SD-WAN Job Trends in Devon

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 43 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 -23 +32
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 11 12 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 1.90% 2.67% 11.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.22% 28.57% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 19
10th Percentile - £27,598 £36,250
25th Percentile - £32,703 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,507 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.65% +43.83%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £54,428 £77,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.77% +55.00% +30.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 42 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 15.52% 9.33% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 32 21 79
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,598 £26,850
25th Percentile £25,000 £34,404 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -7.14% +28.01%
75th Percentile £44,438 £67,500 £54,000
90th Percentile £53,250 £90,000 £57,500
South West median annual salary £33,500 £51,058 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.39% +4.20% +3.16%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Devon

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Paignton +8 11 - - 1
SD-WAN
South West

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) 5G
1 11 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Git
1 7 (63.64%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Electronics
2 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Product Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Product Test Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Test Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Verification Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) GNSS Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 7 (63.64%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (36.36%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Unix
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) B2B
1 11 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Kalman Filter
2 7 (63.64%) Physics
2 7 (63.64%) System Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Test Scripting
2 7 (63.64%) Validation
2 7 (63.64%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) MATLAB
1 7 (63.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) HND