SD-WAN Jobs in England

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 336 557
Rank change year-on-year -74 +221 +148
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 271 661 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.82% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.96% 6.00% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 222 432 353
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £33,949
25th Percentile £50,250 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £83,438 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £84,919 £87,400
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,461 11,011 14,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.38% 13.72% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,531 8,522 7,943
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,875 £32,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,715 £88,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.80% -1.90%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the England region over the 6 months to 2 April 2025. 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
London -99 79 £80,000 +33.33% 108
Midlands -5 57 £53,094 +9.47% 15
West Midlands -37 43 £51,650 +6.49% 12
North of England +22 37 £55,000 -21.43% 9
South West +67 33 £56,250 +13.64% 15
South East +62 28 £52,500 -4.55% 54
Yorkshire +43 17 £70,000 +12.00% 4
North West -8 17 £47,750 -31.79% 5
East Midlands +53 14 £65,000 +30.00% 3
East of England +34 10 £53,500 +18.89% 6
North East +35 3 £44,500 -44.26%
SD-WAN
UK

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

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 168 (61.99%) Azure
2 51 (18.82%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (18.45%) AWS
4 27 (9.96%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.96%) GCP
5 21 (7.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (4.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 13 (4.80%) IaaS
6 13 (4.80%) SaaS
7 10 (3.69%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.85%) PaaS
10 4 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.48%) GitHub
10 4 (1.48%) Route 53
11 3 (1.11%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.74%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 243 (89.67%) WAN
2 176 (64.94%) Firewall
3 106 (39.11%) LAN
4 73 (26.94%) Network Security
5 68 (25.09%) Wi-Fi
6 65 (23.99%) VPN
7 64 (23.62%) MPLS
8 52 (19.19%) BGP
9 50 (18.45%) Cisco ISE
10 48 (17.71%) Wireless
11 46 (16.97%) OSPF
12 32 (11.81%) VLAN
13 26 (9.59%) Cisco Firepower
14 23 (8.49%) DHCP
15 22 (8.12%) Ethernet
15 22 (8.12%) IPsec
15 22 (8.12%) WLAN
16 21 (7.75%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (6.64%) DNS
18 17 (6.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Git
1 4 (1.48%) LabVIEW
1 4 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
1 4 (1.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.38%) Finance
4 14 (5.17%) Local Government
5 13 (4.80%) Electronics
6 12 (4.43%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.69%) Tech for Good
7 10 (3.69%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.32%) Automotive
8 9 (3.32%) Banking
8 9 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.95%) Legal
10 6 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Retail
11 5 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.85%) International Banking
11 5 (1.85%) Japanese Language
11 5 (1.85%) Marketing
11 5 (1.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 86 (31.73%) Network Engineer
2 61 (22.51%) Senior
3 41 (15.13%) Architect
4 40 (14.76%) Network Architect
5 32 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (10.33%) Senior Network Engineer
7 26 (9.59%) Consultant
8 21 (7.75%) Lead
9 19 (7.01%) Infrastructure Manager
10 17 (6.27%) Cisco Engineer
10 17 (6.27%) Network Consultant
11 14 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (5.17%) Support Engineer
12 13 (4.80%) Technical Consultant
13 12 (4.43%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.43%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (4.43%) Security Consultant
14 11 (4.06%) Security Technical Consultant
14 11 (4.06%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.38%) JSON
2 10 (3.69%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.85%) SAML
4 4 (1.48%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 78 (28.78%) Data Centre
2 31 (11.44%) Public Cloud
3 25 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.17%) Self-Driving Car
5 8 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.85%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.85%) Replication
8 4 (1.48%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.48%) GNSS
8 4 (1.48%) IoT
9 3 (1.11%) FMCG
9 3 (1.11%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.11%) PKI
9 3 (1.11%) PMI
9 3 (1.11%) Podcast
9 3 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.74%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.87%) Windows
2 21 (7.75%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.01%) Linux
4 8 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.48%) Unix
7 3 (1.11%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (14.39%) Migration
3 38 (14.02%) Network Monitoring
4 36 (13.28%) Mentoring
5 35 (12.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 32 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (11.44%) ITIL
7 31 (11.44%) Zero Trust
8 26 (9.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (9.59%) Network Management
9 25 (9.23%) Business Continuity
10 22 (8.12%) Network Architecture
11 20 (7.38%) Due Diligence
11 20 (7.38%) Load Balancing
11 20 (7.38%) Project Delivery
11 20 (7.38%) Project Management
12 19 (7.01%) B2B
12 19 (7.01%) Roadmaps
13 18 (6.64%) Network Design
14 17 (6.27%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.55%) Python
2 28 (10.33%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.95%) SQL
4 4 (1.48%) C
4 4 (1.48%) C++
4 4 (1.48%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 80 (29.52%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (24.35%) CCNP
3 42 (15.50%) Security Cleared
4 35 (12.92%) SC Cleared
5 29 (10.70%) Degree
6 24 (8.86%) CCNA
7 22 (8.12%) CCIE
8 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (4.43%) CCSA
10 9 (3.32%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.58%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.48%) HND
13 4 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.11%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.74%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.74%) JNCIA
15 2 (0.74%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.80%) PMO
2 9 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.32%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.95%) QA
4 7 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (2.21%) GDPR
5 6 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.74%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.74%) NIST
6 2 (0.74%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) COBIT
System Software
1 38 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.75%) VMware NSX
3 20 (7.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (7.01%) Hyper-V
5 12 (4.43%) Firmware
6 8 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.11%) DFS Replication
9 3 (1.11%) vSphere
10 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 52 (19.19%) FortiGate
2 33 (12.18%) Terraform
3 28 (10.33%) Ansible
4 24 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.58%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.58%) WSUS
6 5 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.11%) SCCM
7 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.37%) CASB
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 163 (60.15%) Cisco
2 67 (24.72%) Microsoft
3 61 (22.51%) Palo Alto
4 60 (22.14%) Fortinet
5 56 (20.66%) VMware
6 47 (17.34%) SolarWinds
7 46 (16.97%) CheckPoint
8 45 (16.61%) Meraki
9 37 (13.65%) F5
10 27 (9.96%) Juniper
11 24 (8.86%) Aruba
12 21 (7.75%) Google
13 20 (7.38%) Blue Coat
14 19 (7.01%) Citrix
14 19 (7.01%) Zscaler
15 15 (5.54%) HP
16 8 (2.95%) Avaya
17 7 (2.58%) Extreme Networks
17 7 (2.58%) Infoblox
18 6 (2.21%) Dell