Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 364 521
Rank change year-on-year -54 +157 +156
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 311 737 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.74% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.33% 5.47% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 221 486 408
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,025
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £55,000 £60,063
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -8.43% +0.98%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £84,919 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,344 13,473 15,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.83% 13.58% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 9,395 7,904
10th Percentile £23,527 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £66,188 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 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
England -75 285 £64,000 +16.36% 180
UK excluding London -15 184 £52,500 +5.00% 122
Work from Home -66 101 £52,500 -12.50% 105
London -46 75 £80,000 +33.33% 82
Midlands -11 60 £52,387 +8.01% 21
West Midlands -21 43 £51,500 +6.19% 13
South East +59 39 £45,000 -18.18% 46
South West +49 35 £51,250 +2.50% 10
North of England -24 34 £57,500 -20.69% 36
North West -46 20 £56,250 -19.64% 18
East Midlands +40 17 £65,000 +85.71% 5
Yorkshire +34 13 £70,000 +7.69% 16
East of England +23 13 £56,250 +25.00% 5
Scotland +91 1 - - 4
North East +39 1 £44,500 -44.26% 3
Wales +37 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.96%) Blender
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 189 (60.77%) Azure
2 77 (24.76%) AWS
3 50 (16.08%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (14.79%) Entra ID
5 33 (10.61%) GCP
6 27 (8.68%) IaaS
7 26 (8.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (8.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 25 (8.04%) SaaS
9 22 (7.07%) PaaS
10 20 (6.43%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (5.14%) Azure AI
11 16 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (5.14%) Azure Key Vault
11 16 (5.14%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (5.14%) Power Automate
11 16 (5.14%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.54%) AWS Direct Connect
12 11 (3.54%) GitHub
13 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 291 (93.57%) WAN
2 198 (63.67%) Firewall
3 101 (32.48%) LAN
4 81 (26.05%) VPN
5 75 (24.12%) Wi-Fi
6 59 (18.97%) Network Security
7 58 (18.65%) MPLS
8 54 (17.36%) BGP
9 52 (16.72%) DNS
10 51 (16.40%) Cisco ISE
11 47 (15.11%) OSPF
12 40 (12.86%) Wireless
13 35 (11.25%) VLAN
14 33 (10.61%) 5G
15 30 (9.65%) Cisco Firepower
16 27 (8.68%) Ethernet
17 25 (8.04%) WLAN
18 24 (7.72%) IPsec
19 23 (7.40%) DHCP
20 22 (7.07%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.14%) Data Lake
1 16 (5.14%) MySQL
1 16 (5.14%) Power BI
2 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (0.96%) QGIS
2 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (9.00%) Git
2 8 (2.57%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.29%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.29%) Subversion
4 3 (0.96%) GitLab
General
1 66 (21.22%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.75%) Finance
3 21 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (4.82%) Electronics
5 10 (3.22%) Marketing
5 10 (3.22%) Tech for Good
6 9 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.89%) Local Government
7 8 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.57%) Retail
7 8 (2.57%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.25%) Legal
8 7 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.93%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.61%) Advertising
10 5 (1.61%) Automotive
11 4 (1.29%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.96%) Military
12 3 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 88 (28.30%) Network Engineer
2 60 (19.29%) Senior
3 52 (16.72%) Architect
4 40 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (11.58%) Network Architect
6 30 (9.65%) Lead
7 25 (8.04%) Senior Network Engineer
8 24 (7.72%) Cisco Engineer
8 24 (7.72%) Consultant
9 22 (7.07%) Support Engineer
10 21 (6.75%) Infrastructure Manager
11 17 (5.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (5.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 17 (5.47%) Network Consultant
12 16 (5.14%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (5.14%) Cloud Architect
12 16 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.82%) Technical Consultant
14 14 (4.50%) 3rd Line Support
15 13 (4.18%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.36%) JSON
2 13 (4.18%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.29%) pytest
4 3 (0.96%) YAML
5 2 (0.64%) SAML
6 1 (0.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (30.55%) Data Centre
2 37 (11.90%) Public Cloud
3 30 (9.65%) Self-Driving Car
4 25 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.14%) GNSS
5 16 (5.14%) NHS
6 13 (4.18%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.86%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.25%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.93%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.61%) IoT
10 5 (1.61%) Mobile Computing
10 5 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.61%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) MicroBlaze
11 4 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.33%) Windows
2 34 (10.93%) Linux
3 29 (9.32%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (3.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.57%) Unix
7 5 (1.61%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (17.04%) Migration
3 51 (16.40%) B2B
4 46 (14.79%) ITIL
5 43 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (12.54%) Network Monitoring
7 39 (12.54%) Project Management
8 38 (12.22%) Agile
9 32 (10.29%) Mentoring
10 31 (9.97%) Zero Trust
11 30 (9.65%) Test Automation
12 29 (9.32%) Service Management
13 28 (9.00%) Roadmaps
14 27 (8.68%) Change Management
15 26 (8.36%) Due Diligence
16 25 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence
16 25 (8.04%) Network Architecture
16 25 (8.04%) Network Virtualisation
16 25 (8.04%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 63 (20.26%) Python
2 46 (14.79%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.68%) SQL
4 18 (5.79%) C++
5 16 (5.14%) Bicep
6 12 (3.86%) C
7 10 (3.22%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.25%) Bash
9 4 (1.29%) Perl
10 1 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 68 (21.86%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (19.61%) CCNP
3 57 (18.33%) Security Cleared
4 51 (16.40%) SC Cleared
5 43 (13.83%) Degree
6 25 (8.04%) Azure Certification
7 23 (7.40%) CCIE
8 21 (6.75%) CCNA
9 16 (5.14%) DBS Check
10 15 (4.82%) CCSA
11 12 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.89%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.29%) HND
14 4 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.96%) CCSE
15 3 (0.96%) CISSP
15 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.47%) PMO
2 8 (2.57%) QA
3 7 (2.25%) GDPR
3 7 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.25%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.93%) ISO 9000
4 6 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.29%) NIST
6 4 (1.29%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
System Software
1 46 (14.79%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (9.65%) VMware NSX
4 21 (6.75%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.82%) Hyper-V
6 13 (4.18%) Firmware
7 9 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.96%) vSphere
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 47 (15.11%) FortiGate
2 43 (13.83%) Terraform
3 38 (12.22%) Ansible
4 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.47%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.89%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.61%) SCCM
8 5 (1.61%) WSUS
9 4 (1.29%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.32%) CASB
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.32%) Nagios
Vendors
1 175 (56.27%) Cisco
2 68 (21.86%) VMware
3 66 (21.22%) Microsoft
4 65 (20.90%) Meraki
5 62 (19.94%) CheckPoint
6 60 (19.29%) Fortinet
7 50 (16.08%) Palo Alto
8 48 (15.43%) SolarWinds
9 39 (12.54%) F5
10 28 (9.00%) Google
11 26 (8.36%) Blue Coat
12 24 (7.72%) Juniper
13 23 (7.40%) Citrix
14 22 (7.07%) Aruba
15 18 (5.79%) Zscaler
16 16 (5.14%) Databricks
17 14 (4.50%) HP
18 11 (3.54%) Dynatrace
18 11 (3.54%) Infoblox
19 9 (2.89%) Avaya