SD-WAN Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 545 648
Rank change year-on-year +204 +103 -68
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 676 428 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.57% 2.99% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 432 320 418
10th Percentile £35,800 £35,000 £35,950
25th Percentile £46,625 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -6.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,677 £87,500 £84,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.35% +9.13% -8.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,141 14,305 17,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.25% 15.51% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 7,403 10,457
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +203 261 £60,000 -7.69% 50
Midlands +104 139 £48,500 +14.79% 17
West Midlands +100 130 £48,500 +14.79% 11
North of England +56 108 £72,500 +52.63% 22
South West +38 91 £50,000 +12.68% 7
South East +15 79 £55,000 - 15
North West +34 70 £70,000 +33.33% 14
Yorkshire +100 46 £62,500 +38.89% 7
East of England +24 32 £45,000 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -9 9 £35,000 -41.67% 6
North East 0 7 £79,842 +83.52% 1
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
1 137 (20.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.78%) IIS
4 8 (1.18%) CMS
4 8 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 234 (34.62%) Azure
2 210 (31.07%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (14.20%) AWS
4 52 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 32 (4.73%) IaaS
6 28 (4.14%) SaaS
7 27 (3.99%) PaaS
8 22 (3.25%) GCP
9 12 (1.78%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.18%) GitHub
11 8 (1.18%) Mimecast
11 8 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
12 7 (1.04%) Nutanix
13 6 (0.89%) Azure API Management
13 6 (0.89%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 1 (0.15%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 616 (91.12%) WAN
2 251 (37.13%) Firewall
3 224 (33.14%) LAN
4 203 (30.03%) Wireless
5 139 (20.56%) MPLS
6 130 (19.23%) BGP
7 112 (16.57%) Wi-Fi
8 109 (16.12%) Cisco IOS
9 102 (15.09%) OSPF
10 100 (14.79%) VPN
11 97 (14.35%) WebEx
12 90 (13.31%) DNS
13 74 (10.95%) WLAN
14 72 (10.65%) Network Security
15 61 (9.02%) DHCP
16 57 (8.43%) TCP/IP
17 55 (8.14%) VLAN
18 48 (7.10%) Cisco Firepower
18 48 (7.10%) Cisco ISE
19 39 (5.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
4 1 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (0.89%) GitLab
1 6 (0.89%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.59%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.44%) JIRA
4 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 208 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 71 (10.50%) Finance
3 49 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (3.70%) Retail
6 24 (3.55%) Law
7 21 (3.11%) Electronics
8 14 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.63%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.89%) Local Government
13 5 (0.74%) Legal
14 4 (0.59%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.59%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Police
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 173 (25.59%) Network Engineer
2 125 (18.49%) Senior
3 112 (16.57%) IT Support
4 100 (14.79%) Analyst
5 99 (14.64%) IT Support Specialist
5 99 (14.64%) Support Specialist
6 90 (13.31%) Architect
7 76 (11.24%) Network Analyst
8 71 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 53 (7.84%) Senior Network Engineer
10 52 (7.69%) Lead
10 52 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
10 52 (7.69%) Security Architect
11 51 (7.54%) Network Operations Analyst
12 40 (5.92%) Senior Architect
13 33 (4.88%) Cisco Architect
13 33 (4.88%) Senior Cisco Architect
14 29 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (4.29%) WAN Engineer
15 28 (4.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.66%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.33%) SAML
3 7 (1.04%) HTML
4 6 (0.89%) YAML
5 5 (0.74%) XMPP
6 2 (0.30%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.15%) JSON
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 111 (16.42%) Data Centre
