SD-WAN Jobs in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 234 257
Rank change year-on-year +30 +23 +34
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 107 53 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.92% 0.70% 0.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.72% 3.69% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 69 48 97
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,550 £40,555
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,031 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £43,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -27.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,386 1,438 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.93% 18.94% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 947 710 1,127
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,819 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the Midlands

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the Midlands

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the Midlands

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands +51 88 £49,000 +13.29% 6
East Midlands -27 19 £47,500 +11.76% 1
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.51%) Azure
2 21 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.08%) AWS
4 10 (9.35%) Nutanix
5 8 (7.48%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.48%) Mimecast
6 5 (4.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (88.79%) WAN
2 39 (36.45%) Firewall
3 32 (29.91%) LAN
4 24 (22.43%) MPLS
5 23 (21.50%) VLAN
6 22 (20.56%) Wireless
7 20 (18.69%) BGP
7 20 (18.69%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (17.76%) WLAN
9 18 (16.82%) DNS
10 15 (14.02%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (14.02%) DHCP
11 14 (13.08%) OSPF
12 11 (10.28%) TCP/IP
12 11 (10.28%) VPN
13 10 (9.35%) Network Security
14 8 (7.48%) IPsec
15 7 (6.54%) EIGRP
15 7 (6.54%) VRRP
15 7 (6.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (14.02%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.15%) Retail
3 6 (5.61%) Finance
4 5 (4.67%) Law
5 4 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.74%) Police
6 3 (2.80%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (39.25%) Network Engineer
2 38 (35.51%) Senior
3 25 (23.36%) Architect
4 17 (15.89%) Cisco Architect
4 17 (15.89%) Senior Architect
4 17 (15.89%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 16 (14.95%) Analyst
5 16 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (14.95%) Network Analyst
6 15 (14.02%) Network Operations Analyst
6 15 (14.02%) Operations Analyst
6 15 (14.02%) Security Architect
7 12 (11.21%) Cisco Security Architect
7 12 (11.21%) IT Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Senior Network Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Senior Security Architect
8 11 (10.28%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (9.35%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.43%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.48%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.54%) FMCG
4 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.74%) PKI
5 3 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.69%) Windows
2 15 (14.02%) Windows Server
3 10 (9.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (8.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (6.54%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.74%) VMS
7 3 (2.80%) Android
8 1 (0.93%) Linux
8 1 (0.93%) SUSE
8 1 (0.93%) Unix
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.56%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (18.69%) Presales
3 19 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (15.89%) Customer Engagement
4 17 (15.89%) ITIL
4 17 (15.89%) Project Delivery
4 17 (15.89%) Software Licensing
4 17 (15.89%) Time Management
5 14 (13.08%) Analytics
6 13 (12.15%) Service Management
7 9 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (8.41%) Network Architecture
8 8 (7.48%) Change Management
8 8 (7.48%) Information Security
8 8 (7.48%) Preventative Maintenance
8 8 (7.48%) Release Management
9 7 (6.54%) Business Analysis
9 7 (6.54%) Demand Management
9 7 (6.54%) High Availability
9 7 (6.54%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.54%) SQL
2 4 (3.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (42.99%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (38.32%) CCNP
3 30 (28.04%) CCNA
4 28 (26.17%) SC Cleared
4 28 (26.17%) Security Cleared
5 22 (20.56%) Degree
6 13 (12.15%) CCIE
7 11 (10.28%) CCDP
8 7 (6.54%) AWS Certification
8 7 (6.54%) Azure Certification
8 7 (6.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.74%) CCSA
11 3 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (2.80%) CCSK
11 3 (2.80%) CISM
11 3 (2.80%) CISSP
11 3 (2.80%) DBS Check
11 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (4.67%) QA
2 5 (4.67%) SLA
3 4 (3.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.80%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (12.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.21%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.54%) Firmware
5 4 (3.74%) pfSense
6 3 (2.80%) Docker
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (11.21%) Stealthwatch
2 8 (7.48%) SCCM
3 5 (4.67%) CASB
4 4 (3.74%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.87%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.93%) Ansible
7 1 (0.93%) Terraform
7 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (72.90%) Cisco
2 37 (34.58%) Meraki
3 35 (32.71%) Microsoft
4 20 (18.69%) Apple
5 19 (17.76%) Fortinet
6 17 (15.89%) Adobe
7 13 (12.15%) CheckPoint
7 13 (12.15%) VMware
8 12 (11.21%) SolarWinds
9 8 (7.48%) Nasuni
9 8 (7.48%) Rapid7
9 8 (7.48%) Zscaler
10 7 (6.54%) Ekahau
11 6 (5.61%) Avaya
11 6 (5.61%) Juniper
11 6 (5.61%) Veeam
12 5 (4.67%) Dell
12 5 (4.67%) Palo Alto
13 4 (3.74%) QNAP
13 4 (3.74%) Ubiquiti