Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > North East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 35 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +16 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East | - | 0.30% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 2.13% | 2.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £613 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.08% | +9.09% |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £498 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.01% | -0.50% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East
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 the North East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 37 | 47 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East | 11.56% | 14.20% | 9.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 28 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £310 | £134 |
| 25th Percentile | £218 | £363 | £195 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £340 | £425 | £280 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +51.79% | -42.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £560 | £559 | £522 |
| 90th Percentile | £636 | £646 | £685 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £498 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.50% | -5.24% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +116.22% | -22.63% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.
SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the North East.