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 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 308 579
Rank change year-on-year -109 +271 +162
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 382 496 573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.99% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.16% 6.62% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 244 359 454
10th Percentile £44,475 £36,650 £34,140
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,025 £90,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% +4.35%

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 9,174 7,493 14,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.85% 14.95% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,720 5,802 9,723
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 8 November 2024.

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 8 November 2024. 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 -60 138 £80,000 +23.08% 25
North of England -2 72 £60,000 +14.29% 16
Midlands -65 58 £50,626 +16.38% 13
South East -42 49 £77,500 +47.62% 15
West Midlands -27 44 £50,626 +16.38% 11
South West -38 44 £77,500 +63.16% 11
North West -22 40 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Yorkshire +34 33 £60,000 +26.32% 9
East of England -41 17 £75,000 +25.00% 4
East Midlands -38 14 £51,250 +7.89% 2
North East -34 6 £41,000 -36.92% 2
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 16 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) Mattermost
Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 128 (33.51%) Azure
2 37 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (6.54%) AWS
4 16 (4.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 16 (4.19%) SaaS
5 13 (3.40%) GCP
6 12 (3.14%) Nutanix
7 11 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.88%) IaaS
8 8 (2.09%) PaaS
9 4 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.05%) GitHub
9 4 (1.05%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.52%) Datadog
10 2 (0.52%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.26%) Anthos
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.26%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 306 (80.10%) WAN
2 221 (57.85%) Firewall
3 130 (34.03%) LAN
4 102 (26.70%) Network Security
5 72 (18.85%) MPLS
5 72 (18.85%) Wireless
6 60 (15.71%) BGP
7 59 (15.45%) VPN
8 58 (15.18%) OSPF
9 49 (12.83%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (11.26%) Cisco Firepower
11 41 (10.73%) WLAN
12 40 (10.47%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (7.59%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (5.76%) DHCP
14 22 (5.76%) DNS
15 21 (5.50%) Cisco Nexus
15 21 (5.50%) TCP/IP
16 19 (4.97%) Software-Defined Networking
17 17 (4.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.31%) MySQL
1 5 (1.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Git
2 4 (1.05%) LabVIEW
2 4 (1.05%) Subversion
3 3 (0.79%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 55 (14.40%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.59%) Finance
3 24 (6.28%) Telecoms
4 23 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.19%) Law
7 13 (3.40%) Local Government
8 12 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.88%) Legal
10 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.36%) Retail
11 8 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.83%) Banking
13 6 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.31%) Automotive
14 5 (1.31%) International Banking
14 5 (1.31%) Japanese Language
15 4 (1.05%) Electronics
16 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 124 (32.46%) Network Engineer
2 113 (29.58%) Senior
3 102 (26.70%) Architect
4 75 (19.63%) Network Architect
5 52 (13.61%) Senior Network Engineer
6 49 (12.83%) Consultant
7 38 (9.95%) Network Consultant
8 35 (9.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (7.07%) Senior Consultant
9 27 (7.07%) Senior Network Consultant
10 25 (6.54%) Security Consultant
11 23 (6.02%) Network Security Consultant
12 22 (5.76%) Cisco Architect
12 22 (5.76%) Senior Architect
13 19 (4.97%) Lead
13 19 (4.97%) Security Architect
14 18 (4.71%) Cisco Security Architect
14 18 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 18 (4.71%) Senior Cisco Architect
14 18 (4.71%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.62%) JSON
2 4 (1.05%) pytest
3 3 (0.79%) SAML
3 3 (0.79%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.52%) LDAP
5 1 (0.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 96 (25.13%) Data Centre
2 37 (9.69%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.45%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.36%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.57%) GNSS
6 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.31%) CMDB
7 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.05%) FPGA
8 4 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.05%) MicroBlaze
8 4 (1.05%) Tandem
9 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.79%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.52%) IoT
10 2 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (12.04%) Windows
2 19 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.66%) Linux
4 9 (2.36%) Unix
5 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.79%) Android
6 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.52%) CentOS
7 2 (0.52%) Rocky
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) SUSE
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.68%) Presales
2 73 (19.11%) Network Management
3 47 (12.30%) SIEM
4 44 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (10.99%) Requirements Management
6 41 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 40 (10.47%) ITIL
8 33 (8.64%) Agile
8 33 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (8.38%) Mentoring
9 32 (8.38%) Migration
10 31 (8.12%) Network Design
11 25 (6.54%) IT Strategy
12 24 (6.28%) Roadmaps
12 24 (6.28%) Time Management
13 23 (6.02%) Analytics
13 23 (6.02%) Customer Service
13 23 (6.02%) Proactive Monitoring
14 21 (5.50%) Customer Engagement
15 20 (5.24%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.38%) Python
2 28 (7.33%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.83%) SQL
4 4 (1.05%) C
4 4 (1.05%) C++
4 4 (1.05%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.26%) Bash
5 1 (0.26%) Go
5 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 135 (35.34%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (26.44%) CCNP
3 90 (23.56%) Security Cleared
4 62 (16.23%) CCNA
4 62 (16.23%) SC Cleared
5 46 (12.04%) DV Cleared
6 41 (10.73%) Degree
7 35 (9.16%) CCIE
8 10 (2.62%) CCSA
9 9 (2.36%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.83%) CCSE
11 6 (1.57%) CISSP
11 6 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.31%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.31%) CCDP
12 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.05%) HND
13 4 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.79%) MCSE
14 3 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.14%) SLA
2 10 (2.62%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.36%) GDPR
3 9 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (8.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (8.64%) Active Directory
3 27 (7.07%) Hyper-V
4 26 (6.81%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.36%) Firmware
6 5 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.79%) Docker
9 2 (0.52%) vSphere
10 1 (0.26%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (13.09%) FortiGate
2 25 (6.54%) Ansible
2 25 (6.54%) Terraform
3 18 (4.71%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.36%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.36%) WSUS
6 6 (1.57%) SCCM
7 4 (1.05%) CASB
7 4 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.26%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Puppet
10 1 (0.26%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 224 (58.64%) Cisco
2 92 (24.08%) Meraki
3 87 (22.77%) Microsoft
4 73 (19.11%) Fortinet
5 71 (18.59%) VMware
6 70 (18.32%) Palo Alto
7 52 (13.61%) F5
8 40 (10.47%) Juniper
9 38 (9.95%) CheckPoint
9 38 (9.95%) SolarWinds
10 36 (9.42%) Aruba
11 27 (7.07%) Zscaler
12 21 (5.50%) Apple
13 18 (4.71%) Adobe
14 17 (4.45%) Infoblox
15 15 (3.93%) Blue Coat
16 11 (2.88%) Citrix
16 11 (2.88%) Extreme Networks
16 11 (2.88%) Google
17 9 (2.36%) HP