Software-Defined Networking Jobs in England

Software-Defined Networking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 882 1040
Rank change year-on-year +101 +158 -239
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 52 62 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.061% 0.067% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.43% 0.43% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 43 27 68
10th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £39,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,281 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,113 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -34.38% +33.33% +2.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Software-Defined Networking 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 12,172 14,375 17,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.52% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,618 7,435 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,250
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 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +43 24 £47,500 -9.52% 2
South West -28 18 £80,000 +77.78%
Yorkshire +94 11 £42,500 -18.55% 2
North West +13 11 £52,500 -
East of England +19 6 £52,500 -6.67% 2
Midlands +17 3 £65,050 -27.72% 1
West Midlands +32 2 £70,025 -22.19% 1
North East - 2 £39,000 -
London +119 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
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 6 (11.54%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.00%) AWS
1 13 (25.00%) Azure
2 12 (23.08%) GCP
3 6 (11.54%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.54%) OCI
4 5 (9.62%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (42.31%) Wireless
2 18 (34.62%) WAN
3 14 (26.92%) Network Security
4 13 (25.00%) Firewall
4 13 (25.00%) LAN
5 11 (21.15%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (21.15%) WLAN
6 8 (15.38%) NGFW
6 8 (15.38%) VLAN
7 7 (13.46%) SD-WAN
7 7 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (11.54%) Unified Communications
8 6 (11.54%) VPN
9 5 (9.62%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (9.62%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (7.69%) Internet
11 1 (1.92%) DHCP
11 1 (1.92%) DNS
11 1 (1.92%) MPLS
General
1 11 (21.15%) Aerospace
2 10 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (15.38%) Finance
4 5 (9.62%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (59.62%) Network Engineer
2 15 (28.85%) Senior
3 14 (26.92%) Architect
4 11 (21.15%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Architect
5 6 (11.54%) Network Systems Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Security Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 4 (7.69%) Lead
7 4 (7.69%) Network Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Team Leader
7 4 (7.69%) Technical Architect
8 3 (5.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 24 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.54%) CCTV
3 5 (9.62%) PropTech
3 5 (9.62%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.69%) IoT
5 3 (5.77%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Linux
2 6 (11.54%) Debian
2 6 (11.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Network Architecture
2 18 (34.62%) Cloud Security
3 16 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (21.15%) Network Monitoring
4 11 (21.15%) Roadmaps
5 9 (17.31%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (15.38%) Agile
6 8 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
7 7 (13.46%) Data Centre Operations
7 7 (13.46%) ITIL
8 6 (11.54%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (11.54%) Auto-Scaling
8 6 (11.54%) Configuration Management
8 6 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
8 6 (11.54%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (11.54%) Service Delivery
8 6 (11.54%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.54%) Shell Script
2 5 (9.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (32.69%) DV Cleared
3 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (19.23%) CCNP
5 5 (9.62%) CCIE
5 5 (9.62%) CCNA
6 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (44.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) ZABBIX
2 5 (9.62%) Ansible
2 5 (9.62%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (9.62%) Opsview
2 5 (9.62%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (63.46%) Cisco
2 23 (44.23%) VMware
3 17 (32.69%) Palo Alto
4 14 (26.92%) Microsoft
5 6 (11.54%) Google
5 6 (11.54%) Oracle
5 6 (11.54%) Red Hat
6 5 (9.62%) Meraki
7 2 (3.85%) Aruba