SD-WAN Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 164 178
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 +90
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 49 60 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.38% 1.18% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.07% 7.02% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 43 51 107
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £25,980
25th Percentile £50,125 £47,500 £37,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +8.25% +14.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £101,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £64,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.53% +17.27% +0.92%

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 1,594 855 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.29% 16.84% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 464 479 1,292
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -0.58%
75th Percentile £58,450 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

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 11 May 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
West Midlands -30 37 £56,900 +10.48% 9
East Midlands -32 12 £35,000 -46.15% 1
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.08%) Confluence
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (55.10%) Azure
2 22 (44.90%) AWS
3 15 (30.61%) Azure Sentinel
4 11 (22.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 49 (100.00%) WAN
2 25 (51.02%) VLAN
3 15 (30.61%) Firewall
4 14 (28.57%) VPN
5 12 (24.49%) LAN
6 11 (22.45%) Wireless
7 10 (20.41%) TCP/IP
8 7 (14.29%) DHCP
8 7 (14.29%) DNS
9 4 (8.16%) BGP
9 4 (8.16%) OSPF
9 4 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (6.12%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (6.12%) Cisco Wireless
10 3 (6.12%) Network Security
10 3 (6.12%) WLAN
11 2 (4.08%) DMVPN
11 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (4.08%) WebEx
12 1 (2.04%) 4G
General
1 11 (22.45%) Public Sector
1 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Retail
4 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.08%) Automotive
6 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (51.02%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Firewall Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Senior
2 6 (12.24%) WAN Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) IT Support
3 5 (10.20%) Network Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Architect
4 4 (8.16%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (8.16%) IT Technician
4 4 (8.16%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Support Technician
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco Network Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.08%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) IoT
5 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) ITSM
2 22 (44.90%) Network Monitoring
3 21 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (32.65%) Service Management
6 12 (24.49%) Supplier Management
7 9 (18.37%) Logistics
7 9 (18.37%) Roadmaps
7 9 (18.37%) Service Delivery
8 8 (16.33%) Impact Analysis
8 8 (16.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
9 7 (14.29%) Migration
9 7 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
10 6 (12.24%) ERP
10 6 (12.24%) Network Architecture
10 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
10 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (10.20%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.24%) CCNP
3 6 (12.24%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.04%) CCIE
5 1 (2.04%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 7 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.08%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.12%) Firmware
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.08%) Autotask
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.08%) Nagios
2 2 (4.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (69.39%) Cisco
2 17 (34.69%) SolarWinds
3 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
4 15 (30.61%) Zscaler
5 14 (28.57%) Avaya
6 7 (14.29%) Fortinet
7 3 (6.12%) Aruba
7 3 (6.12%) Meraki
8 2 (4.08%) Epicor
8 2 (4.08%) Juniper
8 2 (4.08%) Progress
8 2 (4.08%) TP-LINK
9 1 (2.04%) Ekahau
9 1 (2.04%) Starlink
9 1 (2.04%) VMware