SD-WAN Contracts in England

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 386 464
Rank change year-on-year +44 +78 +4
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 205 292 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.57% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.03% 4.65% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 190 219
10th Percentile £275 £300 £361
25th Percentile £400 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% +1.54%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £582
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.52% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £23.95 £26.88 £25.65
25th Percentile £26.69 £28.44 £25.88
Median hourly rate £31.25 £63.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.40% +129.09% -56.00%
75th Percentile £47.81 £101.25 £29.50
90th Percentile £91.50 £101.88 £29.95
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £63.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -50.40% +129.09% -56.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,093 6,282 8,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.69% 12.26% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,072 4,141 5,326
10th Percentile £205 £231 £218
25th Percentile £350 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £733 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 460 309
10th Percentile £13.54 £9.80 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% -

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
London +74 75 £525 -8.70% 36
North of England +16 31 £433 -6.99% 15
South East -19 29 £589 +17.80% 14
Midlands +28 26 £675 +100.00% 12
West Midlands +26 26 £675 +107.69% 5
North West +1 24 £433 -6.99% 9
South West +30 17 £700 +51.35% 11
East of England +14 11 £525 +110.00% 3
Yorkshire +21 6 £610 +43.45% 6
North East +21 1 £613 +11.36%
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.61%) Azure
2 20 (9.76%) AWS
3 15 (7.32%) GCP
4 3 (1.46%) Nutanix
5 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.98%) SaaS
6 1 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.49%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.49%) GitHub
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 153 (74.63%) WAN
2 80 (39.02%) Firewall
3 79 (38.54%) LAN
4 39 (19.02%) MPLS
5 38 (18.54%) Wireless
6 37 (18.05%) VPN
7 35 (17.07%) BGP
8 32 (15.61%) DNS
8 32 (15.61%) OSPF
9 31 (15.12%) Network Security
10 29 (14.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 19 (9.27%) Cisco IOS
11 19 (9.27%) WLAN
12 18 (8.78%) DMZ
13 17 (8.29%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (7.80%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (7.80%) IPsec
14 16 (7.80%) VoIP
15 14 (6.83%) DHCP
15 14 (6.83%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.98%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 40 (19.51%) Finance
2 34 (16.59%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.71%) Public Sector
4 21 (10.24%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.39%) Banking
6 8 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Legal
9 3 (1.46%) Local Government
10 2 (0.98%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Billing
11 1 (0.49%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 82 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 48 (23.41%) Architect
3 37 (18.05%) Network Architect
4 20 (9.76%) Senior
4 20 (9.76%) WAN Engineer
5 12 (5.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 10 (4.88%) Consultant
6 10 (4.88%) Programme Manager
6 10 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (4.88%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (3.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (3.41%) Security Consultant
8 7 (3.41%) Senior Architect
9 6 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.93%) Field Engineer
9 6 (2.93%) Network Field Engineer
9 6 (2.93%) Service Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.93%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.44%) Web Services
2 4 (1.95%) JSON
3 2 (0.98%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.98%) HTML
3 2 (0.98%) Jinja
3 2 (0.98%) LDAP
3 2 (0.98%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.98%) RESTful
3 2 (0.98%) XML
3 2 (0.98%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 51 (24.88%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.80%) PKI
3 5 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.46%) Clustering
5 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (0.98%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.98%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.98%) NHS
6 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.49%) CMDB
7 1 (0.49%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.49%) IVR
7 1 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.83%) Windows
2 13 (6.34%) Linux
3 4 (1.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (11.71%) Presales
2 23 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (10.73%) Network Management
3 22 (10.73%) SIEM
4 21 (10.24%) Network Monitoring
5 19 (9.27%) Network Architecture
6 17 (8.29%) ITSM
6 17 (8.29%) Load Balancing
6 17 (8.29%) Migration
7 15 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (6.83%) Cloud Security
8 14 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (6.34%) Customer Requirements
9 13 (6.34%) Requirements Management
10 12 (5.85%) Change Management
10 12 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (5.85%) ITIL
10 12 (5.85%) Project Delivery
10 12 (5.85%) Service Delivery
11 11 (5.37%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.93%) Python
2 4 (1.95%) SQL
3 3 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.98%) C#
5 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (22.44%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (21.95%) Security Cleared
3 33 (16.10%) CCNP
4 22 (10.73%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.80%) CCIE
5 16 (7.80%) CCNA
6 15 (7.32%) Degree
7 7 (3.41%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.44%) CCDP
8 5 (2.44%) CCIE Data Center
9 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.98%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.98%) CCIP
10 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.98%) PMP
10 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.34%) SLA
2 11 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.88%) ISO 9000
4 8 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.46%) QA
6 2 (0.98%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) NCSC
7 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.90%) Firmware
3 6 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.93%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.95%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.49%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 9 (4.39%) Terraform
2 6 (2.93%) Ansible
3 5 (2.44%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.46%) Kibana
4 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.98%) Stealthwatch
5 2 (0.98%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.49%) Nmap
Vendors
1 130 (63.41%) Cisco
2 53 (25.85%) Palo Alto
3 34 (16.59%) F5
4 30 (14.63%) Juniper
5 24 (11.71%) Fortinet
6 21 (10.24%) Meraki
7 20 (9.76%) Microsoft
8 18 (8.78%) CheckPoint
9 15 (7.32%) Aruba
9 15 (7.32%) Zscaler
10 14 (6.83%) Infoblox
10 14 (6.83%) VMware
11 13 (6.34%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.41%) Splunk
13 6 (2.93%) Nokia
14 5 (2.44%) Google
14 5 (2.44%) HP
14 5 (2.44%) Symantec
15 4 (1.95%) Fujitsu
15 4 (1.95%) Siemens