2 108 (15.98%) Video Conferencing
3 97 (14.35%) Wiki
4 51 (7.54%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 30 (4.44%) Driving Licence
7 23 (3.40%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.51%) GNSS
10 13 (1.92%) PKI
11 12 (1.78%) PMI
11 12 (1.78%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.63%) FPGA
13 8 (1.18%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.18%) MicroBlaze
13 8 (1.18%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.18%) Robotics
13 8 (1.18%) VHDL
14 7 (1.04%) Clustering
14 7 (1.04%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 213 (31.51%) Windows
2 113 (16.72%) Windows 10
3 99 (14.64%) Android
4 59 (8.73%) Windows Server
5 49 (7.25%) Linux
6 21 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.74%) Unix
9 4 (0.59%) VMS
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (18.49%) Computer Science
2 105 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 104 (15.38%) Business Continuity
3 104 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 100 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
5 98 (14.50%) BCP
6 97 (14.35%) Application Virtualisation
6 97 (14.35%) Business Continuity Planning
6 97 (14.35%) Contract Negotiation
7 89 (13.17%) Presales
8 83 (12.28%) Project Delivery
9 79 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (9.76%) ITIL
11 59 (8.73%) Project Management
12 56 (8.28%) Information Security
13 44 (6.51%) Customer Engagement
14 43 (6.36%) Mentoring
15 42 (6.21%) Time Management
16 41 (6.07%) Agile
17 38 (5.62%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.62%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.73%) SQL
3 17 (2.51%) Python
4 16 (2.37%) C++
5 15 (2.22%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.18%) C
6 8 (1.18%) Perl
6 8 (1.18%) Tcl
6 8 (1.18%) VB
7 7 (1.04%) C#
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 211 (31.21%) Cisco Certification
2 181 (26.78%) Degree
3 147 (21.75%) CCNP
4 130 (19.23%) CCNA
5 106 (15.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (14.35%) Master's Degree
7 51 (7.54%) CCIE
8 50 (7.40%) Security Cleared
9 41 (6.07%) AWS Certification
9 41 (6.07%) SC Cleared
10 38 (5.62%) Azure Certification
10 38 (5.62%) CCDP
11 34 (5.03%) CCSP
11 34 (5.03%) CISSP
12 33 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 33 (4.88%) CCSK
12 33 (4.88%) CISM
13 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.92%) PMI Certification
15 11 (1.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.33%) NIST
2 19 (2.81%) SLA
3 16 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 12 (1.78%) PMO
6 10 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.48%) QA
7 8 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.44%) JTAG
10 1 (0.15%) IASME
System Software
1 216 (31.95%) Active Directory
2 101 (14.94%) VMware ESXi
3 97 (14.35%) Microsoft App-V
3 97 (14.35%) XenApp
3 97 (14.35%) XenDesktop
4 67 (9.91%) Hyper-V
4 67 (9.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 36 (5.33%) Docker
6 16 (2.37%) Firmware
7 11 (1.63%) VMware NSX
8 8 (1.18%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.89%) vSphere
10 4 (0.59%) pfSense
11 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 105 (15.53%) SCCM
2 97 (14.35%) AirWatch
3 44 (6.51%) FortiGate
3 44 (6.51%) Kubernetes
3 44 (6.51%) Single Sign-On
4 35 (5.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (3.70%) Stealthwatch
6 20 (2.96%) WSUS
7 18 (2.66%) Terraform
8 16 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 15 (2.22%) CASB
10 12 (1.78%) Opsgenie
10 12 (1.78%) VxRail
10 12 (1.78%) ZABBIX
11 11 (1.63%) Ansible
12 7 (1.04%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.74%) Nagios
14 4 (0.59%) BMC PATROL
15 3 (0.44%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 391 (57.84%) Cisco
2 280 (41.42%) Microsoft
3 141 (20.86%) Meraki
4 121 (17.90%) Citrix
5 102 (15.09%) VMware
6 83 (12.28%) Fortinet
7 49 (7.25%) SolarWinds
8 44 (6.51%) Juniper
9 41 (6.07%) CheckPoint
10 34 (5.03%) Aruba
11 33 (4.88%) Adobe
11 33 (4.88%) Apple
11 33 (4.88%) Palo Alto
12 22 (3.25%) F5
13 18 (2.66%) Dell
14 14 (2.07%) NetApp
15 13 (1.92%) Draytek
15 13 (1.92%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.18%) Ekahau
16 8 (1.18%) Xilinx