SD-WAN Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 240 261 208
Rank change year-on-year +21 -53 +146
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 27 37 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.26% 0.40% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.78% 2.60% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 50
10th Percentile £41,750 £48,125 £37,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £65,313 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +40.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £97,500 £81,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 - £75,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £73,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.86% +34.09% +8.17%

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 1,519 1,424 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.62% 15.45% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 688 744 978
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,438 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,700
90th Percentile £70,375 £75,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in the South East

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 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 30 December 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
Hampshire +25 8 £75,000 -3.23% 14
Surrey +6 8 £100,000 - 7
Kent - 5 £48,500 - 7
Berkshire -3 2 £61,250 +28.95% 15
Thames Valley -8 2 £61,250 +28.95% 25
West Sussex - 2 - - 2
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) Nutanix
4 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (7.41%) OVHcloud
4 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.41%) Smartsheet
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (92.59%) WAN
2 16 (59.26%) VPN
3 14 (51.85%) LAN
4 12 (44.44%) Firewall
5 10 (37.04%) MPLS
5 10 (37.04%) VoIP
6 9 (33.33%) BGP
6 9 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (25.93%) OSPF
7 7 (25.93%) Unified Communications
8 6 (22.22%) VXLAN
9 5 (18.52%) Wireless
10 1 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (3.70%) DHCP
10 1 (3.70%) DNS
10 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
10 1 (3.70%) IPsec
10 1 (3.70%) Junos
10 1 (3.70%) Network Security
10 1 (3.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Head of IT
1 7 (25.93%) Head of IT Operations
1 7 (25.93%) Head of Operations
2 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Cisco Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Network Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) WAN Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Senior
4 4 (14.81%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Administrator
7 1 (3.70%) Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Data Centre
1 7 (25.93%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.70%) CMDB
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Project Management
2 10 (37.04%) Budget Management
2 10 (37.04%) Data Protection
2 10 (37.04%) Service Delivery
3 9 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (33.33%) ITSM
3 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (29.63%) High Availability
4 8 (29.63%) ITIL
5 7 (25.93%) Budgeting
5 7 (25.93%) Business Continuity
5 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
5 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (25.93%) DevOps
5 7 (25.93%) ERP
5 7 (25.93%) Infrastructure Management
5 7 (25.93%) Logistics
5 7 (25.93%) Problem Management
5 7 (25.93%) Resource Management
5 7 (25.93%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.41%) R
4 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (59.26%) CCNP
3 8 (29.63%) Azure Certification
3 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 7 (25.93%) AWS Certification
4 7 (25.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (25.93%) Master's Degree
4 7 (25.93%) PMI Certification
4 7 (25.93%) PMP
5 4 (14.81%) CCNA
6 2 (7.41%) CCIE
6 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) JNCIA
7 1 (3.70%) MCP
7 1 (3.70%) MCSA
7 1 (3.70%) MCSE
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) NIST
2 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Ansible
1 6 (22.22%) FortiGate
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.81%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
3 12 (44.44%) Meraki
4 6 (22.22%) Fortinet
5 4 (14.81%) VMware
6 2 (7.41%) Juniper
6 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.70%) F5
7 1 (3.70%) Fujitsu
7 1 (3.70%) Sophos