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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 330 557
Rank change year-on-year -69 +227 +107
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 282 685 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.81% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.98% 5.63% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 228 436 327
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £69,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,709 £87,200
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.70%

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 5,658 12,162 14,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.39% 14.32% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,714 8,622 7,518
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year - -5.94% -3.81%

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 26 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 26 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 -53 79 £80,000 +33.33% 92
Midlands -6 55 £52,500 +8.25% 14
West Midlands -14 40 £51,500 +6.19% 8
North of England +6 37 £57,500 -20.69% 22
South East +69 36 £46,250 -15.91% 42
South West +63 34 £52,500 +5.00% 8
North West -19 19 £53,000 -24.29% 10
Yorkshire +41 16 £70,000 +12.00% 10
East Midlands +62 15 £65,000 +85.71% 5
East of England +43 12 £56,250 +25.00% 9
North East +45 2 £41,000 -48.65% 3
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 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 176 (62.41%) Azure
2 56 (19.86%) AWS
3 54 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (10.64%) Entra ID
5 28 (9.93%) GCP
6 23 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.61%) IaaS
8 12 (4.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (4.26%) SaaS
9 7 (2.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.13%) PaaS
11 5 (1.77%) GitHub
12 4 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.42%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.42%) Route 53
13 2 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 259 (91.84%) WAN
2 186 (65.96%) Firewall
3 106 (37.59%) LAN
4 77 (27.30%) Wi-Fi
5 72 (25.53%) VPN
6 69 (24.47%) Network Security
7 65 (23.05%) MPLS
8 54 (19.15%) BGP
9 51 (18.09%) Cisco ISE
10 48 (17.02%) OSPF
10 48 (17.02%) Wireless
11 34 (12.06%) VLAN
12 29 (10.28%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (9.57%) IPsec
14 26 (9.22%) WLAN
15 24 (8.51%) DHCP
16 23 (8.16%) DNS
16 23 (8.16%) Ethernet
17 19 (6.74%) 5G
17 19 (6.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Git
1 4 (1.42%) LabVIEW
1 4 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
1 4 (1.42%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 58 (20.57%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.45%) Finance
4 15 (5.32%) Electronics
4 15 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (4.61%) Local Government
6 10 (3.55%) Tech for Good
7 9 (3.19%) Legal
7 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.84%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.13%) Automotive
9 6 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.13%) Retail
10 5 (1.77%) Banking
10 5 (1.77%) Marketing
10 5 (1.77%) Police
11 4 (1.42%) Advertising
12 3 (1.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (31.91%) Network Engineer
2 62 (21.99%) Senior
3 39 (13.83%) Architect
4 38 (13.48%) Network Architect
5 37 (13.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (9.57%) Consultant
7 26 (9.22%) Lead
7 26 (9.22%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (7.09%) Cisco Engineer
8 20 (7.09%) Infrastructure Manager
9 19 (6.74%) Support Engineer
10 17 (6.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 17 (6.03%) Network Consultant
11 15 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.96%) 3rd Line Support
12 14 (4.96%) Technical Consultant
13 13 (4.61%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (4.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 12 (4.26%) Security Consultant
15 11 (3.90%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.45%) JSON
2 12 (4.26%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.77%) SAML
4 4 (1.42%) pytest
5 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (28.01%) Data Centre
2 34 (12.06%) Public Cloud
3 25 (8.87%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.67%) Self-Driving Car
5 13 (4.61%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.77%) IoT
7 5 (1.77%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.77%) Replication
8 4 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.42%) GNSS
8 4 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.42%) PKI
9 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.06%) FMCG
9 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 50 (17.73%) Windows
2 26 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.80%) Linux
4 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (14.89%) Network Monitoring
3 41 (14.54%) Migration
4 40 (14.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (13.48%) Mentoring
6 33 (11.70%) ITIL
7 32 (11.35%) Zero Trust
8 26 (9.22%) Network Architecture
9 24 (8.51%) Business Continuity
9 24 (8.51%) Change Management
10 23 (8.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (8.16%) Load Balancing
11 22 (7.80%) B2B
11 22 (7.80%) Project Delivery
11 22 (7.80%) Project Management
12 21 (7.45%) Due Diligence
13 19 (6.74%) Network Management
14 18 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (6.38%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.48%) Python
2 29 (10.28%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.19%) SQL
4 4 (1.42%) C
4 4 (1.42%) C++
4 4 (1.42%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.06%) Bash
6 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (28.37%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (24.11%) CCNP
3 42 (14.89%) Security Cleared
4 38 (13.48%) SC Cleared
5 32 (11.35%) Degree
6 25 (8.87%) CCNA
7 23 (8.16%) CCIE
8 14 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (4.61%) CCSA
10 8 (2.84%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.48%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.42%) HND
13 4 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.06%) CISSP
14 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.71%) JNCIA
15 2 (0.71%) JNCIE
15 2 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.32%) PMO
2 9 (3.19%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.84%) QA
4 7 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.13%) GDPR
5 6 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.42%) ISO 9000
8 3 (1.06%) NIST
9 2 (0.71%) SLA
10 1 (0.35%) COBIT
10 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.80%) VMware NSX
4 18 (6.38%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.96%) Firmware
6 9 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.06%) DFS Replication
9 3 (1.06%) vSphere
10 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (17.38%) FortiGate
2 35 (12.41%) Terraform
3 31 (10.99%) Ansible
4 24 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.48%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.48%) WSUS
6 6 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.42%) SCCM
8 3 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.71%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.35%) CASB
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 169 (59.93%) Cisco
2 71 (25.18%) Microsoft
3 62 (21.99%) VMware
4 59 (20.92%) Fortinet
5 57 (20.21%) Palo Alto
6 53 (18.79%) Meraki
7 52 (18.44%) CheckPoint
8 49 (17.38%) SolarWinds
9 37 (13.12%) F5
10 28 (9.93%) Juniper
11 23 (8.16%) Aruba
11 23 (8.16%) Google
12 22 (7.80%) Citrix
13 21 (7.45%) Blue Coat
14 19 (6.74%) Zscaler
15 14 (4.96%) HP
16 10 (3.55%) Infoblox
17 9 (3.19%) Avaya
18 7 (2.48%) Dynatrace
19 6 (2.13%) Extreme Networks