SD-WAN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 379 314
Rank change year-on-year +24 -65 +181
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 155 191 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.53% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 3.87% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 116 119 233
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,881 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,309 £45,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +15.38% +9.47%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £69,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +31.82% -4.35%

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 7,571 4,931 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.85% 13.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,822 2,461 4,336
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SD-WAN

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Midlands +20 52 £55,500 +0.91% 23
West Midlands +21 46 £55,500 +5.21% 15
North of England -21 26 £37,500 -31.82% 31
South East +25 23 £75,000 -3.23% 47
Scotland - 23 £75,000 - 12
South West -8 17 £54,428 -29.77% 12
North West +3 16 £50,000 -5.66% 15
East of England +25 11 £72,500 +26.09% 22
Yorkshire -22 9 £26,000 -59.22% 13
East Midlands -10 6 £50,000 -23.08% 8
Northern Ireland -11 2 £57,500 +9.52% 5
Wales +10 1 £55,000 +14.58% 8
North East +6 1 £65,000 +58.54% 3
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (7.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.29%) Confluence
2 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (5.16%) MS Visio
2 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.87%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 66 (42.58%) Azure
2 28 (18.06%) AWS
3 25 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.16%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.52%) GitHub
6 4 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.94%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.94%) IaaS
7 3 (1.94%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.29%) GCP
8 2 (1.29%) OCI
8 2 (1.29%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.29%) PaaS
8 2 (1.29%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.29%) SaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 146 (94.19%) WAN
2 100 (64.52%) LAN
3 88 (56.77%) Firewall
4 45 (29.03%) VPN
5 39 (25.16%) Wireless
6 33 (21.29%) MPLS
7 30 (19.35%) BGP
7 30 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (13.55%) OSPF
8 21 (13.55%) VoIP
9 20 (12.90%) Network Security
9 20 (12.90%) VLAN
10 19 (12.26%) Wireshark
11 17 (10.97%) TCP/IP
12 16 (10.32%) WLAN
13 12 (7.74%) 5G
13 12 (7.74%) DHCP
13 12 (7.74%) DNS
13 12 (7.74%) WebEx
14 10 (6.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Git
1 7 (4.52%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.06%) Telecoms
3 23 (14.84%) Finance
4 22 (14.19%) Retail
5 18 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.52%) Electronics
9 6 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.29%) Billing
11 2 (1.29%) Law
11 2 (1.29%) Marketing
12 1 (0.65%) Advertising
12 1 (0.65%) Games
12 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Legal
12 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (32.90%) Network Engineer
2 33 (21.29%) Senior
3 23 (14.84%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (11.61%) Network Manager
5 14 (9.03%) Analyst
6 11 (7.10%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (7.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (7.10%) Support Analyst
7 10 (6.45%) Firewall Engineer
7 10 (6.45%) WAN Engineer
8 9 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.16%) Consultant
9 8 (5.16%) Designer
9 8 (5.16%) Network Designer
9 8 (5.16%) Senior Cisco Engineer
9 8 (5.16%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (5.16%) Senior Firewall Engineer
10 7 (4.52%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (4.52%) Head of Operations
10 7 (4.52%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.52%) pytest
1 7 (4.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 47 (30.32%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.32%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.10%) Self-Driving Car
4 8 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.52%) Operational Technology
5 7 (4.52%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.87%) Handset
7 4 (2.58%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.58%) GNSS
8 3 (1.94%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.94%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.29%) Clustering
9 2 (1.29%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.29%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.65%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.84%) Windows
2 14 (9.03%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.52%) Unix
4 5 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.58%) Linux
5 4 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.94%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.10%) ITIL
2 30 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (18.71%) Customer Service
4 24 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (14.84%) Network Monitoring
5 23 (14.84%) Problem Management
6 22 (14.19%) Service Delivery
7 21 (13.55%) ITSM
8 20 (12.90%) Capacity Planning
9 19 (12.26%) Change Management
9 19 (12.26%) Network Virtualisation
10 18 (11.61%) High Availability
10 18 (11.61%) Mentoring
11 17 (10.97%) Coaching
11 17 (10.97%) Load Balancing
11 17 (10.97%) Service Management
12 16 (10.32%) Asset Management
12 16 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (10.32%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.55%) Python
2 14 (9.03%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.52%) MATLAB
4 4 (2.58%) Bash
5 2 (1.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (34.84%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (27.74%) CCNP
3 24 (15.48%) Degree
4 15 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 13 (8.39%) Azure Certification
5 13 (8.39%) CCNA
6 11 (7.10%) SC Cleared
7 10 (6.45%) Master's Degree
8 8 (5.16%) AWS Certification
8 8 (5.16%) HND
9 7 (4.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (4.52%) PMI Certification
9 7 (4.52%) PMP
10 6 (3.87%) CCIE
11 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.29%) AAT
12 2 (1.29%) ACCA
12 2 (1.29%) CCSP
12 2 (1.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.52%) NIST
2 6 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 6 (3.87%) SLA
3 2 (1.29%) GDPR
3 2 (1.29%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.29%) QA
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.58%) Firmware
4 4 (2.58%) XenApp
5 3 (1.94%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.65%) Docker
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (10.97%) FortiGate
2 15 (9.68%) Ansible
3 12 (7.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (7.74%) Terraform
4 7 (4.52%) Autotask
5 3 (1.94%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.94%) SCCM
6 2 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.65%) Nagios
Vendors
1 107 (69.03%) Cisco
2 47 (30.32%) Meraki
3 39 (25.16%) Fortinet
3 39 (25.16%) Microsoft
4 28 (18.06%) Palo Alto
5 27 (17.42%) SolarWinds
6 22 (14.19%) CheckPoint
7 19 (12.26%) VMware
8 12 (7.74%) Aruba
9 11 (7.10%) Avaya
9 11 (7.10%) Zscaler
10 10 (6.45%) Extreme Networks
11 8 (5.16%) Huawei
12 7 (4.52%) Juniper
12 7 (4.52%) Polycom
13 6 (3.87%) Veeam
14 4 (2.58%) Citrix
14 4 (2.58%) IBM
14 4 (2.58%) SonicWALL
15 3 (1.94%) Dell