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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 362 526
Rank change year-on-year -43 +164 +169
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 302 740 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.75% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 5.43% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 229 487 422
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £50,250 £46,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.35% +9.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,200 £84,919 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -53 278 £65,000 +18.18% 123
UK excluding London +8 175 £53,000 +6.00% 82
Work from Home -19 94 £55,000 -4.35% 76
London -62 77 £80,000 +33.33% 48
Midlands -17 53 £53,094 +9.47% 15
South East +73 38 £45,000 -18.18% 23
West Midlands -31 38 £51,800 +6.80% 9
North of England +9 35 £57,500 -20.69% 21
South West +63 34 £52,500 +5.00% 8
North West -18 19 £53,000 -24.29% 10
East Midlands +55 15 £65,000 +85.71% 4
Yorkshire +37 15 £70,000 +12.00% 9
East of England +38 12 £56,250 +25.00% 5
Scotland +108 1 - - 6
North East +44 1 £44,500 -44.26% 3
Wales +39 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 13 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 183 (60.60%) Azure
2 58 (19.21%) AWS
3 53 (17.55%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (10.93%) Entra ID
5 32 (10.60%) GCP
6 26 (8.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (4.64%) IaaS
8 13 (4.30%) SaaS
9 12 (3.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (3.31%) GitHub
11 7 (2.32%) AWS Direct Connect
11 7 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.32%) PaaS
12 5 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.32%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.32%) Route 53
14 2 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
15 1 (0.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 277 (91.72%) WAN
2 197 (65.23%) Firewall
3 107 (35.43%) LAN
4 79 (26.16%) Wi-Fi
5 75 (24.83%) VPN
6 66 (21.85%) Network Security
7 61 (20.20%) MPLS
8 56 (18.54%) BGP
9 52 (17.22%) Cisco ISE
10 47 (15.56%) OSPF
10 47 (15.56%) Wireless
11 34 (11.26%) VLAN
12 30 (9.93%) DNS
13 28 (9.27%) Cisco Firepower
14 27 (8.94%) 5G
14 27 (8.94%) IPsec
15 26 (8.61%) Ethernet
16 24 (7.95%) DHCP
17 23 (7.62%) WLAN
18 22 (7.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.33%) MySQL
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (4.30%) Git
2 8 (2.65%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.32%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.32%) Subversion
4 2 (0.66%) GitLab
General
1 60 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (7.28%) Finance
4 19 (6.29%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (4.97%) Electronics
6 13 (4.30%) Local Government
7 10 (3.31%) Tech for Good
8 9 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.98%) Legal
8 9 (2.98%) Marketing
9 8 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.65%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.99%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.99%) Retail
12 5 (1.66%) Automotive
13 4 (1.32%) Advertising
13 4 (1.32%) Banking
13 4 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (31.46%) Network Engineer
2 67 (22.19%) Senior
3 43 (14.24%) Architect
4 41 (13.58%) Network Architect
5 38 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (9.27%) Senior Network Engineer
7 27 (8.94%) Consultant
8 26 (8.61%) Lead
9 23 (7.62%) Cisco Engineer
10 20 (6.62%) Infrastructure Manager
11 19 (6.29%) Support Engineer
12 17 (5.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 17 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (5.63%) Network Consultant
13 16 (5.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 15 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
15 14 (4.64%) 3rd Line Support
15 14 (4.64%) Technical Consultant
16 12 (3.97%) Security Consultant
17 11 (3.64%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.28%) JSON
2 12 (3.97%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.66%) SAML
4 4 (1.32%) pytest
5 2 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (28.15%) Data Centre
2 38 (12.58%) Public Cloud
3 29 (9.60%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (7.95%) Self-Driving Car
5 14 (4.64%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (3.97%) GNSS
6 12 (3.97%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.66%) IoT
7 5 (1.66%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.66%) Replication
7 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.32%) FPGA
8 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.32%) MicroBlaze
8 4 (1.32%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.32%) PKI
8 4 (1.32%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 57 (18.87%) Windows
2 33 (10.93%) Linux
3 28 (9.27%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.65%) Unix
7 5 (1.66%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (14.24%) Migration
3 42 (13.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 41 (13.58%) Network Monitoring
5 39 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (12.58%) Mentoring
7 34 (11.26%) ITIL
8 33 (10.93%) Zero Trust
9 31 (10.26%) B2B
10 27 (8.94%) Network Architecture
11 26 (8.61%) Change Management
11 26 (8.61%) Project Management
12 25 (8.28%) Due Diligence
13 24 (7.95%) Business Continuity
13 24 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (7.95%) Test Assurance
13 24 (7.95%) Test Automation
14 23 (7.62%) Load Balancing
15 22 (7.28%) Agile
15 22 (7.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (17.55%) Python
2 31 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.97%) C
3 12 (3.97%) C++
4 11 (3.64%) SQL
5 7 (2.32%) Bash
6 4 (1.32%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.32%) Perl
7 1 (0.33%) Bicep
7 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 76 (25.17%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (21.85%) CCNP
3 54 (17.88%) Security Cleared
4 47 (15.56%) SC Cleared
5 37 (12.25%) Degree
6 23 (7.62%) CCIE
6 23 (7.62%) CCNA
7 15 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (4.30%) CCSA
9 10 (3.31%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.32%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.32%) HND
12 4 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.66%) JNCIA
14 2 (0.66%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.29%) PMO
2 9 (2.98%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.65%) QA
4 7 (2.32%) GDPR
5 6 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.32%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.66%) SLA
9 1 (0.33%) COBIT
9 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 49 (16.23%) Active Directory
2 32 (10.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.60%) VMware NSX
4 18 (5.96%) Firmware
5 16 (5.30%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.99%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.99%) vSphere
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 52 (17.22%) FortiGate
2 41 (13.58%) Terraform
3 35 (11.59%) Ansible
4 23 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.65%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.99%) WSUS
7 4 (1.32%) SCCM
7 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.32%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.33%) CASB
8 1 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 179 (59.27%) Cisco
2 72 (23.84%) Microsoft
3 69 (22.85%) VMware
4 59 (19.54%) CheckPoint
4 59 (19.54%) Fortinet
4 59 (19.54%) Palo Alto
5 54 (17.88%) Meraki
6 49 (16.23%) SolarWinds
7 40 (13.25%) F5
8 27 (8.94%) Google
8 27 (8.94%) Juniper
9 25 (8.28%) Blue Coat
10 24 (7.95%) Aruba
11 22 (7.28%) Citrix
12 20 (6.62%) Zscaler
13 14 (4.64%) HP
14 10 (3.31%) Infoblox
15 9 (2.98%) Avaya
16 7 (2.32%) Dynatrace
17 6 (1.99%) Extreme Networks