SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 77 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 10 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.43% 0.13% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 1.02% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £475 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £675 £525 -
90th Percentile - - £500
Scotland median daily rate £425 £500 £340
% change year-on-year -15.00% +47.06% -28.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 80 98 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.43% 12.98% 15.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 52 88
10th Percentile £199 £263 £397
25th Percentile £313 £359 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -29.75% +36.26%
75th Percentile £534 £550 £656
90th Percentile £639 £599 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £536
% change year-on-year -2.86% -18.38% +20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +7.22% +34.65%
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £46.44 £59.03
% change year-on-year +61.51% -21.33% +264.83%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SD-WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in Glasgow

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) BGP
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (40.00%) EIGRP
3 4 (40.00%) OSPF
4 2 (20.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) LAN
5 1 (10.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Network Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CCNP
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (30.00%) Aruba
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds