Software-Defined Networking Jobs in the North of England

Software-Defined Networking
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 369 431
Rank change year-on-year +48 +62 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 2 24 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.018% 0.14% 0.069%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 1.11% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 10
10th Percentile £54,250 £36,800 £43,050
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £47,008
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,340
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.25% -12.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,875 £58,770
90th Percentile £65,750 £62,500 £63,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,735 2,165 3,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.71% 12.51% 18.24%
Number of salaries quoted 875 1,658 1,282
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the North of England

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in the North of England

Software-Defined Networking
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
North West +13 2 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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