SD-WAN Jobs in Birmingham

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 95 102 130
Rank change year-on-year +7 +28 +16
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 18 49 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.22% 1.80% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.11% 12.96% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 18 39 7
10th Percentile £41,450 £31,250 £35,450
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,125 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,250 £57,500 £46,050
Median % change year-on-year +58.70% +24.86% -16.27%
75th Percentile £101,250 £78,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £102,750 £82,984 £72,050
West Midlands median annual salary £51,500 £48,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year +6.19% +14.79% -23.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

SD-WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 222 378 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.05% 13.91% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 132 310 205
10th Percentile £36,250 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £33,188 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £46,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -15.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,413 £63,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £48,000 £43,227 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.04% -3.94% -

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in Birmingham

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in Birmingham.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in Birmingham

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in Birmingham

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Azure
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (22.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) WAN
2 10 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (27.78%) Firewall
4 4 (22.22%) HTTPS
4 4 (22.22%) VLAN
4 4 (22.22%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) Network Security
General
1 10 (55.56%) Tech for Good
2 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Healthcare Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Infrastructure Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Programme Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Senior
1 10 (55.56%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Senior Manager
1 10 (55.56%) Senior Programme Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Cloud Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Migration Manager
3 3 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration Manager
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (55.56%) Programme Management
1 10 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (27.78%) Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (22.22%) Cost Management
3 4 (22.22%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (22.22%) Identity Management
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
3 4 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 4 (22.22%) Privileged Identity Management
3 4 (22.22%) Proactive Management
3 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
3 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 4 (22.22%) Threat Management
3 4 (22.22%) Zero Trust
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) AWS Certification
1 4 (22.22%) Azure Certification
1 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) CCSA
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Cisco
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ADVA
2 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.56%) Juniper
2 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.56%) VMware