SD-WAN Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 312 378
Rank change year-on-year +47 +66 +59
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 95 93 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.72% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.93% 5.50% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 74 61
10th Percentile £375 £400 £438
25th Percentile £413 £443 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £587 £585 £743
90th Percentile £700 £646 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.75 £23.25 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £23.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.68% - -
75th Percentile £61.25 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £73.75 £92.50
% change year-on-year -22.03% -20.27% +239.45%

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 1,371 1,690 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.32% 9.59% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 1,114 1,887
10th Percentile £263 £229 £250
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £622 £669
90th Percentile £717 £738 £775
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 49 49
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.48 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.91 £16.86 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -34.87% +32.87%
75th Percentile £49.38 £41.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £62.05 £60.00 £76.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.27% +108.55% -12.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in London

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 5 July 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 +28 20 £425 -10.53% 23
Central London -6 12 £536 +4.59% 39
East London +11 5 £585 - 10
South London - 4 £450 - 8
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (37.89%) Azure
2 27 (28.42%) AWS
3 10 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.16%) IaaS
6 3 (3.16%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.11%) GCP
7 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.11%) PaaS
8 1 (1.05%) Akamai
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.05%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.05%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 78 (82.11%) WAN
2 75 (78.95%) Firewall
3 42 (44.21%) LAN
4 29 (30.53%) Network Security
5 26 (27.37%) BGP
5 26 (27.37%) OSPF
5 26 (27.37%) VPN
6 25 (26.32%) DNS
7 24 (25.26%) Wireless
8 22 (23.16%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (18.95%) Cisco Nexus
9 18 (18.95%) MPLS
10 17 (17.89%) DHCP
11 16 (16.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 16 (16.84%) VLAN
12 13 (13.68%) WLAN
13 12 (12.63%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (11.58%) SSL
15 10 (10.53%) EIGRP
16 9 (9.47%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
General
1 25 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Finance
3 7 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.37%) Legal
4 6 (6.32%) Law
4 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.21%) Banking
7 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.11%) Local Government
8 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.11%) Retail
9 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 32 (33.68%) Network Engineer
2 22 (23.16%) Architect
3 12 (12.63%) Network Architect
4 9 (9.47%) Security Architect
4 9 (9.47%) Senior
5 8 (8.42%) WAN Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Network Security Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Lead
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (5.26%) Administrator
8 5 (5.26%) Network Administrator
8 5 (5.26%) Network Specialist
9 4 (4.21%) Active Directory Support
9 4 (4.21%) Consultant
9 4 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support
9 4 (4.21%) Network Security Administrator
9 4 (4.21%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (4.21%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.21%) Security Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.21%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.05%) FMCG
4 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.53%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.05%) Linux
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) Network Monitoring
2 13 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (11.58%) ITIL
4 10 (10.53%) Security Architecture
5 9 (9.47%) Migration
5 9 (9.47%) Network Management
5 9 (9.47%) Patch Management
6 8 (8.42%) Change Management
7 5 (5.26%) Agile
7 5 (5.26%) Change Control
7 5 (5.26%) Computer Science
7 5 (5.26%) Network Design
7 5 (5.26%) Project Management
7 5 (5.26%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.26%) TOGAF
8 4 (4.21%) Analytics
8 4 (4.21%) Cloud Security
8 4 (4.21%) Security Patching
8 4 (4.21%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) SQL
2 3 (3.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (26.32%) CCNP
3 13 (13.68%) Security Cleared
4 10 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 9 (9.47%) CCSA
6 7 (7.37%) CCNA
7 6 (6.32%) Degree
8 5 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.16%) CCIE
9 3 (3.16%) CISA
9 3 (3.16%) CISM
9 3 (3.16%) JNCIA
10 2 (2.11%) JNCIS
11 1 (1.05%) CWDP
11 1 (1.05%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) GRC
1 5 (5.26%) NIST
2 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.11%) SLA
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.05%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.47%) Firmware
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.37%) CA Spectrum
1 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.16%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (3.16%) SCCM
2 3 (3.16%) Terraform
3 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.05%) Ansible
4 1 (1.05%) OPNET
Vendors
1 60 (63.16%) Cisco
2 30 (31.58%) Palo Alto
3 29 (30.53%) Fortinet
4 20 (21.05%) Juniper
4 20 (21.05%) Meraki
5 17 (17.89%) Microsoft
5 17 (17.89%) SolarWinds
6 16 (16.84%) F5
7 14 (14.74%) CheckPoint
8 9 (9.47%) Aruba
9 5 (5.26%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.16%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (3.16%) VMware
11 2 (2.11%) Facebook
11 2 (2.11%) Instagram
12 1 (1.05%) Dell KACE
12 1 (1.05%) ForeScout
12 1 (1.05%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.05%) Ubiquiti