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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 272 326
Rank change year-on-year -48 +54 +88
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 87 84 75
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.42% 6.25% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 63 54
10th Percentile £351 £407 £313
25th Percentile £413 £456 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £625
90th Percentile £734 £670 £743
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £23.65
25th Percentile - - £24.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.25 £75.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -43.67% +130.77% -2.99%

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 1,355 1,345 1,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.30% 10.37% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 854 1,193
10th Percentile £263 £258 £201
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +1.52% -10.45%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £619
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 71
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £40.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £57.95 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.34% +7.69% +71.05%

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 March 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 March 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 -8 10 £425 -26.72% 6
East London -1 1 £675 +15.38% 1
South London -16 1 £513 - 1
West London -18 1 £375 -11.76% 3
North London - 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 7 (8.05%) Confluence
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (41.38%) Azure
2 16 (18.39%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) GCP
4 8 (9.20%) GitHub
4 8 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.45%) SaaS
8 2 (2.30%) Akamai
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (2.30%) Route 53
8 2 (2.30%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 82 (94.25%) WAN
2 51 (58.62%) Firewall
3 33 (37.93%) LAN
4 32 (36.78%) VPN
5 28 (32.18%) Network Security
6 19 (21.84%) BGP
7 18 (20.69%) OSPF
8 12 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (12.64%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (11.49%) MPLS
10 10 (11.49%) NX-OS
11 9 (10.34%) DNS
12 7 (8.05%) Wireless
13 6 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (6.90%) Internet
14 5 (5.75%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (4.60%) IOS XR
15 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
15 4 (4.60%) VLAN
15 4 (4.60%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
2 5 (5.75%) GitLab
2 5 (5.75%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.60%) Git
General
1 19 (21.84%) Finance
2 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.94%) Legal
4 12 (13.79%) Social Skills
5 11 (12.64%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.90%) Financial Institution
6 6 (6.90%) Law
6 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.45%) Local Government
8 2 (2.30%) Retail
9 1 (1.15%) Aviation
9 1 (1.15%) Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Electronics
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.15%) Marketing
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (34.48%) Architect
2 19 (21.84%) Network Architect
3 16 (18.39%) Network Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Network Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Network Security Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.60%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Senior
8 3 (3.45%) Lead
8 3 (3.45%) Network Consultant
8 3 (3.45%) Network Project Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Operations Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.45%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) Jinja
2 2 (2.30%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.15%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.75%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.60%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.45%) IoT
6 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.30%) SCADA
7 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.15%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.15%) FMCG
7 1 (1.15%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.15%) NHS
7 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.15%) PMI
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.15%) Android
3 1 (1.15%) Linux
3 1 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (22.99%) Agile
3 17 (19.54%) Change Management
3 17 (19.54%) ITIL
4 15 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 15 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (17.24%) Migration
5 13 (14.94%) DevOps
6 12 (13.79%) Zero Trust
7 11 (12.64%) Network Architecture
7 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.49%) Infrastructure Automation
8 10 (11.49%) Performance Management
9 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.34%) Network Design
9 9 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (9.20%) Project Delivery
10 8 (9.20%) Roadmaps
11 7 (8.05%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) Python
2 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.30%) Bash
3 2 (2.30%) SQL
4 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (14.94%) CCNP
3 12 (13.79%) CCIE
4 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.45%) CCSE
5 3 (3.45%) JNCIE
5 3 (3.45%) JNCIP
5 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.30%) CCNA
6 2 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.30%) PMP
6 2 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.15%) CBAP
7 1 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) SLA
2 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.30%) NIST
3 2 (2.30%) QA
4 1 (1.15%) GDPR
4 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.15%) PMO
4 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.30%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (21.84%) Ansible
1 19 (21.84%) FortiGate
2 18 (20.69%) Terraform
3 3 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (3.45%) SCCM
4 2 (2.30%) Grafana
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.30%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.15%) CASB
5 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (56.32%) Cisco
2 26 (29.89%) Fortinet
3 20 (22.99%) Palo Alto
4 18 (20.69%) Aruba
5 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
6 15 (17.24%) Zscaler
7 10 (11.49%) Meraki
8 8 (9.20%) CheckPoint
8 8 (9.20%) F5
9 7 (8.05%) Juniper
9 7 (8.05%) ServiceNow
10 6 (6.90%) Arista
10 6 (6.90%) VMware
11 3 (3.45%) Infoblox
11 3 (3.45%) Remedy
11 3 (3.45%) SAP
11 3 (3.45%) SolarWinds
12 2 (2.30%) AVEVA
12 2 (2.30%) Citrix
12 2 (2.30%) Solace