SDH Jobs in England

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SDH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SDH over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 821 899
Rank change year-on-year +152 +78 +188
Permanent jobs citing SDH 4 11 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.013% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.057% 0.091% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 29
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,750 £40,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.38% -50.00% +77.78%
75th Percentile £72,438 £50,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £79,975 £55,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £66,500 £40,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +66.25% -50.00% +88.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SDH 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 7,014 12,079 14,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.50% 14.07% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,767 8,538 7,276
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,192
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 £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,074 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -5.00% -4.76%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SDH in England

SDH
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDH in England.

Salary trend for SDH in England

SDH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDH in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDH in England

SDH
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDH within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Midlands - 3 £66,500 - 11
West Midlands - 3 £66,500 - 11
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 2
SDH
UK

SDH
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) ATM
1 3 (75.00%) Frame Relay
2 2 (50.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) 802.11
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) CDMA
3 1 (25.00%) GPRS
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) ISDN
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) PPP
3 1 (25.00%) SS7
3 1 (25.00%) TACACS
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) VRRP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Presales
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Avaya
1 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (25.00%) F5