SD-WAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 319 402
Rank change year-on-year +41 +83 -13
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 76 165 219
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 0.63% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.58% 5.56% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 104 137
10th Percentile £300 £350 £350
25th Percentile £419 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £581 £591 £588
90th Percentile £738 £696 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £23.35 £38.23 £25.65
25th Percentile £23.50 £46.44 £25.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £64.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.65% +133.64% -56.00%
75th Percentile £24.50 £85.44 £29.50
90th Percentile £24.65 £95.68 £29.95
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £92.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -66.22% +236.36% -56.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,658 2,969 4,346
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.75% 11.41% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 1,978 2,957
10th Percentile £293 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £612 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 107 100
10th Percentile £12.75 £20.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% +21.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.38
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.55 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +4.05%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

SD-WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.11%) Azure
2 9 (11.84%) AWS
3 5 (6.58%) GCP
4 2 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 61 (80.26%) WAN
2 41 (53.95%) LAN
3 26 (34.21%) Firewall
4 19 (25.00%) BGP
4 19 (25.00%) OSPF
5 16 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (18.42%) MPLS
6 14 (18.42%) Network Security
6 14 (18.42%) Wireless
7 12 (15.79%) VPN
8 8 (10.53%) WLAN
9 7 (9.21%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (9.21%) DNS
9 7 (9.21%) EIGRP
9 7 (9.21%) TCP/IP
10 6 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (7.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 6 (7.89%) VoIP
11 5 (6.58%) SNMP
11 5 (6.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Telecoms
3 9 (11.84%) Finance
4 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.95%) Banking
5 3 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Local Government
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Network Engineer
2 18 (23.68%) Architect
3 13 (17.11%) Network Architect
4 12 (15.79%) Senior
5 9 (11.84%) Programme Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Consultant
7 5 (6.58%) Analyst
7 5 (6.58%) WAN Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Senior Architect
9 3 (3.95%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Lead
9 3 (3.95%) Network Technical Architect
9 3 (3.95%) Presales Consultant
9 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Senior Network Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Technical Architect
10 2 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.63%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) JSON
1 2 (2.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.95%) Clustering
3 2 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) BYOD
4 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.32%) FMCG
4 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) IoT
4 1 (1.32%) IVR
4 1 (1.32%) NHS
4 1 (1.32%) PKI
4 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.95%) Linux
2 2 (2.63%) Windows
3 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Unix
3 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.16%) Load Balancing
2 9 (11.84%) Migration
3 8 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (7.89%) Network Design
6 5 (6.58%) Agile
6 5 (6.58%) Change Management
6 5 (6.58%) Inventory Management
6 5 (6.58%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (6.58%) Presales
6 5 (6.58%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.26%) High Availability
7 4 (5.26%) Service Delivery
8 3 (3.95%) Capacity Management
8 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (3.95%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (3.95%) Investment Management
8 3 (3.95%) Network Architecture
8 3 (3.95%) Programme Management
8 3 (3.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) Python
2 2 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (27.63%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (25.00%) CCNP
3 9 (11.84%) CCIE
4 8 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.58%) CCDP
5 5 (6.58%) CCNA
6 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.95%) Degree
8 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.63%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.63%) CCIP
8 2 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.63%) PMP
8 2 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.32%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) SLA
2 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.63%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) GDPR
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Firmware
1 5 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.95%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (9.21%) FortiGate
2 6 (7.89%) Terraform
3 5 (6.58%) Ansible
4 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.95%) Kibana
Vendors
1 53 (69.74%) Cisco
2 18 (23.68%) Palo Alto
3 12 (15.79%) F5
4 11 (14.47%) Fortinet
5 9 (11.84%) Meraki
5 9 (11.84%) VMware
6 7 (9.21%) Microsoft
7 6 (7.89%) Aruba
7 6 (7.89%) BT
7 6 (7.89%) Juniper
7 6 (7.89%) SolarWinds
7 6 (7.89%) Splunk
7 6 (7.89%) Zscaler
8 4 (5.26%) Arista
8 4 (5.26%) Infoblox
9 3 (3.95%) Google
10 2 (2.63%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 2 (2.63%) CA
10 2 (2.63%) Genesys
10 2 (2.63%) NetCracker