SD-WAN Contracts in Bristol

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 70 96
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 -1
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.93% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.68% 2.63% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £543 - £371
25th Percentile £578 £625 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £650 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +40.46% +2.83%
75th Percentile £693 £675 £528
90th Percentile £727 - £564
South West median daily rate £600 £675 £463
% change year-on-year -11.11% +45.95% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £85.50 -
25th Percentile - £86.25 £83.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £90.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% -
75th Percentile - £93.75 £101.88
90th Percentile - £94.50 £102.25
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £90.00 £92.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 88 152 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 16.39% 14.38% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 76 97
10th Percentile £235 £230 £200
25th Percentile £250 £355 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £640 £600
90th Percentile £588 £688 £680
South West median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 87
10th Percentile £68.00 £12.57 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £38.26 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +563.27% -44.00%
75th Percentile - £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £87.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) ISDN
2 3 (60.00%) PBX
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Billing
1 3 (60.00%) Military
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Project Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) WAN Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Workstream Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Workstream Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) IVR
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Case
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Network Management
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco