Software-Defined Networking Jobs in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 - 352
Rank change year-on-year - - +153
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 6 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.059% - 0.082%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.39% - 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £64,375 - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.36%
75th Percentile £78,750 - £71,563
90th Percentile £80,625 - £85,625
England median annual salary £76,250 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +45.24% -7.08% +2.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,556 2,712 2,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.35% 15.66% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 804 1,792 1,370
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,375 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,875
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.54% -3.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,906 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,700 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -4.76%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the South East.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the South East over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 July 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 - 4 £77,500 - 2
Thames Valley - 2 £78,750 -
Berkshire - 2 £78,750 -
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) VSAN
2 2 (33.33%) DMZ
2 2 (33.33%) DWDM
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) Junos
3 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MSI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) WMI
2 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Broadcom
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds