Software-Defined Networking Jobs in England

Software-Defined Networking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 787 857
Rank change year-on-year +107 +70 +180
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 11 56 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.065% 0.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.46% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10 44 26
10th Percentile £46,475 £38,625 £43,125
25th Percentile £52,813 £43,125 £49,773
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £81,563 £64,806 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -34.38% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Software-Defined Networking 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 8,279 12,050 14,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.83% 14.03% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,720 8,523 7,180
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £35,394
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 £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in England

Software-Defined Networking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East - 3 £78,750 - 14
East of England +39 2 £44,750 -14.76%
North of England +29 2 £60,000 +26.32% 11
North West -3 2 £60,000 +14.29% 8
South West +87 1 £55,000 -31.25% 2
Midlands +62 1 £90,000 +38.36%
West Midlands +56 1 £90,000 +28.53%
London - 1 £82,500 - 20
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
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 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) VPN
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) WAN
3 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (18.18%) Internet
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) MPLS
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
4 2 (18.18%) SAN
4 2 (18.18%) TACACS
4 2 (18.18%) VSAN
5 1 (9.09%) BGP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (9.09%) DMZ
5 1 (9.09%) DWDM
5 1 (9.09%) IOS XR
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) MSI
1 1 (9.09%) Robot Framework
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Games Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) 802.1X
2 1 (9.09%) Jinja
2 1 (9.09%) ModSecurity
2 1 (9.09%) OpenConfig
2 1 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
3 1 (9.09%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) Zero Trust
4 1 (9.09%) Converged Infrastructure
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CCNP
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) VCAP
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (9.09%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (36.36%) vSphere
2 3 (27.27%) VMware NSX
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) PowerCLI
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
1 1 (9.09%) vRealize
1 1 (9.09%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 1 (9.09%) WMI
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) F5
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) Juniper
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) NetApp
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Riverbed
2 1 (9.09%) SAP