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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 295 327
Rank change year-on-year +22 +32 +118
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 108 93 99
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.59% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.18% 6.15% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 73 62
10th Percentile £362 £444 £363
25th Percentile £406 £463 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £533
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +7.98% +4.41%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £672
90th Percentile £620 £650 £743
England median daily rate £475 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -9.52% -1.87% +9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £26.35
25th Percentile - - £29.50
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £34.31
90th Percentile - - £35.33
England median hourly rate £80.25 £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.00% +130.77% +14.04%

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 1,321 1,512 2,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.37% 9.63% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 932 1,422
10th Percentile £304 £260 £233
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £531
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -1.65% -3.41%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £704 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 14 56
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.65 £18.93
25th Percentile - £26.56 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +44.66% +3.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £47.50 £60.44
90th Percentile £61.78 £73.77 £77.50
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +26.38%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 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 +21 31 £425 -10.53% 2
Central London -7 11 £525 -10.26% 6
South London 0 5 £469 -
East London +6 1 £675 +15.38%
North London - 1 - - 4
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 7 (6.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.56%) Confluence
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (27.78%) Azure
2 22 (20.37%) AWS
3 9 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.41%) GitHub
5 7 (6.48%) GCP
6 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.78%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.85%) Akamai
9 2 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.85%) IaaS
9 2 (1.85%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.93%) PaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Sumo Logic
10 1 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (80.56%) WAN
2 77 (71.30%) Firewall
3 56 (51.85%) LAN
4 40 (37.04%) VPN
5 34 (31.48%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (27.78%) Cisco Nexus
6 30 (27.78%) Network Security
7 24 (22.22%) BGP
8 23 (21.30%) OSPF
9 18 (16.67%) DNS
10 14 (12.96%) VLAN
11 13 (12.04%) MPLS
12 12 (11.11%) DHCP
13 11 (10.19%) Wireless
14 9 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 9 (8.33%) WLAN
15 6 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (5.56%) Internet
16 5 (4.63%) EIGRP
16 5 (4.63%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) GitLab
1 5 (4.63%) Jenkins
1 5 (4.63%) JIRA
2 2 (1.85%) Git
General
1 20 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 15 (13.89%) Finance
4 14 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.70%) Law
7 3 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.85%) Local Government
8 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Electronics
9 1 (0.93%) Games
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Marketing
9 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (34.26%) Architect
2 36 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 30 (27.78%) Network Architect
4 11 (10.19%) Network Design Architect
4 11 (10.19%) Senior
5 10 (9.26%) WAN Engineer
6 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Security Engineer
8 6 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.56%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) Lead
9 5 (4.63%) Network Specialist
9 5 (4.63%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Consultant
10 4 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.78%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) Jinja
2 1 (0.93%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.85%) FMCG
5 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.93%) IoT
6 1 (0.93%) NHS
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) PMI
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.89%) Windows
2 2 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.59%) ITIL
1 19 (17.59%) Migration
2 18 (16.67%) Network Design
3 16 (14.81%) Network Architecture
4 15 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
5 12 (11.11%) Change Management
6 11 (10.19%) Agile
6 11 (10.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (9.26%) CI/CD
7 10 (9.26%) DevOps
8 9 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (8.33%) Zero Trust
9 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Automation
9 8 (7.41%) Validation
10 7 (6.48%) Project Delivery
11 6 (5.56%) Cloud Security
11 6 (5.56%) Roadmaps
11 6 (5.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) Python
2 4 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.93%) Bash
3 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (21.30%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (20.37%) CCNP
3 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
4 19 (17.59%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.41%) CCIE
6 6 (5.56%) CCNA
6 6 (5.56%) CCSA
7 3 (2.78%) CCSE
7 3 (2.78%) JNCIE
7 3 (2.78%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.85%) Degree
8 2 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.93%) CISSP
9 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.93%) PMP
9 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.70%) SLA
3 3 (2.78%) NIST
3 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.85%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) PMO
5 1 (0.93%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.56%) Firmware
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (14.81%) Ansible
2 13 (12.04%) Terraform
3 6 (5.56%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.70%) CA Spectrum
6 3 (2.78%) SCCM
7 2 (1.85%) CASB
7 2 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.85%) Grafana
7 2 (1.85%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (66.67%) Cisco
2 45 (41.67%) Fortinet
3 19 (17.59%) Meraki
4 17 (15.74%) Palo Alto
5 14 (12.96%) Microsoft
6 13 (12.04%) Juniper
7 12 (11.11%) CheckPoint
8 11 (10.19%) F5
8 11 (10.19%) Zscaler
9 9 (8.33%) Aruba
9 9 (8.33%) SolarWinds
10 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
10 5 (4.63%) VMware
11 3 (2.78%) Citrix
11 3 (2.78%) Qualys
11 3 (2.78%) Remedy
11 3 (2.78%) Tenable
12 2 (1.85%) Arista
12 2 (1.85%) Infoblox
12 2 (1.85%) LogicMonitor