Software-Defined Networking Job Trends in the City of London

Software-Defined Networking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 165 174
Rank change year-on-year +38 +9 +106
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 3 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 1.12% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £79,350 £90,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £87,750 £95,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £90,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -67.96% -13.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £29,500 £93,250 £113,125
90th Percentile - £100,300 £117,250
Central London median annual salary £29,000 £90,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year -67.96% -13.81% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 172 445 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 9.84% 15.90% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 141 253 384
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £67,500 £62,884
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +7.34% +0.61%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in the City of London

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software-Defined Networking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software-Defined Networking

Software-Defined Networking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Network Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Support Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) KVM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Zscaler