SD-WAN Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 2.78% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £440 - £620
% change year-on-year - - +12.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1 0 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 2.78% - 26.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £163
25th Percentile £675 - £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £725 - £370
90th Percentile - - £380
West Yorkshire median daily rate £410 £475 £436
% change year-on-year -13.68% +8.94% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £15.72
90th Percentile - - £16.60
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £41.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year - +203.70% -58.46%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Wakefield

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

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

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

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet