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

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 349 543
Rank change year-on-year -68 +194 +106
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 273 673 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.78% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.19% 5.59% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 204 428 312
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +0.46% -7.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,425 £84,919 £87,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,063
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.43% +0.98%

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 8,567 12,042 13,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.62% 13.91% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,573 8,506 7,141
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -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 22 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 22 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 -34 74 £80,000 +33.33% 98
Midlands -25 54 £53,688 +10.70% 23
South East +50 39 £45,000 -18.18% 49
West Midlands -19 38 £51,800 +6.80% 14
South West +38 34 £50,000 - 8
North of England -29 28 £60,000 -17.24% 39
North West -56 17 £57,500 -17.86% 15
East Midlands +35 16 £65,000 +63.52% 8
East of England +21 14 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire +31 10 £80,000 +14.29% 18
North East +38 1 £44,500 -44.26% 7
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 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 172 (63.00%) Azure
2 72 (26.37%) AWS
3 47 (17.22%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (16.12%) Entra ID
5 27 (9.89%) GCP
6 26 (9.52%) IaaS
7 23 (8.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 23 (8.42%) Azure Sentinel
8 22 (8.06%) SaaS
9 21 (7.69%) PaaS
10 19 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (5.49%) Azure AI
11 15 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (5.49%) Azure Key Vault
11 15 (5.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 15 (5.49%) Power Automate
11 15 (5.49%) Power Platform
12 13 (4.76%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (2.56%) GitHub
14 6 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 257 (94.14%) WAN
2 178 (65.20%) Firewall
3 91 (33.33%) LAN
4 76 (27.84%) VPN
5 70 (25.64%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (21.25%) MPLS
7 52 (19.05%) BGP
8 50 (18.32%) Network Security
9 47 (17.22%) OSPF
10 46 (16.85%) Cisco ISE
11 45 (16.48%) DNS
12 35 (12.82%) Wireless
13 33 (12.09%) VLAN
14 32 (11.72%) Cisco Firepower
15 27 (9.89%) WLAN
16 23 (8.42%) Ethernet
17 22 (8.06%) 5G
17 22 (8.06%) IPsec
18 21 (7.69%) DHCP
19 18 (6.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.49%) Data Lake
1 15 (5.49%) MySQL
1 15 (5.49%) Power BI
2 3 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.96%) Git
2 4 (1.47%) LabVIEW
2 4 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.47%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.10%) GitLab
General
1 60 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (6.23%) Finance
5 15 (5.49%) Electronics
6 10 (3.66%) Retail
6 10 (3.66%) Tech for Good
7 8 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.93%) Local Government
7 8 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.20%) Legal
10 5 (1.83%) Advertising
10 5 (1.83%) Marketing
11 4 (1.47%) Automotive
12 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.10%) Military
12 3 (1.10%) Police
13 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 75 (27.47%) Network Engineer
2 50 (18.32%) Senior
3 45 (16.48%) Architect
4 40 (14.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (10.99%) Lead
5 30 (10.99%) Network Architect
6 23 (8.42%) Cisco Engineer
7 22 (8.06%) Consultant
7 22 (8.06%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
8 21 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
9 16 (5.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 16 (5.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (5.86%) Network Consultant
10 15 (5.49%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (5.49%) Cloud Architect
10 15 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (5.49%) Technical Consultant
11 14 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
12 13 (4.76%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.06%) JSON
2 12 (4.40%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.47%) pytest
4 3 (1.10%) YAML
5 1 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (31.50%) Data Centre
2 31 (11.36%) Public Cloud
3 19 (6.96%) Self-Driving Car
4 15 (5.49%) NHS
4 15 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.13%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.03%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.83%) IoT
8 5 (1.83%) Mobile Computing
8 5 (1.83%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.83%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.47%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.47%) GNSS
9 4 (1.47%) PKI
9 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.10%) PMI
10 3 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.95%) Windows
2 27 (9.89%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.79%) Linux
4 11 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.83%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (17.58%) Migration
3 43 (15.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (14.29%) ITIL
5 38 (13.92%) B2B
5 38 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (13.19%) Network Monitoring
7 31 (11.36%) Agile
7 31 (11.36%) Project Management
8 30 (10.99%) Zero Trust
9 28 (10.26%) Mentoring
9 28 (10.26%) Service Management
10 26 (9.52%) Change Management
11 24 (8.79%) Network Architecture
11 24 (8.79%) Network Virtualisation
12 23 (8.42%) Artificial Intelligence
12 23 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (8.42%) Roadmaps
12 23 (8.42%) Waterfall
13 22 (8.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.85%) Python
2 44 (16.12%) PowerShell
3 26 (9.52%) SQL
4 15 (5.49%) Bicep
5 7 (2.56%) C++
5 7 (2.56%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.47%) C
7 3 (1.10%) Bash
8 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 61 (22.34%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (20.15%) CCNP
3 44 (16.12%) Security Cleared
4 42 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 32 (11.72%) Degree
6 23 (8.42%) CCIE
7 22 (8.06%) Azure Certification
8 17 (6.23%) CCNA
9 15 (5.49%) CCSA
9 15 (5.49%) DBS Check
10 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.93%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.47%) HND
13 4 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.10%) CCSE
14 3 (1.10%) CISSP
14 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.73%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.40%) PMO
2 7 (2.56%) QA
3 6 (2.20%) GDPR
3 6 (2.20%) ISO 9000
3 6 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.83%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.47%) NIST
5 4 (1.47%) SLA
6 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.37%) COBIT
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
System Software
1 44 (16.12%) Active Directory
2 27 (9.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.42%) VMware NSX
4 19 (6.96%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (5.86%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.93%) Firmware
8 3 (1.10%) vSphere
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (13.92%) FortiGate
2 37 (13.55%) Terraform
3 33 (12.09%) Ansible
4 19 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (5.49%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (3.30%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.83%) SCCM
8 5 (1.83%) WSUS
9 4 (1.47%) ZENworks
10 2 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.37%) CASB
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 153 (56.04%) Cisco
2 61 (22.34%) Microsoft
3 59 (21.61%) Meraki
3 59 (21.61%) VMware
4 57 (20.88%) CheckPoint
5 55 (20.15%) Fortinet
6 45 (16.48%) Palo Alto
6 45 (16.48%) SolarWinds
7 35 (12.82%) F5
8 24 (8.79%) Google
9 22 (8.06%) Blue Coat
9 22 (8.06%) Citrix
9 22 (8.06%) Juniper
10 21 (7.69%) Aruba
11 17 (6.23%) Zscaler
12 15 (5.49%) Databricks
13 14 (5.13%) HP
14 13 (4.76%) Dynatrace
14 13 (4.76%) Infoblox
15 9 (3.30%) Avaya