Software-Defined Networking Contract Job Trends in Wales

Software-Defined Networking
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.19% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £723
% change year-on-year - -20.42% +11.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

Software-Defined Networking 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 79 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.32% 22.01% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 49 27
10th Percentile £155 £145 £172
25th Percentile £166 £195 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £300 £363
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -17.24% -27.50%
75th Percentile £438 £425 £588
90th Percentile £575 £475 £683
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
10th Percentile - £21.00 £14.84
25th Percentile £12.82 £24.50 £15.56
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.50 £16.77
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% +123.68% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 £17.97
90th Percentile £89.00 £47.50 £18.69
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +108.88%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software-Defined Networking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in Wales

Software-Defined Networking
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 March 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
South Wales - 1 £425 - 1
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper