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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 254 306
Rank change year-on-year -107 +52 +79
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 70 109 96
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.80% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.48% 7.79% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 86 75
10th Percentile £405 £375 £400
25th Percentile £493 £406 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £585 £585
90th Percentile £815 £688 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £53.75 £23.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +144.68% -
75th Percentile £31.00 £61.25 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £73.75
% change year-on-year -47.83% -22.03% -20.27%

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 1,564 1,400 1,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.92% 10.32% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 902 1,089
10th Percentile £300 £275 £225
25th Percentile £407 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £721 £718 £725
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 29 46
10th Percentile £18.02 £19.33 £14.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.15 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.88 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +26.05% -34.38%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £63.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.62% +12.50% +18.52%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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
Central London -19 11 £650 +21.27% 6
West London -41 4 £488 +14.71% 1
South London -16 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 2 (2.86%) Confluence
1 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) AutoCAD
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 31 (44.29%) Azure
2 10 (14.29%) AWS
2 10 (14.29%) GCP
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.71%) SaaS
6 3 (4.29%) Azure AKS
6 3 (4.29%) GitHub
6 3 (4.29%) OCI
7 2 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (2.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (2.86%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.86%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.86%) Route 53
7 2 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (94.29%) WAN
2 40 (57.14%) Firewall
3 33 (47.14%) VPN
4 32 (45.71%) Network Security
5 22 (31.43%) BGP
6 21 (30.00%) OSPF
7 20 (28.57%) LAN
8 14 (20.00%) MPLS
9 9 (12.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (11.43%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (11.43%) DNS
10 8 (11.43%) VXLAN
11 7 (10.00%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (10.00%) Internet
11 7 (10.00%) NX-OS
12 6 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (7.14%) IOS XR
13 5 (7.14%) SSL
13 5 (7.14%) VLAN
14 4 (5.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Power BI
1 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.00%) Finance
5 5 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.71%) Law
6 4 (5.71%) Legal
7 3 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Financial Institution
7 3 (4.29%) Retail
8 2 (2.86%) Banking
8 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Local Government
9 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (35.71%) Network Engineer
2 16 (22.86%) Security Engineer
3 11 (15.71%) Architect
4 10 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Lead
6 4 (5.71%) Consultant
6 4 (5.71%) Network Architect
6 4 (5.71%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Network Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Senior
8 2 (2.86%) AWS Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (2.86%) Network Security Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) Jinja
2 2 (2.86%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.86%) AWS CDK
2 2 (2.86%) REST
3 1 (1.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.86%) SCADA
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.43%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) EPoS
5 1 (1.43%) IoT
5 1 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.57%) Windows
2 2 (2.86%) VMS
2 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.43%) Android
3 1 (1.43%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.71%) Zero Trust
2 17 (24.29%) Migration
3 14 (20.00%) ITIL
4 13 (18.57%) DevOps
5 12 (17.14%) CI/CD
5 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.71%) Cloud Security
6 11 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (14.29%) Agile
7 10 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
7 10 (14.29%) SIEM
8 9 (12.86%) Analytics
9 8 (11.43%) AI
9 8 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.43%) Load Balancing
9 8 (11.43%) Network Segmentation
9 8 (11.43%) Validation
10 7 (10.00%) Change Management
10 7 (10.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.71%) Python
2 13 (18.57%) PowerShell
3 8 (11.43%) Bash
4 1 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (17.14%) CCNP
3 9 (12.86%) CCIE
4 4 (5.71%) CCNA
5 2 (2.86%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.86%) CCIE Security
5 2 (2.86%) CISSP
5 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.43%) CCSE
6 1 (1.43%) Degree
6 1 (1.43%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.43%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) SLA
2 2 (2.86%) NIST
2 2 (2.86%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) NCSC
3 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 7 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.29%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.86%) Firmware
3 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (24.29%) Terraform
2 12 (17.14%) FortiGate
3 10 (14.29%) Ansible
4 3 (4.29%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.86%) SCCM
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (44.29%) Cisco
2 19 (27.14%) Palo Alto
3 16 (22.86%) Zscaler
4 15 (21.43%) Fortinet
5 10 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 8 (11.43%) F5
7 6 (8.57%) Aruba
7 6 (8.57%) Juniper
7 6 (8.57%) VMware
8 4 (5.71%) Arista
8 4 (5.71%) Meraki
8 4 (5.71%) Oracle
9 3 (4.29%) CheckPoint
9 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.86%) AVEVA
10 2 (2.86%) Databricks
10 2 (2.86%) Globalscape
10 2 (2.86%) SAP
10 2 (2.86%) Solace
11 1 (1.43%) ForeScout