SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 26 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 33.77% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 72.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
West London median daily rate £425 £475 £375
% change year-on-year -10.53% +26.67% -40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 36 9 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 46.75% 24.32% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 8 15
10th Percentile £341 £172 £193
25th Percentile £400 £223 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £240 £228
Median % change year-on-year +77.08% +5.26% -46.67%
75th Percentile £450 - £412
90th Percentile £500 £307 £432
West London median daily rate £425 £400 £388
% change year-on-year +6.25% +3.09% -9.24%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Hillingdon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in Hillingdon

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Stockley Park - 11 £438 -
Uxbridge - 10 £425 -
West Drayton - 3 £413 -
Heathrow - 2 £350 -
SD-WAN
West London

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (96.15%) Firewall
2 24 (92.31%) LAN
3 20 (76.92%) Cisco Nexus
3 20 (76.92%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (57.69%) WAN
5 7 (26.92%) Network Security
5 7 (26.92%) VPN
6 4 (15.38%) VLAN
6 4 (15.38%) WLAN
7 3 (11.54%) BGP
7 3 (11.54%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (11.54%) Cisco Wireless
7 3 (11.54%) DHCP
7 3 (11.54%) DMVPN
7 3 (11.54%) DNS
7 3 (11.54%) EIGRP
7 3 (11.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (11.54%) OSPF
7 3 (11.54%) SSL
7 3 (11.54%) Wireless
General
1 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Architect
2 13 (50.00%) Network Architect
3 7 (26.92%) Network Design Architect
4 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Security Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Design Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Designer
6 2 (7.69%) Network Designer
6 2 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Administrator
7 1 (3.85%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Network Administrator
7 1 (3.85%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Network Security Administrator
7 1 (3.85%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Network Design
2 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (11.54%) Patch Management
2 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.85%) Incident Response
3 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (15.38%) CCNP
5 3 (11.54%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) CCIE
6 1 (3.85%) CEH
6 1 (3.85%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) MCITP
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GRC
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Cisco
2 20 (76.92%) Fortinet
3 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
3 3 (11.54%) F5
3 3 (11.54%) Juniper
3 3 (11.54%) Meraki
3 3 (11.54%) SolarWinds
4 2 (7.69%) Qualys
4 2 (7.69%) Tenable
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft