SD-WAN Jobs in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 322 291
Rank change year-on-year +52 -31 +125
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 41 82 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.44% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.78% 2.89% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 36 53 68
10th Percentile £35,500 £33,350 £32,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -13.73%
75th Percentile £67,188 £70,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £78,125 £82,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,475 2,835 2,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.35% 15.21% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 742 1,898 1,404
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,850 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the South East

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Thames Valley +29 19 £45,000 -28.00% 24
Surrey - 17 £42,500 -
Berkshire +29 11 £47,500 -38.71% 17
Oxfordshire +42 5 £45,000 -25.00% 2
Hampshire +61 4 £51,500 +28.75% 3
Buckinghamshire +14 3 £30,000 -7.69% 5
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (53.66%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.76%) Azure AI
3 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (9.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.76%) IaaS
3 4 (9.76%) PaaS
3 4 (9.76%) Power Automate
3 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 41 (100.00%) WAN
2 17 (41.46%) LAN
3 16 (39.02%) Firewall
4 13 (31.71%) VPN
5 12 (29.27%) MPLS
6 9 (21.95%) BGP
7 7 (17.07%) DNS
8 6 (14.63%) OSPF
8 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
8 6 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (12.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (12.20%) Network Security
9 5 (12.20%) VLAN
10 3 (7.32%) DMZ
10 3 (7.32%) DWDM
10 3 (7.32%) Internet
11 2 (4.88%) 4G
11 2 (4.88%) 5G
11 2 (4.88%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (2.44%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Data Lake
1 4 (9.76%) MySQL
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Advertising
3 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Network Engineer
1 10 (24.39%) Support Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) WAN Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Lead
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Security Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Network Security Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (4.88%) Sales Representative
8 2 (4.88%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.76%) NHS
3 3 (7.32%) PMI
3 3 (7.32%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.88%) IoT
4 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Linux
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Business Continuity
1 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (31.71%) Migration
3 11 (26.83%) Customer Service
4 10 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (24.39%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (21.95%) Budget Management
5 9 (21.95%) Data Protection
5 9 (21.95%) Statistics
5 9 (21.95%) Stress Testing
6 8 (19.51%) Network Architecture
7 6 (14.63%) B2B
8 5 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (12.20%) BCP
8 5 (12.20%) Business Continuity Planning
8 5 (12.20%) Data Centre Operations
8 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (12.20%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (12.20%) Server Management
8 5 (12.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Bicep
1 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 8 (19.51%) CCNP
4 5 (12.20%) DBS Check
5 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (9.76%) CCNA
6 3 (7.32%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.88%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.44%) CCIE
8 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.44%) Degree
8 1 (2.44%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (31.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (21.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (12.20%) Hyper-V
4 4 (9.76%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
5 3 (7.32%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (7.32%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.88%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Cisco
2 13 (31.71%) VMware
3 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
4 10 (24.39%) Juniper
5 9 (21.95%) Citrix
6 7 (17.07%) Meraki
7 4 (9.76%) ADVA
7 4 (9.76%) Databricks
7 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
8 2 (4.88%) ConnectWise
9 1 (2.44%) Aruba