SD-WAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 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 199 235 266
Rank change year-on-year +36 +31 -70
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 45 28 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.67% 0.46% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.68% 2.86% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 7
10th Percentile £32,150 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £56,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -9.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 961 980 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.26% 15.98% 20.52%
Number of salaries quoted 684 550 762
10th Percentile £28,605 £26,250 £27,050
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,775 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the Thames Valley

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the Thames Valley

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the Thames Valley

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +39 23 £77,500 +14.81% 1
Buckinghamshire -14 14 £32,500 -38.10% 2
Oxfordshire +17 8 £43,250 -21.36%
SD-WAN
South East

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
5 2 (4.44%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (86.67%) WAN
2 25 (55.56%) Firewall
3 21 (46.67%) Wireless
4 13 (28.89%) DNS
5 9 (20.00%) LAN
5 9 (20.00%) VPN
6 8 (17.78%) DHCP
7 7 (15.56%) BGP
7 7 (15.56%) OSPF
7 7 (15.56%) SSL
8 6 (13.33%) Network Security
9 5 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (11.11%) IPsec
10 4 (8.89%) MPLS
10 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
11 3 (6.67%) DMZ
11 3 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (6.67%) SAN
11 3 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (4.44%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Electronics
2 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (53.33%) Architect
2 19 (42.22%) Solutions Architect
3 14 (31.11%) Senior
4 13 (28.89%) IP Architect
5 11 (24.44%) Senior Architect
6 10 (22.22%) Cisco Architect
6 10 (22.22%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 9 (20.00%) Network Engineer
8 6 (13.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 5 (11.11%) Cisco Security Architect
9 5 (11.11%) Cisco Solutions Architect
9 5 (11.11%) IT Support
9 5 (11.11%) Security Architect
9 5 (11.11%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
9 5 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
10 4 (8.89%) Firewall Engineer
10 4 (8.89%) Incident Manager
10 4 (8.89%) Network Manager
10 4 (8.89%) Network Services Manager
10 4 (8.89%) NOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.11%) PKI
3 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.44%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.89%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.67%) Linux
5 2 (4.44%) Android
5 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Business Development
1 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (28.89%) Presales
2 10 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
2 10 (22.22%) Software Licensing
2 10 (22.22%) Time Management
3 6 (13.33%) Information Security
3 6 (13.33%) ITIL
4 5 (11.11%) Analytics
5 4 (8.89%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.89%) People Management
6 3 (6.67%) Change Management
6 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (6.67%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (6.67%) Technology Transformation
7 2 (4.44%) Capacity Management
7 2 (4.44%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (28.89%) CCNP
3 12 (26.67%) CCNA
3 12 (26.67%) Degree
4 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
5 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.44%) CCIE
7 1 (2.22%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) IASME
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) CASB
1 5 (11.11%) Stealthwatch
2 1 (2.22%) WSUS
2 1 (2.22%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) Cisco
2 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (26.67%) Fortinet
3 12 (26.67%) Meraki
4 10 (22.22%) Adobe
4 10 (22.22%) Apple
4 10 (22.22%) Juniper
5 5 (11.11%) Citrix
5 5 (11.11%) VMware
6 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.22%) NetApp
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle
7 1 (2.22%) Snow
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Splunk