SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in Reading

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 77 77
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 -1
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 6 19 11
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.03% 1.75% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 9.18% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 4
10th Percentile £350 £403 -
25th Percentile £397 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £583 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% -2.83% +9.99%
75th Percentile - £686 £684
90th Percentile - £687 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £388 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -33.53% +6.00% +4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 87 207 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.92% 19.10% 21.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 98 147
10th Percentile £253 £325 £205
25th Percentile £340 £402 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £523 £468
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% +11.65% -3.81%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £58.63 - £72.40
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £73.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £76.12
90th Percentile £89.88 - £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Reading

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SD-WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Reading over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in Reading

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Product Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Telemetry Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Telemetry Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Product Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Zero Trust
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper