Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 28 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 1.10% | 2.23% | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.69% | 13.16% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £563 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £600 | £563 | £394 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | +42.86% | -18.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £100.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £103.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £105.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £103.00 | - | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire
SD-WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 26 | 38 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 14.36% | 16.96% | 11.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 25 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | £260 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £282 | £300 | £183 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £504 | £375 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +34.33% | -25.00% | +29.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £563 | £575 | £575 |
| East of England median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -15.79% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.10 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £65.56 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £88.00 | £15.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +467.74% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £100.55 | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £62.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.73% | -15.38% | +294.66% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in Bedfordshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | -5 | 2 | £600 | +6.67% | 3 |
| SD-WAN East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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: