SD-WAN Job Trends in South Wales

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

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 71 68
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +35
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.14% 0.11% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% 0.92% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £55,300
25th Percentile - £51,389 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,544 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% -14.33% +45.32%
75th Percentile - £55,698 £67,406
90th Percentile - - £67,463
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,772 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -18.77% +45.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 158 109 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 22.77% 11.52% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 134 60 71
10th Percentile £21,620 - £31,000
25th Percentile - £23,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £37,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% -17.22% -3.60%
75th Percentile £28,750 £56,773 £59,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £36,000 £43,190
% change year-on-year -30.31% -16.65% -7.12%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in South Wales

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Cardiff +26 1 £55,000 +2.72% 2
SD-WAN
Wales

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler