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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 110 138
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 +38
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 8 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.82% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.73% 8.81% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 6
10th Percentile - £475 £406
25th Percentile £518 £507 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £613 £565
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% +8.41% +18.95%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £689
90th Percentile £735 £655 £765
Central London median daily rate £536 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -6.78% +1.77% +18.95%

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 169 193 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.61% 9.33% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 112 183
10th Percentile £263 £350 £212
25th Percentile £365 £424 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £531 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -1.71% +0.93%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £638
90th Percentile £737 £757 £700
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.10% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.56 - £26.38
25th Percentile £33.28 - £34.06
Median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £64.06
90th Percentile £61.54 - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
% change year-on-year - - +87.50%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN 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
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in the City of London

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
3 3 (37.50%) BGP
3 3 (37.50%) MPLS
3 3 (37.50%) OSPF
4 2 (25.00%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory Support
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (25.00%) WAN Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Network Management
2 3 (37.50%) Patch Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Patching
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCNP
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) JNCIS
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) ForeScout
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (12.50%) Meraki
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Zscaler