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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 261 280
Rank change year-on-year -125 +19 +45
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 71 104 102
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.77% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.34% 8.04% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 87 78
10th Percentile £410 £363 £440
25th Percentile £463 £409 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £669 £585 £638
90th Percentile £745 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £548
% change year-on-year +5.00% -8.68% +3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £80.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -62.62% +7.00% +130.77%

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 1,637 1,293 1,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.10% 9.62% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 827 960
10th Percentile £294 £281 £256
25th Percentile £405 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 36 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.66 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £92.50 £39.06 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.88 £66.38
England median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.43
% change year-on-year +13.88% -40.79% +1.66%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -21 9 £616 +14.93% 6
West London -43 3 £525 +23.53% 1
South London -14 2 - - 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 (2.82%) Confluence
1 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) AutoCAD
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (50.70%) Azure
2 22 (30.99%) AWS
3 12 (16.90%) GCP
4 6 (8.45%) AWS Direct Connect
4 6 (8.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.82%) GitHub
6 2 (2.82%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.41%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.41%) Cloud Run
7 1 (1.41%) Google Compute Engine
7 1 (1.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.41%) Route 53
7 1 (1.41%) SaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 70 (98.59%) WAN
2 41 (57.75%) Firewall
3 34 (47.89%) VPN
4 26 (36.62%) BGP
5 25 (35.21%) LAN
6 24 (33.80%) Network Security
7 22 (30.99%) MPLS
7 22 (30.99%) OSPF
8 12 (16.90%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (15.49%) DNS
10 9 (12.68%) Wireless
11 7 (9.86%) TCP/IP
12 6 (8.45%) DHCP
12 6 (8.45%) Ethernet VPN
12 6 (8.45%) Internet
13 5 (7.04%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (7.04%) IPsec
13 5 (7.04%) VLAN
14 4 (5.63%) EIGRP
14 4 (5.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.41%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (1.41%) Power BI
1 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Git
1 5 (7.04%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.41%) GitLab
General
1 16 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Finance
3 10 (14.08%) Telecoms
4 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Banking
5 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.63%) Retail
7 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Legal
8 2 (2.82%) Law
8 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (46.48%) Network Engineer
2 11 (15.49%) Security Engineer
3 9 (12.68%) Architect
4 7 (9.86%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Network Security Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Senior
5 6 (8.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) IT Support
5 6 (8.45%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Consultant
6 5 (7.04%) IT Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Network Operations Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Network Support
6 5 (7.04%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Operations Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (22.54%) Terraform
2 3 (4.23%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.23%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) RFC 2544
4 1 (1.41%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.41%) pytest
4 1 (1.41%) SAML
4 1 (1.41%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.80%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) IoT
3 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) EPoS
5 1 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 2 (2.82%) Linux
2 2 (2.82%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Zero Trust
2 19 (26.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (23.94%) Migration
4 13 (18.31%) Cloud Security
5 11 (15.49%) Network Segmentation
5 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.08%) Agile
7 9 (12.68%) SIEM
8 8 (11.27%) Decision-Making
8 8 (11.27%) Incident Response
8 8 (11.27%) ITIL
8 8 (11.27%) Runbook
8 8 (11.27%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (9.86%) AI
9 7 (9.86%) Change Control
9 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Automation
9 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
9 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (9.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.21%) Python
2 12 (16.90%) PowerShell
3 11 (15.49%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) Bicep
4 1 (1.41%) Go
4 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (16.90%) CCNP
3 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.45%) CCNA
5 5 (7.04%) CCIE
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CCIE Security
6 2 (2.82%) CISSP
7 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.41%) Degree
7 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) SLA
2 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.23%) Firmware
3 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.82%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.41%) Docker
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (19.72%) FortiGate
2 13 (18.31%) Ansible
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.82%) SCCM
5 1 (1.41%) Grafana
5 1 (1.41%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 41 (57.75%) Cisco
2 30 (42.25%) Palo Alto
3 19 (26.76%) Fortinet
4 14 (19.72%) Zscaler
5 8 (11.27%) Meraki
5 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
6 6 (8.45%) VMware
7 5 (7.04%) Aruba
7 5 (7.04%) Juniper
8 4 (5.63%) Google
9 3 (4.23%) F5
10 2 (2.82%) Apple
10 2 (2.82%) Arista
11 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.41%) Dynatrace
11 1 (1.41%) Forcepoint
11 1 (1.41%) ForeScout
11 1 (1.41%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (1.41%) Okta
11 1 (1.41%) Sparx