SD-WAN Job Trends in Northampton

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 25 30
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 -
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 1.17% 0.81% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 16.67% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - £52,850
25th Percentile £47,500 £71,250 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £77,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +33.62% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £83,750 £60,625
90th Percentile - - £61,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -31.03% +25.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 12 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 7.00% 4.88% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 16
10th Percentile £26,625 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,563 £27,688 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -31.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,813 £58,500
90th Percentile £51,750 £83,750 £63,125
Northamptonshire median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +5.26%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Northampton

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) LAN Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) WAN Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Services Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Web Filtering
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Transition Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) FortiGate
2 1 (33.33%) Autotask
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Progress
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft