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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 335 557
Rank change year-on-year -62 +222 +106
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 279 677 433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.79% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.61% 5.56% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 227 434 321
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £69,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £84,193 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,750
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.35% +9.13%

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 6,049 12,183 14,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.14% 14.30% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,727 8,619 7,434
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 £85,100 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -55 77 £80,000 +33.33% 61
Midlands +3 55 £52,500 +8.25% 19
West Midlands -32 40 £51,500 +6.19% 11
South East +68 37 £45,000 -18.18% 41
North of England +11 35 £57,500 -20.69% 26
South West +52 33 £52,500 +5.00% 9
North West -19 19 £53,000 -24.29% 12
East Midlands +56 15 £65,000 +85.71% 6
Yorkshire +43 15 £70,000 +12.00% 12
East of England +37 12 £56,250 +25.00% 7
North East +42 1 £44,500 -44.26% 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 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 175 (62.72%) Azure
2 55 (19.71%) AWS
3 52 (18.64%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 29 (10.39%) GCP
6 25 (8.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (4.66%) IaaS
8 12 (4.30%) SaaS
9 10 (3.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.51%) AWS Direct Connect
11 6 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.15%) GitHub
11 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.15%) PaaS
12 4 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.43%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.43%) Route 53
13 2 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 257 (92.11%) WAN
2 183 (65.59%) Firewall
3 101 (36.20%) LAN
4 78 (27.96%) Wi-Fi
5 68 (24.37%) VPN
6 66 (23.66%) Network Security
7 60 (21.51%) MPLS
8 49 (17.56%) BGP
9 47 (16.85%) Cisco ISE
10 43 (15.41%) OSPF
10 43 (15.41%) Wireless
11 33 (11.83%) VLAN
12 28 (10.04%) Cisco Firepower
13 26 (9.32%) DNS
14 25 (8.96%) IPsec
15 24 (8.60%) DHCP
16 23 (8.24%) Ethernet
17 22 (7.89%) WLAN
18 19 (6.81%) 5G
19 17 (6.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Git
1 4 (1.43%) LabVIEW
1 4 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
1 4 (1.43%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.72%) GitLab
General
1 57 (20.43%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.53%) Finance
4 15 (5.38%) Electronics
4 15 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (4.30%) Local Government
6 10 (3.58%) Tech for Good
7 9 (3.23%) Legal
8 8 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.15%) Retail
11 5 (1.79%) Advertising
11 5 (1.79%) Automotive
11 5 (1.79%) Marketing
12 4 (1.43%) Banking
12 4 (1.43%) Police
13 3 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 86 (30.82%) Network Engineer
2 57 (20.43%) Senior
3 38 (13.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (13.26%) Architect
5 36 (12.90%) Network Architect
6 27 (9.68%) Consultant
7 26 (9.32%) Lead
8 24 (8.60%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (7.53%) Infrastructure Manager
10 20 (7.17%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (7.17%) Support Engineer
11 17 (6.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (6.09%) Network Consultant
12 16 (5.73%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (5.38%) Technical Consultant
14 14 (5.02%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (5.02%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (4.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 12 (4.30%) Security Consultant
17 11 (3.94%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.89%) JSON
2 12 (4.30%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.79%) SAML
4 4 (1.43%) pytest
5 2 (0.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (27.24%) Data Centre
2 34 (12.19%) Public Cloud
3 24 (8.60%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.73%) Self-Driving Car
5 14 (5.02%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (4.30%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.79%) IoT
7 5 (1.79%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.79%) Replication
7 5 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.43%) GNSS
8 4 (1.43%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.43%) PKI
9 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.08%) FMCG
9 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) PMI
9 3 (1.08%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.71%) Windows
2 29 (10.39%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.32%) Linux
4 13 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (3.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.79%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.43%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (14.70%) Migration
2 41 (14.70%) Network Monitoring
3 39 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (12.90%) Mentoring
5 33 (11.83%) ITIL
6 31 (11.11%) Zero Trust
7 25 (8.96%) Network Architecture
8 24 (8.60%) Change Management
9 23 (8.24%) Business Continuity
10 22 (7.89%) B2B
10 22 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (7.89%) Due Diligence
10 22 (7.89%) Project Delivery
11 21 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (7.53%) Load Balancing
11 21 (7.53%) Project Management
12 18 (6.45%) Agile
12 18 (6.45%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.34%) Python
2 30 (10.75%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.58%) SQL
4 4 (1.43%) C
4 4 (1.43%) C++
4 4 (1.43%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.08%) Bash
6 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 75 (26.88%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (23.30%) CCNP
3 45 (16.13%) Security Cleared
4 42 (15.05%) SC Cleared
5 29 (10.39%) Degree
6 23 (8.24%) CCNA
7 22 (7.89%) CCIE
8 14 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (4.66%) CCSA
10 8 (2.87%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.51%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.43%) HND
13 4 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.08%) CISSP
14 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.72%) JNCIA
15 2 (0.72%) JNCIE
16 1 (0.36%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.38%) PMO
2 8 (2.87%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.87%) QA
3 6 (2.15%) GDPR
3 6 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 6 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.43%) ISO 9000
6 3 (1.08%) NIST
6 3 (1.08%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) COBIT
7 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
System Software
1 48 (17.20%) Active Directory
2 30 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.24%) VMware NSX
4 16 (5.73%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.66%) Firmware
6 9 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.08%) DFS Replication
8 3 (1.08%) vSphere
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (17.56%) FortiGate
2 36 (12.90%) Terraform
3 31 (11.11%) Ansible
4 23 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.87%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (2.15%) WSUS
7 4 (1.43%) SCCM
7 4 (1.43%) ZENworks
8 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.36%) CASB
9 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 168 (60.22%) Cisco
2 72 (25.81%) Microsoft
3 64 (22.94%) VMware
4 57 (20.43%) Fortinet
5 54 (19.35%) CheckPoint
6 53 (19.00%) Meraki
6 53 (19.00%) Palo Alto
7 47 (16.85%) SolarWinds
8 37 (13.26%) F5
9 25 (8.96%) Juniper
10 24 (8.60%) Google
11 23 (8.24%) Citrix
12 22 (7.89%) Blue Coat
13 21 (7.53%) Aruba
14 19 (6.81%) Zscaler
15 14 (5.02%) HP
16 10 (3.58%) Infoblox
17 9 (3.23%) Avaya
18 7 (2.51%) Dynatrace
19 6 (2.15%) Dell