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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 269 317
Rank change year-on-year +1 +48 +117
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 107 100 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 0.67% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.31% 6.69% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 80 54
10th Percentile £355 £450 £363
25th Percentile £402 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £533 £544
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -2.07% +8.75%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £715
90th Percentile £600 £650 £743
England median daily rate £450 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -14.29% -3.45% +11.54%
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 £103.00 £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +37.33% +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 1,287 1,494 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.91% 9.98% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 913 1,302
10th Percentile £311 £258 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £722 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 57
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £27.94 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.98 £76.91 £76.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +27.23%

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 December 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 December 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 +13 31 £425 -10.53% 5
Central London -13 8 £425 -27.35% 15
South London +1 5 £469 - 1
East London +1 1 £675 +15.38% 4
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 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.54%) Confluence
3 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (28.97%) Azure
2 22 (20.56%) AWS
3 8 (7.48%) GCP
3 8 (7.48%) GitHub
4 7 (6.54%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.80%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.87%) Akamai
9 2 (1.87%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.87%) ShareGate
9 2 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.93%) IaaS
10 1 (0.93%) PaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 87 (81.31%) WAN
2 76 (71.03%) Firewall
3 56 (52.34%) LAN
4 38 (35.51%) VPN
5 37 (34.58%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (28.97%) Network Security
7 29 (27.10%) Cisco Nexus
8 23 (21.50%) BGP
9 22 (20.56%) OSPF
10 16 (14.95%) DNS
11 13 (12.15%) VLAN
12 12 (11.21%) DHCP
12 12 (11.21%) Wireless
13 10 (9.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 9 (8.41%) MPLS
14 9 (8.41%) WLAN
15 6 (5.61%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (5.61%) Cisco ISE
15 6 (5.61%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (5.61%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) GitLab
1 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
1 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) Git
General
1 17 (15.89%) Social Skills
1 17 (15.89%) Telecoms
2 15 (14.02%) Public Sector
3 13 (12.15%) Finance
4 9 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.80%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.87%) Law
6 2 (1.87%) Legal
6 2 (1.87%) Local Government
7 1 (0.93%) Electronics
7 1 (0.93%) Games
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Marketing
7 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (37.38%) Architect
2 32 (29.91%) Network Architect
2 32 (29.91%) Network Engineer
3 11 (10.28%) Network Design Architect
4 10 (9.35%) Senior
5 8 (7.48%) WAN Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Security Engineer
6 7 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Network Security Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Network Specialist
7 6 (5.61%) Technical Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Lead
9 4 (3.74%) Network Manager
9 4 (3.74%) Security Architect
9 4 (3.74%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.87%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.87%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.69%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (5.61%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.93%) FMCG
5 1 (0.93%) IoT
5 1 (0.93%) NHS
5 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.89%) Windows
2 2 (1.87%) 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 20 (18.69%) ITIL
1 20 (18.69%) Network Design
2 18 (16.82%) Migration
3 16 (14.95%) Network Architecture
4 12 (11.21%) Agile
4 12 (11.21%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (10.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (9.35%) Change Management
6 10 (9.35%) CI/CD
6 10 (9.35%) DevOps
6 10 (9.35%) Zero Trust
7 9 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure Automation
9 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
9 7 (6.54%) TOGAF
9 7 (6.54%) Validation
10 6 (5.61%) High Availability
10 6 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (5.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.08%) Python
2 4 (3.74%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.93%) Bash
3 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.56%) Cisco Certification
1 22 (20.56%) Security Cleared
2 21 (19.63%) CCNP
3 19 (17.76%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.41%) CCIE
5 6 (5.61%) CCSA
6 5 (4.67%) CCNA
7 4 (3.74%) CCSE
7 4 (3.74%) JNCIE
7 4 (3.74%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.87%) Degree
8 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.87%) PMI 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 6 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.67%) SLA
3 3 (2.80%) NIST
3 3 (2.80%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.87%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.93%) PMO
5 1 (0.93%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.61%) Firmware
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (16.82%) Ansible
2 15 (14.02%) Terraform
3 9 (8.41%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.74%) CA Spectrum
4 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.80%) SCCM
6 2 (1.87%) CASB
6 2 (1.87%) Grafana
6 2 (1.87%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (68.22%) Cisco
2 46 (42.99%) Fortinet
3 19 (17.76%) Meraki
4 16 (14.95%) Palo Alto
5 15 (14.02%) Juniper
5 15 (14.02%) Microsoft
6 14 (13.08%) CheckPoint
7 12 (11.21%) Aruba
7 12 (11.21%) F5
7 12 (11.21%) Zscaler
8 7 (6.54%) SolarWinds
9 6 (5.61%) ServiceNow
10 4 (3.74%) Remedy
10 4 (3.74%) VMware
11 3 (2.80%) Arista
11 3 (2.80%) Citrix
11 3 (2.80%) Infoblox
11 3 (2.80%) Qualys
11 3 (2.80%) Tenable
12 2 (1.87%) LogicMonitor