SD-WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 426 518
Rank change year-on-year +61 +92 +31
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 378 262 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.54% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.70% 2.89% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 222 222 306
10th Percentile £31,375 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,375 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £76,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% -7.69%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Midlands +30 107 £48,500 +12.14% 7
South West +42 99 £50,500 +6.32% 8
North of England +47 95 £70,000 +46.21% 11
West Midlands +51 88 £49,000 +13.29% 6
North West +26 65 £70,000 +35.92% 7
South East -14 61 £58,750 +11.90% 14
Yorkshire +75 39 £70,000 +55.56% 3
East of England +10 27 £58,750 -2.08% 9
East Midlands -27 19 £47,500 +11.76% 1
Scotland -32 16 £50,000 -9.09% 5
North East -9 6 £71,171 +67.46% 1
Wales - 3 £35,000 - 1
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.59%) IIS
4 5 (1.32%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 138 (36.51%) Azure
2 79 (20.90%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (18.25%) AWS
4 32 (8.47%) IaaS
5 31 (8.20%) PaaS
6 23 (6.08%) Entra ID
6 23 (6.08%) GCP
7 18 (4.76%) SaaS
8 11 (2.91%) Nutanix
8 11 (2.91%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.65%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.32%) GitHub
12 4 (1.06%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.53%) AWS Direct Connect
14 2 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
15 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 350 (92.59%) WAN
2 175 (46.30%) Firewall
3 96 (25.40%) LAN
4 62 (16.40%) MPLS
5 60 (15.87%) VPN
6 56 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (13.76%) DNS
8 48 (12.70%) Wireless
9 44 (11.64%) WLAN
10 42 (11.11%) BGP
11 41 (10.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 41 (10.85%) Network Security
12 40 (10.58%) 5G
13 39 (10.32%) DHCP
14 38 (10.05%) VLAN
15 32 (8.47%) OSPF
16 21 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
17 19 (5.03%) TCP/IP
17 19 (5.03%) VoIP
18 17 (4.50%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.06%) MySQL
3 3 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Git
1 4 (1.06%) LabVIEW
2 3 (0.79%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 78 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 30 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (6.61%) Electronics
3 25 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 13 (3.44%) Finance
5 13 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (3.44%) Retail
6 5 (1.32%) Law
7 4 (1.06%) Police
8 3 (0.79%) Legal
8 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.79%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.79%) Social Housing
8 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.26%) Banking
9 1 (0.26%) Billing
9 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (27.51%) Senior
2 94 (24.87%) Network Engineer
3 88 (23.28%) Architect
4 57 (15.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (15.08%) Security Architect
5 51 (13.49%) Cisco Architect
5 51 (13.49%) Senior Architect
5 51 (13.49%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 39 (10.32%) Lead
7 37 (9.79%) Senior Network Engineer
8 36 (9.52%) Cisco Security Architect
8 36 (9.52%) Senior Security Architect
9 32 (8.47%) Analyst
10 26 (6.88%) Network Analyst
11 25 (6.61%) Operations Analyst
11 25 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (6.35%) Network Operations Analyst
13 20 (5.29%) Lead Architect
13 20 (5.29%) Lead Security Architect
14 18 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.06%) pytest
2 2 (0.53%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.53%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.26%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.26%) SAML
3 1 (0.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 98 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 32 (8.47%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (5.03%) Public Cloud
5 17 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (4.23%) GNSS
7 14 (3.70%) Replication
8 12 (3.17%) Driving Licence
9 11 (2.91%) FPGA
10 10 (2.65%) Robotics
11 8 (2.12%) MicroBlaze
11 8 (2.12%) VHDL
12 7 (1.85%) FMCG
13 6 (1.59%) PKI
13 6 (1.59%) PMI
13 6 (1.59%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.32%) Operational Technology
15 2 (0.53%) Clustering
15 2 (0.53%) Fibre Optics
15 2 (0.53%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 74 (19.58%) Windows
2 45 (11.90%) Windows Server
3 39 (10.32%) Linux
4 15 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (3.44%) Windows 10
6 12 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.32%) Android
7 5 (1.32%) Unix
8 4 (1.06%) VMS
8 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.26%) SUSE
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (20.37%) Project Delivery
3 76 (20.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 67 (17.72%) Customer Engagement
5 65 (17.20%) Presales
6 51 (13.49%) Software Licensing
6 51 (13.49%) Time Management
7 49 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (12.43%) Mentoring
9 41 (10.85%) Analytics
10 39 (10.32%) B2B
10 39 (10.32%) ITIL
10 39 (10.32%) Test Assurance
10 39 (10.32%) Test Automation
11 37 (9.79%) Information Security
12 33 (8.73%) Project Management
13 30 (7.94%) Agile
14 29 (7.67%) Computer Science
15 23 (6.08%) Service Delivery
16 22 (5.82%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.08%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.23%) C++
3 15 (3.97%) MATLAB
4 12 (3.17%) SQL
5 8 (2.12%) C
5 8 (2.12%) Perl
5 8 (2.12%) Tcl
5 8 (2.12%) VB
6 5 (1.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 152 (40.21%) Cisco Certification
2 101 (26.72%) CCNA
3 100 (26.46%) CCNP
4 96 (25.40%) Degree
5 49 (12.96%) Security Cleared
6 31 (8.20%) SC Cleared
7 30 (7.94%) CCIE
8 27 (7.14%) Azure Certification
9 24 (6.35%) AWS Certification
10 23 (6.08%) CISSP
11 20 (5.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 20 (5.29%) CCDP
11 20 (5.29%) CCSK
11 20 (5.29%) CCSP
11 20 (5.29%) CISM
12 14 (3.70%) DV Cleared
13 12 (3.17%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 10 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (2.12%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.82%) NIST
2 15 (3.97%) SLA
3 12 (3.17%) PMO
4 9 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.32%) QA
6 4 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.79%) JTAG
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 61 (16.14%) Active Directory
2 52 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 26 (6.88%) VMware NSX
5 22 (5.82%) Docker
6 18 (4.76%) Firmware
7 8 (2.12%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (1.59%) vSphere
9 4 (1.06%) pfSense
10 1 (0.26%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (9.52%) Stealthwatch
2 29 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 23 (6.08%) FortiGate
4 23 (6.08%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (5.56%) Terraform
5 21 (5.56%) WSUS
6 15 (3.97%) CASB
7 14 (3.70%) Ansible
8 8 (2.12%) SCCM
9 6 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.59%) Opsgenie
9 6 (1.59%) VxRail
9 6 (1.59%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.79%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.79%) Nagios
10 3 (0.79%) OfficeScan
11 2 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.26%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 209 (55.29%) Cisco
2 113 (29.89%) Microsoft
3 98 (25.93%) Meraki
4 67 (17.72%) VMware
5 54 (14.29%) Apple
6 51 (13.49%) Adobe
7 48 (12.70%) Fortinet
8 25 (6.61%) SolarWinds
9 20 (5.29%) CheckPoint
9 20 (5.29%) NetApp
10 16 (4.23%) Dell
11 14 (3.70%) Juniper
12 11 (2.91%) Zscaler
13 10 (2.65%) Palo Alto
14 8 (2.12%) Altera
14 8 (2.12%) Citrix
14 8 (2.12%) Green Hills
14 8 (2.12%) Nasuni
14 8 (2.12%) Rapid7
14 8 (2.12%) Xilinx