SD-WAN Jobs in Manchester

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 173 207
Rank change year-on-year +18 +34 +47
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 12 52 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.51% 0.88% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.29% 9.24% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 21
10th Percentile £54,750 £47,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,809 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +38.10% +23.53%
75th Percentile £74,375 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £84,919 £85,000
North West median annual salary £61,250 £71,250 £51,500
% change year-on-year -14.04% +38.35% -14.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 280 563 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 11.83% 9.50% 19.42%
Number of salaries quoted 142 424 363
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,285
25th Percentile £29,500 £35,563 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £75,000 £76,250
North West median annual salary £26,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -41.11% -10.00% +11.11%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in Manchester

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in Manchester.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in Manchester

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in Manchester

SD-WAN
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Wigan -5 1 - - 1
SD-WAN
North West

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) AWS
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure AI
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) PaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (58.33%) DNS
3 5 (41.67%) Firewall
4 4 (33.33%) Network Security
4 4 (33.33%) VPN
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (16.67%) TACACS
6 1 (8.33%) Broadband
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (8.33%) IPsec
6 1 (8.33%) LAN
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Network Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 6 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (16.67%) B2B
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Bicep
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) CCIE
3 2 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) CCSA
4 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Aruba
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Databricks
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Meraki
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto