Software-Defined Networking Job Trends in Cheshire

Software-Defined Networking
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.057% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary - £60,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year - +37.93% -17.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 93 159 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 5.29% 21.57% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 76 78 124
10th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £28,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -34.12% -9.57%
75th Percentile £44,063 £40,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,038 £61,250
North West median annual salary £42,000 £33,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -28.26% -10.68%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Software-Defined Networking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Software-Defined Networking

Software-Defined Networking
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 1 - -
Software-Defined Networking
North West

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Db2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase