SD-WAN Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 342 375
Rank change year-on-year -2 +33 +79
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 148 215 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.58% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.60% 4.49% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 141 144
10th Percentile £363 £300 £307
25th Percentile £425 £425 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £620
90th Percentile £700 £675 £743
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +0.60% +1.52% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £54.00 - -
25th Percentile £54.38 £23.25 £83.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £23.50 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year +144.68% -74.59% +239.45%
75th Percentile £60.63 £23.75 £101.88
90th Percentile £61.00 - £102.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £23.50 £92.50
% change year-on-year +144.68% -74.59% +239.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,218 4,788 5,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.84% 12.82% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 2,850 3,877
10th Percentile £230 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 394 411
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.61 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +131.58% -22.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.60
90th Percentile £81.35 £73.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.48 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.69% +110.53% -33.12%

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 24 June 2025.

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
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 24 June 2025. 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 +40 71 £536 +2.10% 122
North of England +18 25 £490 +13.18% 45
South East +30 18 £369 -43.70% 28
Midlands -5 17 £563 -12.79% 29
West Midlands -9 15 £575 -12.21% 15
North West -7 13 £463 +6.94% 17
Yorkshire +10 11 £492 -1.60% 22
East of England +20 6 £600 +6.67% 13
South West +18 3 £625 -3.85% 10
East Midlands +5 2 £475 +26.67% 14
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 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) Camunda
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.08%) Azure
2 34 (22.97%) AWS
3 10 (6.76%) Entra ID
3 10 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.38%) GCP
4 5 (3.38%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.03%) Akamai
5 3 (2.03%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.35%) IaaS
6 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.35%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.35%) Serverless
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 131 (88.51%) WAN
2 93 (62.84%) Firewall
3 49 (33.11%) LAN
4 41 (27.70%) VPN
5 40 (27.03%) Network Security
5 40 (27.03%) Wireless
6 39 (26.35%) BGP
7 36 (24.32%) OSPF
8 33 (22.30%) MPLS
9 29 (19.59%) DNS
10 21 (14.19%) Cisco Nexus
11 19 (12.84%) DHCP
12 17 (11.49%) VLAN
13 16 (10.81%) EIGRP
14 15 (10.14%) Cisco ISE
15 14 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (8.78%) WLAN
17 11 (7.43%) Ethernet
17 11 (7.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 11 (7.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.84%) Finance
3 12 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.76%) Legal
5 8 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.73%) Law
7 6 (4.05%) Banking
8 5 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.03%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.35%) Billing
11 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Local Government
11 2 (1.35%) Retail
12 1 (0.68%) German Language
12 1 (0.68%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 57 (38.51%) Network Engineer
2 31 (20.95%) Architect
3 15 (10.14%) Network Architect
3 15 (10.14%) Senior
4 11 (7.43%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Implementation Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 9 (6.08%) Security Architect
6 8 (5.41%) Consultant
6 8 (5.41%) Lead
7 7 (4.73%) Project Manager
7 7 (4.73%) WAN Engineer
8 6 (4.05%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (4.05%) Security Engineer
9 5 (3.38%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (3.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.38%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.68%) HTML
2 1 (0.68%) XML
2 1 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.65%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.73%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (4.73%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.35%) CMDB
4 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.35%) FMCG
4 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.35%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.35%) TM Forum
5 1 (0.68%) Life Science
5 1 (0.68%) NB-IoT
5 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.68%) PKI
5 1 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.11%) Windows
2 5 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.03%) Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (16.22%) ITIL
3 22 (14.86%) Network Monitoring
4 17 (11.49%) Migration
5 16 (10.81%) Change Management
5 16 (10.81%) Project Management
5 16 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (9.46%) Security Architecture
8 13 (8.78%) Network Architecture
8 13 (8.78%) Network Management
8 13 (8.78%) Roadmaps
9 12 (8.11%) Analytics
9 12 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 12 (8.11%) High Availability
10 11 (7.43%) Agile
10 11 (7.43%) Network Design
11 8 (5.41%) Cloud Security
11 8 (5.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.73%) Python
2 6 (4.05%) SQL
3 3 (2.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.68%) Bash
Qualifications
1 52 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (25.00%) CCNP
3 21 (14.19%) Security Cleared
4 20 (13.51%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.81%) CCIE
6 10 (6.76%) CCNA
7 7 (4.73%) Degree
8 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.70%) CCSA
9 4 (2.70%) CISM
10 3 (2.03%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.03%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 3 (2.03%) CISA
10 3 (2.03%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.35%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.35%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.35%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.38%) NIST
2 4 (2.70%) GRC
3 3 (2.03%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.03%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.38%) Firmware
4 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.03%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.68%) vSphere
5 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.41%) Terraform
2 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.05%) Ansible
4 4 (2.70%) CASB
4 4 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
4 4 (2.70%) OpenView
4 4 (2.70%) SCCM
5 3 (2.03%) CA Spectrum
5 3 (2.03%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.68%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.68%) Nagios
7 1 (0.68%) OPNET
Vendors
1 87 (58.78%) Cisco
2 44 (29.73%) Palo Alto
3 32 (21.62%) Fortinet
4 28 (18.92%) Microsoft
5 24 (16.22%) SolarWinds
6 23 (15.54%) F5
6 23 (15.54%) Meraki
7 19 (12.84%) Juniper
8 14 (9.46%) Aruba
9 11 (7.43%) VMware
10 8 (5.41%) CheckPoint
10 8 (5.41%) Zscaler
11 5 (3.38%) Huawei
12 4 (2.70%) BMC
12 4 (2.70%) Remedy
13 3 (2.03%) Citrix
13 3 (2.03%) Google
13 3 (2.03%) HP
13 3 (2.03%) Infoblox
13 3 (2.03%) Splunk