SD-WAN Contracts in the South East

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 174 157
Rank change year-on-year +41 -17 +58
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 26 31 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.86% 0.56% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.07% 2.47% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 45
10th Percentile £335 £269 £325
25th Percentile £363 £344 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.59% +13.90% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £588
90th Percentile £621 £713 £730
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £27.58
25th Percentile - £27.50 £28.44
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £33.44
90th Percentile - - £33.93
England median hourly rate £75.00 £31.25 £92.50
% change year-on-year +140.00% -66.22% +236.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +48 19 £550 +83.33% 15
Berkshire +30 11 £400 -15.83% 8
Buckinghamshire +21 7 £583 +94.17% 2
Surrey - 4 £325 - 1
Hampshire +13 3 £475 -27.70% 7
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 6
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Camunda
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) AWS
2 9 (34.62%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Akamai
4 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (80.77%) WAN
2 14 (53.85%) Firewall
3 9 (34.62%) LAN
3 9 (34.62%) MPLS
4 8 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 8 (30.77%) VPN
5 7 (26.92%) BGP
5 7 (26.92%) Wireless
6 6 (23.08%) DNS
6 6 (23.08%) OSPF
7 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (19.23%) Network Security
7 5 (19.23%) NGFW
8 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (15.38%) VLAN
9 3 (11.54%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (11.54%) VSAN
10 2 (7.69%) Internet
11 1 (3.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Billing
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Network Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (7.69%) BSS Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Network Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Product Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (19.23%) Public Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (11.54%) PKI
5 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
5 2 (7.69%) TM Forum
6 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Agile
1 7 (26.92%) Project Management
1 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
2 6 (23.08%) DevSecOps
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
3 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
3 5 (19.23%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Product Management
3 5 (19.23%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
3 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (11.54%) Adaptive Security
5 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Requirements Management
5 3 (11.54%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (7.69%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CCNP
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (11.54%) MCSE
5 3 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (7.69%) Degree
7 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
7 1 (3.85%) CCIE
7 1 (3.85%) CCNA
7 1 (3.85%) CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) CEH
7 1 (3.85%) CISM
7 1 (3.85%) CISSP
7 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.85%) MCP
7 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) NIST
2 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (15.38%) NCSC
3 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (42.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (19.23%) VMware NSX
3 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.85%) vSphere
4 1 (3.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) CASB
1 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) Cisco
2 13 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 11 (42.31%) VMware
4 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.69%) Aruba
6 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.85%) Citrix
6 1 (3.85%) Dell KACE
6 1 (3.85%) F5
6 1 (3.85%) Google
6 1 (3.85%) Meraki
6 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.85%) Splunk
6 1 (3.85%) Ubiquiti