SD-WAN Job Trends in Scotland

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - +98
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 24 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.88% - 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.67% - 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,250
25th Percentile - - £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.33%
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - £63,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +31.82% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 313 343 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.43% 10.49% 21.89%
Number of salaries quoted 190 151 451
10th Percentile - £28,500 -
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £47,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% +69.64% -43.72%
75th Percentile £38,750 £68,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £37,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.10% +5.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Scotland

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Edinburgh - 17 - - 1
Glasgow - 7 £55,000 - 3
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (100.00%) WAN
2 20 (83.33%) Firewall
3 19 (79.17%) LAN
4 17 (70.83%) Wireless
5 16 (66.67%) Wireshark
6 4 (16.67%) VPN
7 2 (8.33%) BGP
7 2 (8.33%) MPLS
7 2 (8.33%) OSPF
8 1 (4.17%) 802.11
8 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (4.17%) DHCP
8 1 (4.17%) DNS
8 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
8 1 (4.17%) HSRP
8 1 (4.17%) IPsec
8 1 (4.17%) Network Security
8 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (4.17%) VLAN
8 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 16 (66.67%) Finance
2 16 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Network Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Network Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Network Support
3 4 (16.67%) Network Support Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 16 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Capacity Planning
1 17 (70.83%) Coaching
2 16 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 16 (66.67%) Change Management
2 16 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 16 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 16 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 16 (66.67%) Network Planning
2 16 (66.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 16 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.33%) Security Architecture
5 1 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
5 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.17%) Tech Ops
5 1 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) CCNP
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.33%) CCIE
2 2 (8.33%) CCNA
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
1 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Cisco
2 17 (70.83%) CheckPoint
2 17 (70.83%) Palo Alto
3 16 (66.67%) Meraki
3 16 (66.67%) SolarWinds
4 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.17%) Aruba
5 1 (4.17%) Datto
5 1 (4.17%) Juniper
5 1 (4.17%) Veeam
5 1 (4.17%) VMware