SD-WAN Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 202 245
Rank change year-on-year +52 +43 +27
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 34 100 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.98% 1.03% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.14% 7.99% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14 42 20
10th Percentile £39,450 £41,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,750 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +18.24% -7.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - £61,250 £64,550
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 554 1,251 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.91% 12.88% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 334 936 530
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,043 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £73,375 £71,488 £77,542
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the South West

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Devon -7 22 £46,000 -20.00% 27
Bristol +64 7 £60,000 +60.00% 14
Cornwall - 2 £50,000 -
Gloucestershire +56 1 £52,500 +8.25% 22
Wiltshire +22 1 £37,500 -25.74% 11
Somerset - 1 £40,000 - 14
SD-WAN
England

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
3 9 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (23.53%) AWS
5 5 (14.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (11.76%) GitHub
6 4 (11.76%) IaaS
6 4 (11.76%) SaaS
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.94%) Azure AI
8 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.94%) PaaS
8 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) WAN
2 19 (55.88%) 5G
3 14 (41.18%) Firewall
4 12 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (23.53%) LAN
6 6 (17.65%) VPN
7 3 (8.82%) MPLS
7 3 (8.82%) Network Security
7 3 (8.82%) SSL
7 3 (8.82%) Unified Communications
7 3 (8.82%) VoIP
7 3 (8.82%) WLAN
8 2 (5.88%) DNS
8 2 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.94%) BGP
9 1 (2.94%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (2.94%) OSPF
9 1 (2.94%) VLAN
9 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Git
2 4 (11.76%) LabVIEW
2 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (44.12%) Electronics
1 15 (44.12%) Presentation Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Manufacturing
3 8 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Marketing
6 3 (8.82%) Aerospace
6 3 (8.82%) Automotive
6 3 (8.82%) Military
6 3 (8.82%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Lead
2 8 (23.53%) Project Leader
2 8 (23.53%) Senior
2 8 (23.53%) Senior Project Leader
2 8 (23.53%) Software Project Leader
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Leader
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Project Leader
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Support
4 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 4 (11.76%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Electronics Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Embedded C Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Product Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Product Test Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) Self-Driving Car
2 12 (35.29%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (14.71%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (11.76%) GNSS
5 3 (8.82%) FMCG
5 3 (8.82%) IoT
5 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
5 3 (8.82%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.94%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (32.35%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Linux
3 4 (11.76%) Unix
4 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) B2B
2 19 (55.88%) Test Automation
3 16 (47.06%) Test Assurance
4 15 (44.12%) Computer Science
5 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (35.29%) Defect Tracking
6 12 (35.29%) Mentoring
6 12 (35.29%) Requirements Analysis
6 12 (35.29%) Software Engineering
6 12 (35.29%) Validation
7 9 (26.47%) Agile
7 9 (26.47%) Project Management
7 9 (26.47%) Waterfall
8 8 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (23.53%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (23.53%) Innovative Thinking
8 8 (23.53%) Product Management
8 8 (23.53%) Programme Management
8 8 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) Python
2 7 (20.59%) C++
2 7 (20.59%) MATLAB
2 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.76%) C
3 4 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.76%) HND
4 3 (8.82%) CCNA
4 3 (8.82%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCIE
5 1 (2.94%) CCSA
5 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (8.82%) vSphere
3 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Cisco
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.59%) Fortinet
4 5 (14.71%) Aruba
4 5 (14.71%) Okta
5 4 (11.76%) CheckPoint
5 4 (11.76%) Intel
5 4 (11.76%) Meraki
5 4 (11.76%) SolarWinds
5 4 (11.76%) VMware
6 3 (8.82%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (8.82%) Palo Alto
6 3 (8.82%) Zscaler
7 2 (5.88%) Citrix
8 1 (2.94%) Databricks
8 1 (2.94%) Google