SD-WAN Job Trends in Cardiff

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 58 48
Rank change year-on-year +26 -10 +40
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.35% 0.17% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.55% 1.59% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £55,300
25th Percentile - £51,389 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,544 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -14.33% +45.35%
75th Percentile - £55,698 £67,406
90th Percentile - - £67,463
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £53,544 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.72% -14.33% +45.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 63 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.77% 10.98% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 20 44 44
10th Percentile £26,134 - £33,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £28,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -44.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,773 £65,594
90th Percentile £74,711 £63,500 £72,433
South Wales median annual salary £25,087 £37,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.65% -17.22% -3.60%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Cardiff

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler