SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 119 108
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 +53
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 11 8 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.45% 0.43% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.63% 4.55% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 13
10th Percentile £575 - £438
25th Percentile £600 £518 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £536 £543
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -1.20% -14.23%
75th Percentile £688 £664 £625
90th Percentile £708 £700 £653
Central London median daily rate £650 £536 £525
% change year-on-year +21.27% +2.10% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 166 176 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.77% 9.49% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 117 134
10th Percentile £290 £260 £239
25th Percentile £413 £423 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £481
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.29% -13.48%
75th Percentile £666 £664 £623
90th Percentile £738 £750 £771
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £19.39 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £19.46 £33.28 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £44.11 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% +226.72% -40.00%
75th Percentile £39.50 £55.49 £14.25
90th Percentile £54.80 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £44.11 £13.50
% change year-on-year +2.02% +226.72% -40.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in the City of London

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SD-WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) WAN
2 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) Network Security
2 8 (72.73%) VPN
3 5 (45.45%) Internet
3 5 (45.45%) LAN
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (18.18%) DNS
5 2 (18.18%) MPLS
6 1 (9.09%) BGP
6 1 (9.09%) DHCP
6 1 (9.09%) OSPF
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Network Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Network Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Network Deployment Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) WAN Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
3 1 (9.09%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (9.09%) Observability
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Stability
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCNA
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) F5
3 3 (27.27%) Juniper
3 3 (27.27%) Zscaler
4 2 (18.18%) Aruba
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 1 (9.09%) Citrix
5 1 (9.09%) Forcepoint
5 1 (9.09%) ForeScout
5 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 1 (9.09%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (9.09%) Meraki
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow