Software-Defined Networking Jobs in Manchester

Software-Defined Networking
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 207 237
Rank change year-on-year +60 +30 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 2 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.093% 0.22% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.84% 1.93% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 3
10th Percentile £54,250 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £65,750 - £86,750
North West median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +31.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 237 571 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 11.03% 11.16% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 144 447 401
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.33%
75th Percentile £71,343 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
North West median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.44% -5.26% +4.97%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in Manchester

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in Manchester

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TACACS
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco