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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 363 511 702
Rank change year-on-year +148 +191 -131
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 741 569 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.54% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.45% 3.54% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 486 428 453
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £36,050
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,656 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +221 677 £55,000 - 93
UK excluding London +100 424 £50,000 - 68
Work from Home +129 340 £57,500 -17.86% 42
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% 16
South West +53 85 £50,000 +12.68% 10
South East +26 78 £55,000 - 13
North West +34 70 £70,000 +33.33% 10
Yorkshire +103 48 £62,500 +38.89% 5
East of England +14 32 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Scotland -52 21 £50,000 -38.46% 14
North East +3 9 £79,842 +83.52% 1
East Midlands -9 9 £35,000 -41.67% 4
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 146 (19.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.62%) IIS
4 8 (1.08%) CMS
4 8 (1.08%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 266 (35.90%) Azure
2 231 (31.17%) Microsoft 365
3 119 (16.06%) AWS
4 54 (7.29%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.21%) IaaS
6 42 (5.67%) PaaS
7 35 (4.72%) GCP
8 26 (3.51%) SaaS
9 12 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.48%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (1.35%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.94%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.94%) GitHub
13 7 (0.94%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.67%) Azure API Management
14 5 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 1 (0.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 674 (90.96%) WAN
2 280 (37.79%) Firewall
3 250 (33.74%) LAN
4 228 (30.77%) Wireless
5 144 (19.43%) MPLS
6 132 (17.81%) BGP
7 120 (16.19%) Wi-Fi
8 119 (16.06%) VPN
9 118 (15.92%) Cisco IOS
10 105 (14.17%) OSPF
10 105 (14.17%) WebEx
11 91 (12.28%) DNS
12 83 (11.20%) Network Security
13 78 (10.53%) WLAN
14 64 (8.64%) DHCP
15 60 (8.10%) TCP/IP
15 60 (8.10%) VLAN
16 52 (7.02%) Cisco ISE
17 42 (5.67%) Cisco Firepower
18 40 (5.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.54%) Big Data
5 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.13%) MySQL
5 1 (0.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.67%) GitLab
1 5 (0.67%) Katalon Studio
1 5 (0.67%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.40%) JIRA
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
General
1 234 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.12%) Finance
3 51 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
4 30 (4.05%) Retail
5 23 (3.10%) Law
6 19 (2.56%) Electronics
6 19 (2.56%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.02%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Marketing
12 6 (0.81%) Local Government
12 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.67%) Legal
14 4 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.54%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Publishing
15 3 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 173 (23.35%) Network Engineer
2 125 (16.87%) Senior
3 122 (16.46%) IT Support
4 109 (14.71%) Architect
5 107 (14.44%) IT Support Specialist
5 107 (14.44%) Support Specialist
6 103 (13.90%) Analyst
7 81 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 79 (10.66%) Network Analyst
9 54 (7.29%) Operations Analyst
10 53 (7.15%) Network Operations Analyst
11 51 (6.88%) Lead
11 51 (6.88%) Senior Network Engineer
12 49 (6.61%) Security Architect
13 40 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
14 39 (5.26%) Senior Architect
15 31 (4.18%) IT Engineer
16 30 (4.05%) Cisco Architect
16 30 (4.05%) Senior Cisco Architect
17 29 (3.91%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.43%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.21%) SAML
3 7 (0.94%) HTML
4 5 (0.67%) XMPP
4 5 (0.67%) YAML
5 2 (0.27%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.13%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.13%) JSON
6 1 (0.13%) OAuth
6 1 (0.13%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 132 (17.81%) Data Centre
2 116 (15.65%) Video Conferencing
3 105 (14.17%) Wiki
4 56 (7.56%) Management Information System
5 42 (5.67%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 31 (4.18%) Driving Licence
8 22 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.70%) GNSS
10 14 (1.89%) Replication
10 14 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.75%) PKI
12 12 (1.62%) PMI
13 10 (1.35%) FPGA
14 8 (1.08%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.08%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.94%) Clustering
15 7 (0.94%) MicroBlaze
15 7 (0.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 236 (31.85%) Windows
2 121 (16.33%) Windows 10
3 107 (14.44%) Android
4 71 (9.58%) Windows Server
5 69 (9.31%) Linux
6 21 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.81%) Unix
9 4 (0.54%) VMS
10 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (18.08%) Computer Science
2 117 (15.79%) Business Continuity
3 115 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 112 (15.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 110 (14.84%) Cybersecurity
6 108 (14.57%) Contract Negotiation
7 106 (14.30%) BCP
8 105 (14.17%) Application Virtualisation
8 105 (14.17%) Business Continuity Planning
9 95 (12.82%) Presales
9 95 (12.82%) Project Delivery
10 80 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (9.85%) ITIL
12 70 (9.45%) Project Management
13 63 (8.50%) Information Security
14 59 (7.96%) Mentoring
15 55 (7.42%) Disaster Recovery
16 47 (6.34%) Service Delivery
17 41 (5.53%) Agile
18 39 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.40%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.18%) SQL
3 21 (2.83%) Python
4 18 (2.43%) C++
5 15 (2.02%) MATLAB
6 11 (1.48%) Perl
7 7 (0.94%) C
7 7 (0.94%) C#
7 7 (0.94%) Tcl
7 7 (0.94%) VB
8 5 (0.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 237 (31.98%) Cisco Certification
2 190 (25.64%) Degree
3 153 (20.65%) CCNP
4 150 (20.24%) CCNA
5 113 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 105 (14.17%) Master's Degree
7 61 (8.23%) Security Cleared
8 50 (6.75%) CCIE
8 50 (6.75%) SC Cleared
9 42 (5.67%) Azure Certification
10 41 (5.53%) AWS Certification
11 39 (5.26%) CCDP
12 37 (4.99%) CISSP
13 35 (4.72%) CCSP
14 33 (4.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 33 (4.45%) CCSK
14 33 (4.45%) CISM
15 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (2.02%) PMI Certification
17 14 (1.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.86%) NIST
2 26 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.24%) SLA
4 20 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.02%) PMO
6 13 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 12 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.35%) QA
9 8 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.40%) JTAG
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) IASME
System Software
1 227 (30.63%) Active Directory
2 109 (14.71%) VMware ESXi
3 105 (14.17%) Microsoft App-V
3 105 (14.17%) XenApp
3 105 (14.17%) XenDesktop
4 81 (10.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 69 (9.31%) Hyper-V
6 36 (4.86%) Docker
7 23 (3.10%) VMware NSX
8 15 (2.02%) Firmware
9 8 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.81%) vSphere
12 4 (0.54%) pfSense
13 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 113 (15.25%) SCCM
2 105 (14.17%) AirWatch
3 53 (7.15%) FortiGate
4 47 (6.34%) Kubernetes
5 44 (5.94%) Single Sign-On
6 41 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (4.59%) Terraform
8 24 (3.24%) Ansible
9 22 (2.97%) Stealthwatch
10 20 (2.70%) WSUS
11 17 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.02%) CASB
13 12 (1.62%) Opsgenie
13 12 (1.62%) VxRail
13 12 (1.62%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.67%) Nagios
16 4 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
17 3 (0.40%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 436 (58.84%) Cisco
2 298 (40.22%) Microsoft
3 144 (19.43%) Meraki
4 130 (17.54%) Citrix
5 116 (15.65%) VMware
6 100 (13.50%) Fortinet
7 63 (8.50%) Juniper
8 50 (6.75%) SolarWinds
9 38 (5.13%) CheckPoint
10 36 (4.86%) Aruba
11 35 (4.72%) Palo Alto
12 30 (4.05%) Adobe
12 30 (4.05%) Apple
13 27 (3.64%) NetApp
14 20 (2.70%) F5
15 18 (2.43%) Dell
16 13 (1.75%) Draytek
16 13 (1.75%) Zscaler
17 9 (1.21%) ServiceNow
18 8 (1.08%) Ruckus Wireless