SD-WAN Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 315 320
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +39
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 126 66 145
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 0.54% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.61% 5.28% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 82 45 124
10th Percentile £52,500 - £47,500
25th Percentile £64,063 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £70,000 £70,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% -1.06% +4.04%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,475 £96,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% +4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,906 1,251 2,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.03% 10.19% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 895 1,378
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,425 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £44,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.96%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in London

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in London over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the London region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
Central London +6 12 £85,000 +28.30% 6
East London - 4 £105,000 -
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 71 (56.35%) Azure
2 51 (40.48%) AWS
3 26 (20.63%) GCP
4 14 (11.11%) Datadog
5 12 (9.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (7.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 9 (7.14%) SaaS
8 8 (6.35%) OCI
9 7 (5.56%) AWS Direct Connect
10 6 (4.76%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.59%) IaaS
11 2 (1.59%) PaaS
12 1 (0.79%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 121 (96.03%) WAN
2 97 (76.98%) Firewall
3 70 (55.56%) LAN
4 62 (49.21%) Network Security
5 57 (45.24%) VPN
6 42 (33.33%) Wireless
7 37 (29.37%) Cisco ISE
8 29 (23.02%) BGP
8 29 (23.02%) OSPF
9 28 (22.22%) DNS
9 28 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (19.05%) MPLS
11 21 (16.67%) WLAN
12 20 (15.87%) TCP/IP
13 19 (15.08%) Cisco Wireless
14 15 (11.90%) DHCP
15 12 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (9.52%) NetScaler
15 12 (9.52%) SSL
15 12 (9.52%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 54 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.49%) Finance
3 14 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.14%) Banking
5 8 (6.35%) Law
6 7 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.76%) Digital Health
7 6 (4.76%) Legal
8 5 (3.97%) Marketing
8 5 (3.97%) Retail
9 4 (3.17%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.79%) French Language
11 1 (0.79%) German Language
11 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 29 (23.02%) Architect
3 25 (19.84%) Network Architect
4 24 (19.05%) Senior
5 17 (13.49%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Consultant
6 11 (8.73%) Principal Architect
7 10 (7.94%) Lead
7 10 (7.94%) Network Consultant
8 9 (7.14%) Lead Network Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Lead Cisco Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) Principal Consultant
11 6 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.17%) Project Manager
12 4 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 3 (2.38%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.35%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.59%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 60 (47.62%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.90%) PKI
3 14 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 11 (8.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.38%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.38%) Life Science
6 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.59%) Replication
7 2 (1.59%) Social Media
7 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.17%) Windows
1 4 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.02%) Network Design
2 28 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 27 (21.43%) Presales
4 25 (19.84%) High Availability
4 25 (19.84%) Network Architecture
4 25 (19.84%) Network Monitoring
5 24 (19.05%) Roadmaps
6 23 (18.25%) ITIL
6 23 (18.25%) Zero Trust
7 21 (16.67%) Business Continuity
8 19 (15.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (13.49%) Project Delivery
10 16 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.90%) Network Segmentation
11 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (11.11%) Migration
12 14 (11.11%) PRINCE2
12 14 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (1.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 73 (57.94%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (51.59%) CCNP
3 25 (19.84%) CCIE
4 24 (19.05%) CCNA
5 23 (18.25%) Azure Certification
6 15 (11.90%) AWS Certification
6 15 (11.90%) Degree
7 11 (8.73%) Security Cleared
8 9 (7.14%) JNCIE
8 9 (7.14%) JNCIP
9 8 (6.35%) CCIE Security
9 8 (6.35%) CCSA
9 8 (6.35%) CCSE
10 6 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (4.76%) SC Cleared
11 5 (3.97%) DV Cleared
11 5 (3.97%) PMI Certification
11 5 (3.97%) PMP
12 4 (3.17%) PgMP
12 4 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (19.05%) NIST
2 16 (12.70%) PCI DSS
3 12 (9.52%) GDPR
3 12 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.17%) GRC
4 4 (3.17%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) NCSC
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.97%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.38%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (20.63%) Ansible
2 18 (14.29%) Terraform
3 10 (7.94%) FortiGate
4 8 (6.35%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (3.97%) Check_MK
6 4 (3.17%) CASB
7 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.59%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 89 (70.63%) Cisco
2 55 (43.65%) Palo Alto
3 34 (26.98%) Meraki
4 33 (26.19%) SolarWinds
5 27 (21.43%) CheckPoint
5 27 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 25 (19.84%) Fortinet
7 24 (19.05%) F5
8 15 (11.90%) Arista
9 13 (10.32%) Infoblox
10 12 (9.52%) ForeScout
10 12 (9.52%) SevOne
10 12 (9.52%) Splunk
11 9 (7.14%) VMware
11 9 (7.14%) Zscaler
12 8 (6.35%) Juniper
13 6 (4.76%) Aruba
13 6 (4.76%) Dynatrace
14 5 (3.97%) Sophos
15 4 (3.17%) Netskope