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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 273 310
Rank change year-on-year -22 +37 +131
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 91 93 81
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.63% 0.65% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.21% 6.60% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 49
10th Percentile £350 £444 £363
25th Percentile £409 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £720
90th Percentile £675 £650 £743
England median daily rate £475 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -7.32% -6.82% +11.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £27.05
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £35.10
England median hourly rate - £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year - +130.77% +13.04%

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 1,262 1,410 1,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.77% 9.90% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 868 1,253
10th Percentile £300 £265 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £628 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 59
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £25.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £31.13 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £75.31 £76.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +120.62%

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 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 2026. 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 0 17 £425 -10.53% 4
Central London -12 8 £425 -29.75% 11
South London -3 3 £424 -
North London - 1 - - 1
East London - 1 £675 - 2
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 8 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.69%) Confluence
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (4.40%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (38.46%) Azure
2 17 (18.68%) AWS
3 8 (8.79%) GCP
3 8 (8.79%) GitHub
3 8 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Akamai
7 2 (2.20%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.10%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 81 (89.01%) WAN
2 58 (63.74%) Firewall
3 41 (45.05%) LAN
4 33 (36.26%) VPN
5 25 (27.47%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (25.27%) Network Security
7 18 (19.78%) Cisco Nexus
8 14 (15.38%) BGP
9 13 (14.29%) OSPF
10 10 (10.99%) DNS
11 7 (7.69%) MPLS
11 7 (7.69%) VLAN
12 6 (6.59%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (6.59%) DHCP
12 6 (6.59%) Wireless
13 5 (5.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 5 (5.49%) Internet
13 5 (5.49%) NX-OS
13 5 (5.49%) TCP/IP
13 5 (5.49%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) JIRA
2 5 (5.49%) GitLab
2 5 (5.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.20%) Git
General
1 18 (19.78%) Finance
2 14 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 11 (12.09%) Social Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.79%) Legal
6 7 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Law
8 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Local Government
10 1 (1.10%) Electronics
10 1 (1.10%) Games
10 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.10%) Marketing
10 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (37.36%) Architect
2 28 (30.77%) Network Architect
3 25 (27.47%) Network Engineer
4 9 (9.89%) Network Design Architect
4 9 (9.89%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (8.79%) Senior
6 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) WAN Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Lead
8 4 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Network Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Security Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.30%) Consultant
9 3 (3.30%) Firewall Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) Jinja
2 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (6.59%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.10%) FMCG
5 1 (1.10%) IoT
5 1 (1.10%) NHS
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.10%) PMI
5 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.88%) Windows
2 4 (4.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.88%) Network Design
2 18 (19.78%) ITIL
3 17 (18.68%) Migration
4 15 (16.48%) Agile
5 14 (15.38%) Network Architecture
6 13 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (12.09%) Change Management
7 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (12.09%) Zero Trust
8 10 (10.99%) CI/CD
8 10 (10.99%) DevOps
9 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Automation
10 8 (8.79%) Network Monitoring
11 7 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 6 (6.59%) Cloud Security
12 6 (6.59%) High Availability
12 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (6.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 6 (6.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.38%) Python
2 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.20%) SQL
4 1 (1.10%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.29%) CCNP
2 13 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.89%) CCIE
4 4 (4.40%) CCSE
4 4 (4.40%) JNCIE
4 4 (4.40%) JNCIP
5 3 (3.30%) CCNA
5 3 (3.30%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.20%) PMP
6 2 (2.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.10%) CBAP
7 1 (1.10%) CEH
7 1 (1.10%) MCITP
7 1 (1.10%) OSCP
7 1 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (5.49%) SLA
2 4 (4.40%) NIST
3 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.10%) GDPR
4 1 (1.10%) GRC
4 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
4 1 (1.10%) QA
4 1 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.10%) Firmware
3 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (19.78%) Ansible
2 16 (17.58%) Terraform
3 13 (14.29%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (3.30%) SCCM
6 2 (2.20%) CASB
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.20%) Grafana
6 2 (2.20%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 61 (67.03%) Cisco
2 35 (38.46%) Fortinet
3 19 (20.88%) Palo Alto
4 16 (17.58%) Aruba
4 16 (17.58%) Microsoft
5 13 (14.29%) Meraki
6 12 (13.19%) Zscaler
7 9 (9.89%) CheckPoint
8 8 (8.79%) Juniper
9 7 (7.69%) F5
9 7 (7.69%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.40%) Arista
10 4 (4.40%) Remedy
10 4 (4.40%) SolarWinds
10 4 (4.40%) VMware
11 3 (3.30%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.20%) Citrix
12 2 (2.20%) Nokia
12 2 (2.20%) Qualys
12 2 (2.20%) Tenable