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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 274 302
Rank change year-on-year -18 +28 +131
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 82 89 82
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.57% 0.63% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.61% 6.41% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 71 50
10th Percentile £327 £443 £360
25th Percentile £413 £463 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.45% +7.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £715
90th Percentile £675 £650 £743
England median daily rate £500 £506 £538
% change year-on-year -1.23% -5.81% +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 1,241 1,389 1,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.62% 9.90% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 806 849 1,254
10th Percentile £283 £266 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £631 £638
90th Percentile £700 £733 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 14 61
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.91 £18.93
25th Percentile - £24.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +9.76% +23.00%
75th Percentile £26.40 £40.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.78 £43.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +132.95%

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 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 16 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 -5 8 £425 -29.75% 10
West London -13 6 £450 -5.26% 7
South London - 2 £424 - 2
North London - 1 - - 1
East London - 1 £675 - 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 9 (10.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.76%) Confluence
3 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (42.68%) Azure
2 15 (18.29%) AWS
3 9 (10.98%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (9.76%) GitHub
5 7 (8.54%) GCP
6 5 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (2.44%) Akamai
9 2 (2.44%) ShareGate
10 1 (1.22%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (1.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 79 (96.34%) WAN
2 49 (59.76%) Firewall
3 35 (42.68%) VPN
4 33 (40.24%) LAN
5 19 (23.17%) Network Security
6 15 (18.29%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (15.85%) BGP
8 12 (14.63%) OSPF
9 10 (12.20%) DNS
10 9 (10.98%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (8.54%) MPLS
12 6 (7.32%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (7.32%) DHCP
12 6 (7.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (7.32%) VLAN
12 6 (7.32%) Wireless
13 5 (6.10%) BIG-IP
13 5 (6.10%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (6.10%) NX-OS
13 5 (6.10%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) JIRA
2 5 (6.10%) GitLab
2 5 (6.10%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.44%) Git
General
1 20 (24.39%) Finance
2 12 (14.63%) Legal
3 11 (13.41%) Telecoms
4 10 (12.20%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.10%) Law
7 3 (3.66%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.44%) Local Government
9 1 (1.22%) Aviation
9 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (36.59%) Architect
2 23 (28.05%) Network Architect
3 21 (25.61%) Network Engineer
4 10 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (8.54%) Senior
6 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.10%) Lead
7 4 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (4.88%) Network Design Architect
7 4 (4.88%) Network Manager
7 4 (4.88%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (4.88%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.88%) WAN Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) Jinja
2 1 (1.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (7.32%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.44%) IoT
5 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.22%) FMCG
6 1 (1.22%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.22%) NHS
6 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (24.39%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) ITIL
2 18 (21.95%) Agile
3 16 (19.51%) Migration
4 15 (18.29%) Network Design
4 15 (18.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (17.07%) Change Management
5 14 (17.07%) Network Architecture
6 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (13.41%) Zero Trust
7 10 (12.20%) CI/CD
7 10 (12.20%) DevOps
7 10 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (10.98%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (10.98%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (9.76%) Infrastructure Automation
10 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
10 7 (8.54%) Security Architecture
10 7 (8.54%) TOGAF
11 6 (7.32%) Test Automation
11 6 (7.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.29%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.44%) SQL
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (17.07%) CCNP
3 10 (12.20%) CCIE
4 8 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.10%) CCSE
6 5 (6.10%) JNCIE
6 5 (6.10%) JNCIP
7 3 (3.66%) CCNA
7 3 (3.66%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.44%) PMP
8 2 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.22%) CBAP
9 1 (1.22%) CCSA
9 1 (1.22%) MCITP
9 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) SLA
2 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.22%) PMO
4 1 (1.22%) QA
4 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 19 (23.17%) Ansible
2 17 (20.73%) Terraform
3 16 (19.51%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.88%) SCCM
5 3 (3.66%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.44%) Grafana
6 2 (2.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.22%) CASB
7 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 54 (65.85%) Cisco
2 25 (30.49%) Fortinet
3 20 (24.39%) Palo Alto
4 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
5 17 (20.73%) Aruba
6 14 (17.07%) Zscaler
7 13 (15.85%) Meraki
8 11 (13.41%) CheckPoint
9 9 (10.98%) Juniper
10 8 (9.76%) F5
10 8 (9.76%) ServiceNow
11 5 (6.10%) Remedy
11 5 (6.10%) SolarWinds
11 5 (6.10%) VMware
12 4 (4.88%) Arista
13 3 (3.66%) Infoblox
14 2 (2.44%) Citrix
14 2 (2.44%) Nokia
15 1 (1.22%) Brocade
15 1 (1.22%) SAP