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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 267 307
Rank change year-on-year -30 +40 +117
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 80 89 83
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.56% 0.64% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.47% 6.52% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 70 50
10th Percentile £325 £448 £360
25th Percentile £413 £463 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +4.90%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £697
90th Percentile £675 £650 £743
England median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +10.26%
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 1,236 1,364 1,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.65% 9.83% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 799 820 1,263
10th Percentile £282 £265 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £632 £625
90th Percentile £700 £732 £750
England median daily rate £489 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.25% +1.01% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 63
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.91 £18.93
25th Percentile - £24.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +27.36% +3.07%
75th Percentile £26.11 £40.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £59.30 £43.75 £75.73
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +136.26%

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 19 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 19 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
Central London -6 8 £425 -29.75% 10
West London -14 3 £405 -14.74% 7
South London - 2 £424 - 1
East London - 1 £675 - 1
North London - 1 - - 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 8 (10.00%) Confluence
1 8 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (43.75%) Azure
2 15 (18.75%) AWS
3 8 (10.00%) GCP
3 8 (10.00%) GitHub
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.75%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.50%) Akamai
7 2 (2.50%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.25%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 77 (96.25%) WAN
2 47 (58.75%) Firewall
3 34 (42.50%) VPN
4 30 (37.50%) LAN
5 20 (25.00%) Network Security
6 13 (16.25%) BGP
6 13 (16.25%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (15.00%) OSPF
8 10 (12.50%) DNS
9 7 (8.75%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (8.75%) MPLS
10 6 (7.50%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (7.50%) DHCP
10 6 (7.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (7.50%) VLAN
10 6 (7.50%) Wireless
11 5 (6.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 5 (6.25%) Internet
11 5 (6.25%) NX-OS
11 5 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (8.75%) JIRA
2 5 (6.25%) GitLab
2 5 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.50%) Git
General
1 20 (25.00%) Finance
2 12 (15.00%) Legal
3 10 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 9 (11.25%) Telecoms
5 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.25%) Law
7 3 (3.75%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.50%) Local Government
9 1 (1.25%) Aviation
9 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Electronics
9 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing
9 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (35.00%) Architect
2 21 (26.25%) Network Architect
3 20 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 10 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.75%) Senior
6 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Lead
7 4 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (5.00%) Network Manager
7 4 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (5.00%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.00%) WAN Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Network Project Manager
8 3 (3.75%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) Jinja
2 1 (1.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (7.50%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.50%) IoT
5 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.25%) FMCG
6 1 (1.25%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.25%) NHS
6 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.25%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.50%) Windows
2 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) ITIL
2 18 (22.50%) Agile
3 16 (20.00%) Migration
4 15 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (17.50%) Change Management
5 14 (17.50%) Network Architecture
6 13 (16.25%) Network Design
7 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (15.00%) Zero Trust
8 11 (13.75%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.75%) DevOps
9 10 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (11.25%) Network Monitoring
10 9 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
12 7 (8.75%) Project Delivery
12 7 (8.75%) Security Architecture
12 7 (8.75%) TOGAF
13 6 (7.50%) High Availability
13 6 (7.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) Python
2 5 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.50%) Bash
3 2 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.50%) CCNP
1 14 (17.50%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (11.25%) CCIE
3 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.25%) CCSE
4 5 (6.25%) JNCIE
4 5 (6.25%) JNCIP
4 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.75%) CCNA
5 3 (3.75%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.50%) PMP
6 2 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.25%) CBAP
7 1 (1.25%) CCSA
7 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.50%) SLA
2 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.50%) NIST
4 1 (1.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.25%) PMO
4 1 (1.25%) QA
4 1 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.50%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (23.75%) Ansible
2 18 (22.50%) Terraform
3 15 (18.75%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.00%) SCCM
5 3 (3.75%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.50%) Grafana
6 2 (2.50%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.25%) CASB
7 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (63.75%) Cisco
2 23 (28.75%) Fortinet
3 21 (26.25%) Palo Alto
4 17 (21.25%) Aruba
4 17 (21.25%) Microsoft
5 14 (17.50%) Zscaler
6 13 (16.25%) Meraki
7 11 (13.75%) CheckPoint
8 9 (11.25%) Juniper
9 8 (10.00%) F5
9 8 (10.00%) ServiceNow
10 5 (6.25%) Remedy
10 5 (6.25%) SolarWinds
10 5 (6.25%) VMware
11 4 (5.00%) Arista
12 3 (3.75%) Infoblox
13 2 (2.50%) Citrix
13 2 (2.50%) Nokia
14 1 (1.25%) Brocade
14 1 (1.25%) SAP