SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 273 323
Rank change year-on-year -9 +50 +130
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 98 103 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.72% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.83% 6.87% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 80 63
10th Percentile £360 £440 £363
25th Percentile £406 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £533
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.63% +6.50%
75th Percentile £583 £638 £694
90th Percentile £673 £650 £743
England median daily rate £500 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -6.98% +0.94% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £31.33
25th Percentile - - £31.44
Median hourly rate - - £33.25
75th Percentile - - £35.44
90th Percentile - - £35.78
England median hourly rate £80.25 £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.00% +130.77% +26.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,252 1,499 2,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.20% 9.65% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 925 1,475
10th Percentile £289 £258 £225
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £724 £745
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 52
10th Percentile £18.75 £23.70 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +30.13% +16.84%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.06 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.45 £74.10 £79.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
% change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in London

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in London over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SD-WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
West London +18 31 £425 -24.44% 4
Central London -17 9 £700 +20.43% 14
South London -3 5 £469 -
East London +8 3 £585 - 1
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.12%) Confluence
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (26.53%) Azure
2 19 (19.39%) AWS
3 8 (8.16%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.14%) GCP
4 7 (7.14%) GitHub
5 5 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.04%) Akamai
7 2 (2.04%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (2.04%) IaaS
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.02%) PaaS
8 1 (1.02%) Sumo Logic
8 1 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 76 (77.55%) WAN
2 74 (75.51%) Firewall
3 50 (51.02%) LAN
4 33 (33.67%) VPN
5 31 (31.63%) Cisco Nexus
5 31 (31.63%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (24.49%) Network Security
7 23 (23.47%) BGP
8 22 (22.45%) OSPF
9 17 (17.35%) DNS
10 15 (15.31%) MPLS
11 13 (13.27%) VLAN
12 12 (12.24%) DHCP
13 9 (9.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 9 (9.18%) Wireless
14 6 (6.12%) TCP/IP
14 6 (6.12%) WLAN
15 5 (5.10%) Cisco Wireless
15 5 (5.10%) EIGRP
15 5 (5.10%) SSL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
2 5 (5.10%) GitLab
2 5 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.04%) Git
General
1 20 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.29%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Telecoms
4 11 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.08%) Law
8 3 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.04%) Banking
10 1 (1.02%) Games
10 1 (1.02%) Legal
10 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (36.73%) Network Engineer
2 31 (31.63%) Architect
3 24 (24.49%) Network Architect
4 11 (11.22%) Network Design Architect
4 11 (11.22%) WAN Engineer
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
6 6 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Security Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (6.12%) Technical Architect
7 5 (5.10%) Lead
7 5 (5.10%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (5.10%) Network Specialist
8 4 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Consultant
9 3 (3.06%) Cisco Architect
9 3 (3.06%) Network Consultant
9 3 (3.06%) Network Designer
9 3 (3.06%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) Jinja
2 1 (1.02%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.12%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.02%) FMCG
6 1 (1.02%) PMI
6 1 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.33%) Windows
2 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.02%) Linux
3 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.35%) ITIL
2 16 (16.33%) Migration
2 16 (16.33%) Network Design
2 16 (16.33%) Network Monitoring
3 12 (12.24%) Agile
4 10 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (10.20%) Network Architecture
4 10 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (9.18%) CI/CD
5 9 (9.18%) DevOps
5 9 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (8.16%) Validation
7 7 (7.14%) Change Management
7 7 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
7 7 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 6 (6.12%) Cloud Security
9 5 (5.10%) Network Segmentation
9 5 (5.10%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.10%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.24%) Python
2 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
1 21 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 20 (20.41%) CCNP
3 19 (19.39%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.12%) CCNA
4 6 (6.12%) CCSA
5 5 (5.10%) CCIE
6 3 (3.06%) CCSE
6 3 (3.06%) Degree
6 3 (3.06%) JNCIE
6 3 (3.06%) JNCIP
7 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.04%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.02%) CBAP
8 1 (1.02%) CEH
8 1 (1.02%) CISSP
8 1 (1.02%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.02%) MCITP
8 1 (1.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.06%) NIST
2 3 (3.06%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.04%) GRC
4 1 (1.02%) SLA
4 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.12%) Firmware
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (15.31%) Ansible
2 12 (12.24%) Terraform
3 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.08%) CA Spectrum
5 3 (3.06%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.06%) SCCM
6 2 (2.04%) CASB
6 2 (2.04%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.04%) Grafana
6 2 (2.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (64.29%) Cisco
2 41 (41.84%) Fortinet
3 17 (17.35%) Palo Alto
4 13 (13.27%) Juniper
4 13 (13.27%) Meraki
4 13 (13.27%) Microsoft
5 12 (12.24%) CheckPoint
6 10 (10.20%) SolarWinds
7 9 (9.18%) F5
8 8 (8.16%) Aruba
8 8 (8.16%) Zscaler
9 5 (5.10%) ServiceNow
9 5 (5.10%) VMware
10 3 (3.06%) Citrix
10 3 (3.06%) Qualys
10 3 (3.06%) Remedy
10 3 (3.06%) Tenable
11 2 (2.04%) Arista
11 2 (2.04%) Infoblox
11 2 (2.04%) LogicMonitor