SD-WAN Jobs in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 197 250 265
Rank change year-on-year +53 +15 -17
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 85 31 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.93% 0.44% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.84% 2.31% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40 20 22
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,500 £27,300
25th Percentile £46,750 £30,932 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,375 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -2.47% -24.17%
75th Percentile £51,750 £61,125 £51,875
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £56,675
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,242 1,344 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.58% 19.19% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 930 574 705
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,244 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the South West.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the South West 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
Devon +21 50 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Wiltshire - 19 £50,500 - 2
Gloucestershire -11 11 £48,500 +61.67%
Bristol +3 5 £37,500 -40.48% 2
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (23.53%) Azure
3 10 (11.76%) IaaS
3 10 (11.76%) PaaS
3 10 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 10 (11.76%) SaaS
4 3 (3.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 77 (90.59%) WAN
2 37 (43.53%) Firewall
3 31 (36.47%) 5G
4 26 (30.59%) LAN
5 19 (22.35%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (21.18%) VPN
7 16 (18.82%) Network Security
8 12 (14.12%) WLAN
9 11 (12.94%) MPLS
10 10 (11.76%) DNS
11 8 (9.41%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (7.06%) BGP
12 6 (7.06%) OSPF
12 6 (7.06%) Software-Defined Networking
13 5 (5.88%) VLAN
14 3 (3.53%) GSM
14 3 (3.53%) NetScaler
14 3 (3.53%) PABX
14 3 (3.53%) VoIP
14 3 (3.53%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) LabVIEW
General
1 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.88%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (20.00%) Electronics
5 11 (12.94%) Aerospace
6 10 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.88%) Finance
7 5 (5.88%) Retail
8 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.53%) Social Housing
9 2 (2.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (16.47%) Network Manager
2 14 (16.47%) RF Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Senior
4 12 (14.12%) Lead
5 11 (12.94%) Network Engineer
6 10 (11.76%) Project Leader
6 10 (11.76%) Technical Leader
6 10 (11.76%) Technical Project Leader
7 9 (10.59%) Analyst
7 9 (10.59%) GNSS Engineer
7 9 (10.59%) Network Analyst
7 9 (10.59%) Network Operations Analyst
7 9 (10.59%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (9.41%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 8 (9.41%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Data Centre
1 16 (18.82%) GNSS
2 15 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (11.76%) FPGA
4 7 (8.24%) MicroBlaze
4 7 (8.24%) Robotics
4 7 (8.24%) VHDL
5 2 (2.35%) CMDB
5 2 (2.35%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (25.88%) Windows
2 7 (8.24%) Linux
3 5 (5.88%) Unix
3 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.35%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.65%) Project Delivery
2 31 (36.47%) B2B
2 31 (36.47%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (36.47%) Test Assurance
2 31 (36.47%) Test Automation
3 20 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 17 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
5 17 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 15 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 14 (16.47%) Office Automation
7 14 (16.47%) Security Patching
8 13 (15.29%) Project Management
8 13 (15.29%) Service Delivery
9 10 (11.76%) FPGA Design
9 10 (11.76%) Product Management
9 10 (11.76%) Signal Processing
9 10 (11.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.65%) MATLAB
2 14 (16.47%) C++
3 13 (15.29%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.24%) C
4 7 (8.24%) Perl
4 7 (8.24%) Tcl
4 7 (8.24%) VB
5 5 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (34.12%) Degree
2 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared
2 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) HND
4 4 (4.71%) CCDP
4 4 (4.71%) CCIE
4 4 (4.71%) CCNA
4 4 (4.71%) CCNP
4 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) PMO
2 3 (3.53%) JTAG
3 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (12.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (8.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (8.24%) Firmware
4 6 (7.06%) VMware NSX
5 4 (4.71%) vSphere
6 3 (3.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (20.00%) WSUS
2 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.53%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.53%) Nagios
3 3 (3.53%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 31 (36.47%) Cisco
2 16 (18.82%) VMware
3 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.24%) Altera
4 7 (8.24%) Green Hills
4 7 (8.24%) Motorola
4 7 (8.24%) Xilinx
5 6 (7.06%) CheckPoint
5 6 (7.06%) Fortinet
5 6 (7.06%) Meraki
6 3 (3.53%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 3 (3.53%) Centreon
7 2 (2.35%) Dell
7 2 (2.35%) F5