platforms
1 145 (21.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.43%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.77%) IIS
4 8 (1.18%) CMS
4 8 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 235 (34.71%) Azure
2 218 (32.20%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (14.48%) AWS
4 51 (7.53%) Entra ID
5 29 (4.28%) IaaS
6 25 (3.69%) SaaS
7 24 (3.55%) PaaS
8 21 (3.10%) GCP
9 11 (1.62%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.18%) Mimecast
11 8 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
12 7 (1.03%) GitHub
12 7 (1.03%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.74%) Azure API Management
13 5 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 1 (0.15%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 616 (90.99%) WAN
2 247 (36.48%) Firewall
3 229 (33.83%) LAN
4 210 (31.02%) Wireless
5 140 (20.68%) MPLS
6 128 (18.91%) BGP
7 118 (17.43%) Cisco IOS
8 114 (16.84%) Wi-Fi
9 105 (15.51%) WebEx
10 101 (14.92%) OSPF
11 100 (14.77%) VPN
12 91 (13.44%) DNS
13 73 (10.78%) WLAN
14 70 (10.34%) Network Security
15 64 (9.45%) DHCP
16 60 (8.86%) TCP/IP
17 57 (8.42%) VLAN
18 49 (7.24%) Cisco ISE
19 42 (6.20%) Cisco Firepower
20 40 (5.91%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
4 1 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.74%) GitLab
1 5 (0.74%) Katalon Studio
1 5 (0.74%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.44%) JIRA
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 213 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 71 (10.49%) Finance
3 48 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (3.84%) Retail
6 23 (3.40%) Law
7 19 (2.81%) Electronics
8 14 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.62%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.89%) Local Government
13 5 (0.74%) Legal
14 4 (0.59%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.59%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Police
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 172 (25.41%) Network Engineer
2 120 (17.73%) IT Support
2 120 (17.73%) Senior
3 107 (15.81%) IT Support Specialist
3 107 (15.81%) Support Specialist
4 101 (14.92%) Analyst
5 87 (12.85%) Architect
6 77 (11.37%) Network Analyst
7 71 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 52 (7.68%) Operations Analyst
9 51 (7.53%) Lead
9 51 (7.53%) Network Operations Analyst
9 51 (7.53%) Senior Network Engineer
10 49 (7.24%) Security Architect
11 38 (5.61%) Senior Architect
12 30 (4.43%) Cisco Architect
12 30 (4.43%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 30 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (4.28%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 29 (4.28%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.66%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.33%) SAML
3 7 (1.03%) HTML
4 5 (0.74%) XMPP
4 5 (0.74%) YAML
5 2 (0.30%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.15%) JSON
6 1 (0.15%) OAuth
6 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 116 (17.13%) Video Conferencing
2 110 (16.25%) Data Centre
3 105 (15.51%) Wiki
4 51 (7.53%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 30 (4.43%) Driving Licence
7 25 (3.69%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.36%) GNSS
10 13 (1.92%) PKI
11 12 (1.77%) PMI
12 11 (1.62%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.48%) FPGA
14 8 (1.18%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.18%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.03%) Clustering
15 7 (1.03%) MicroBlaze
15 7 (1.03%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 221 (32.64%) Windows
2 121 (17.87%) Windows 10
3 107 (15.81%) Android
4 58 (8.57%) Windows Server
5 48 (7.09%) Linux
6 21 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.89%) Unix
9 4 (0.59%) VMS
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (19.20%) Computer Science
2 114 (16.84%) Business Continuity
3 112 (16.54%) Mobile Device Management
4 106 (15.66%) BCP
5 105 (15.51%) Application Virtualisation
5 105 (15.51%) Business Continuity Planning
5 105 (15.51%) Contract Negotiation
6 104 (15.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 98 (14.48%) Cybersecurity
8 87 (12.85%) Presales
9 78 (11.52%) Project Delivery
10 76 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (10.04%) ITIL
12 58 (8.57%) Information Security
13 57 (8.42%) Project Management
14 40 (5.91%) Mentoring
15 39 (5.76%) Agile
15 39 (5.76%) Customer Engagement
15 39 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
15 39 (5.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.47%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.58%) SQL
3 17 (2.51%) Python
4 15 (2.22%) MATLAB
5 14 (2.07%) C++
6 7 (1.03%) C
6 7 (1.03%) C#
6 7 (1.03%) Perl
6 7 (1.03%) Tcl
6 7 (1.03%) VB
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 206 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
2 183 (27.03%) Degree
3 142 (20.97%) CCNP
4 129 (19.05%) CCNA
5 113 (16.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 105 (15.51%) Master's Degree
7 49 (7.24%) CCIE
8 48 (7.09%) Security Cleared
9 41 (6.06%) AWS Certification
10 40 (5.91%) SC Cleared
11 38 (5.61%) Azure Certification
11 38 (5.61%) CCDP
12 35 (5.17%) CISSP
13 34 (5.02%) CCSP
14 33 (4.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 33 (4.87%) CCSK
14 33 (4.87%) CISM
15 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.92%) PMI Certification
17 11 (1.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.32%) NIST
2 21 (3.10%) SLA
3 18 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 12 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.62%) PMO
7 10 (1.48%) QA
8 9 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.44%) JTAG
11 1 (0.15%) IASME
System Software
1 223 (32.94%) Active Directory
2 109 (16.10%) VMware ESXi
3 105 (15.51%) Microsoft App-V
3 105 (15.51%) XenApp
3 105 (15.51%) XenDesktop
4 69 (10.19%) Hyper-V
5 68 (10.04%) VMware Infrastructure
6 36 (5.32%) Docker
7 15 (2.22%) Firmware
8 10 (1.48%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.89%) vSphere
12 4 (0.59%) pfSense
13 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 113 (16.69%) SCCM
2 105 (15.51%) AirWatch
3 44 (6.50%) Single Sign-On
4 43 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 40 (5.91%) FortiGate
6 35 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (3.25%) Stealthwatch
8 20 (2.95%) WSUS
9 17 (2.51%) Terraform
10 16 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 15 (2.22%) CASB
12 12 (1.77%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.77%) VxRail
12 12 (1.77%) ZABBIX
13 11 (1.62%) Ansible
14 7 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.74%) Nagios
16 4 (0.59%) BMC PATROL
17 3 (0.44%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 395 (58.35%) Cisco
2 285 (42.10%) Microsoft
3 138 (20.38%) Meraki
4 130 (19.20%) Citrix
5 103 (15.21%) VMware
6 81 (11.96%) Fortinet
7 47 (6.94%) SolarWinds
8 46 (6.79%) Juniper
9 38 (5.61%) CheckPoint
10 34 (5.02%) Aruba
11 32 (4.73%) Palo Alto
12 30 (4.43%) Adobe
12 30 (4.43%) Apple
13 20 (2.95%) F5
14 18 (2.66%) Dell
15 14 (2.07%) NetApp
16 13 (1.92%) Draytek
16 13 (1.92%) Zscaler
17 9 (1.33%) ServiceNow
18 8 (1.18%) Splunk