Software-Defined Networking Job Trends in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 286 -
Rank change year-on-year -35 - -
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 5 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.031% 0.069% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% 0.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £64,500 £64,375 -
25th Percentile £69,375 £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 -
90th Percentile - £80,625 -
England median annual salary £61,500 £76,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.34% +52.50% -8.26%

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 1,377 1,327 2,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.47% 15.33% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 809 1,422
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,250 £30,000 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -14.43% +2.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £60,906
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £71,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -2.97%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Software-Defined Networking job vacancy trend in the South East

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Networking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Software-Defined Networking

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 29 July 2026.

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 29 July 2026. 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 -35 4 £80,000 +3.23% 6
Thames Valley +1 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Software-Defined Networking
England

Software-Defined Networking
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 (20.00%) ArchestrA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) MPLS
3 2 (40.00%) NGFW
3 2 (40.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) 4G
4 1 (20.00%) 5G
4 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (40.00%) White-Box Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Cilium
2 1 (20.00%) Istio
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) VMware