Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 31 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff | - | 0.88% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 10.53% | 3.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £563 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £575 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +35.29% | +30.77% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £588 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £575 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +35.29% | +30.77% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 22 | 19 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 10.73% | 8.37% | 13.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 12 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £221 | £221 | £212 |
| 25th Percentile | £290 | £273 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £388 | £340 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.58% | +13.97% | -24.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £419 | £550 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £441 | £573 | £618 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £295 | £313 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.60% | -19.87% | -29.09% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SD-WAN.
