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 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 389 463 637
Rank change year-on-year +74 +174 +36
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 584 513 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.64% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.25% 3.95% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 398 418 627
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,094 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% -6.82% -8.33%

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 11,133 12,974 22,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.32% 16.08% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,152 7,381 12,357
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £38,367
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,083 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Top 16 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 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
England +86 526 £57,500 +4.55% 61
UK excluding London +61 378 £50,500 -1.46% 52
Work from Home +64 302 £65,000 +18.18% 23
London +63 156 £70,000 +3.70% 18
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
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 33 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.37%) IIS
3 8 (1.37%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.86%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) Mattermost
Applications
1 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 229 (39.21%) Azure
2 104 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (15.58%) AWS
4 45 (7.71%) PaaS
5 44 (7.53%) IaaS
6 43 (7.36%) Entra ID
7 31 (5.31%) SaaS
8 30 (5.14%) GCP
9 15 (2.57%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.23%) Mimecast
11 12 (2.05%) GitHub
12 11 (1.88%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.20%) Azure API Management
14 7 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.86%) AWS Direct Connect
16 4 (0.68%) OneDrive
17 3 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
18 2 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 533 (91.27%) WAN
2 295 (50.51%) Firewall
3 190 (32.53%) LAN
4 115 (19.69%) Network Security
5 107 (18.32%) Wi-Fi
6 103 (17.64%) VPN
6 103 (17.64%) Wireless
7 98 (16.78%) MPLS
8 85 (14.55%) BGP
9 77 (13.18%) DNS
10 73 (12.50%) OSPF
11 70 (11.99%) Cisco Firepower
12 56 (9.59%) VLAN
13 51 (8.73%) DHCP
14 49 (8.39%) WLAN
15 42 (7.19%) 5G
16 40 (6.85%) TCP/IP
17 34 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
18 31 (5.31%) Cisco ISE
19 29 (4.97%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.86%) MySQL
3 4 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.51%) Big Data
5 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (1.37%) GitLab
2 7 (1.20%) Katalon Studio
3 4 (0.68%) Git
3 4 (0.68%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.51%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.34%) JIRA
6 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.19%) Finance
3 41 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (4.62%) Law
6 25 (4.28%) Electronics
7 18 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.08%) Retail
8 15 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.40%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.54%) Legal
12 5 (0.86%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.68%) Japanese Language
13 4 (0.68%) Police
14 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.51%) Marketing
14 3 (0.51%) Publishing
14 3 (0.51%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 161 (27.57%) Network Engineer
2 153 (26.20%) Senior
3 109 (18.66%) Architect
4 68 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 62 (10.62%) Security Architect
6 56 (9.59%) Senior Network Engineer
7 54 (9.25%) Lead
8 52 (8.90%) Analyst
9 51 (8.73%) Cisco Architect
9 51 (8.73%) Senior Architect
9 51 (8.73%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 49 (8.39%) Consultant
11 39 (6.68%) Network Analyst
12 36 (6.16%) Cisco Security Architect
12 36 (6.16%) Senior Security Architect
13 35 (5.99%) Network Consultant
14 33 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (4.62%) Senior Consultant
16 26 (4.45%) Senior Network Consultant
16 26 (4.45%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.25%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.54%) SAML
3 7 (1.20%) YAML
4 4 (0.68%) pytest
5 3 (0.51%) XMPP
6 2 (0.34%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.34%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.17%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.17%) JSON
7 1 (0.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (23.80%) Data Centre
2 49 (8.39%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.65%) Public Cloud
4 30 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 17 (2.91%) Security Posture
7 16 (2.74%) GNSS
8 14 (2.40%) Driving Licence
8 14 (2.40%) Replication
9 12 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.88%) FPGA
11 10 (1.71%) Robotics
12 8 (1.37%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.37%) MicroBlaze
12 8 (1.37%) VHDL
13 7 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
13 7 (1.20%) FMCG
14 6 (1.03%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 103 (17.64%) Windows
2 64 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.71%) Linux
4 19 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.57%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.03%) Unix
8 5 (0.86%) Android
8 5 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.68%) VMS
9 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.51%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (17.12%) Presales
3 93 (15.92%) Project Delivery
4 91 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 67 (11.47%) Customer Engagement
5 67 (11.47%) ITIL
6 65 (11.13%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (10.79%) Mentoring
7 63 (10.79%) Time Management
8 53 (9.08%) Information Security
8 53 (9.08%) Project Management
9 51 (8.73%) Software Licensing
10 49 (8.39%) Agile
11 48 (8.22%) Network Management
12 44 (7.53%) Service Delivery
13 42 (7.19%) Analytics
13 42 (7.19%) B2B
14 40 (6.85%) Migration
14 40 (6.85%) Test Automation
15 39 (6.68%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.85%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.11%) SQL
3 19 (3.25%) Python
4 16 (2.74%) C++
5 15 (2.57%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.37%) C
6 8 (1.37%) Perl
6 8 (1.37%) Tcl
6 8 (1.37%) VB
7 1 (0.17%) Bash
7 1 (0.17%) Go
7 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 219 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 148 (25.34%) CCNP
3 122 (20.89%) CCNA
4 112 (19.18%) Degree
5 74 (12.67%) Security Cleared
6 48 (8.22%) CCIE
7 44 (7.53%) SC Cleared
8 31 (5.31%) Azure Certification
9 29 (4.97%) CISSP
10 28 (4.79%) AWS Certification
11 24 (4.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 24 (4.11%) CCSK
11 24 (4.11%) CCSP
11 24 (4.11%) CISM
12 20 (3.42%) CCDP
13 18 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (2.57%) DV Cleared
15 13 (2.23%) CCSA
16 12 (2.05%) CCIE Routing and Switching
17 11 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.45%) NIST
2 25 (4.28%) SLA
3 20 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.05%) PMO
5 9 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.54%) GDPR
5 9 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 7 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.86%) QA
8 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.51%) JTAG
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 94 (16.10%) Active Directory
2 70 (11.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (6.51%) VMware NSX
4 30 (5.14%) Hyper-V
5 27 (4.62%) Docker
6 18 (3.08%) Firmware
7 8 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (1.03%) vSphere
9 4 (0.68%) pfSense
10 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (10.62%) FortiGate
2 41 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.16%) Stealthwatch
4 35 (5.99%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 32 (5.48%) Terraform
7 21 (3.60%) Ansible
7 21 (3.60%) WSUS
8 17 (2.91%) CASB
9 11 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (1.88%) SCCM
10 6 (1.03%) Opsgenie
10 6 (1.03%) VxRail
10 6 (1.03%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.51%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.51%) Nagios
11 3 (0.51%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.51%) ZENworks
12 2 (0.34%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 351 (60.10%) Cisco
2 173 (29.62%) Microsoft
3 153 (26.20%) Meraki
4 119 (20.38%) Fortinet
5 105 (17.98%) VMware
6 57 (9.76%) Palo Alto
7 54 (9.25%) Apple
8 52 (8.90%) SolarWinds
9 51 (8.73%) Adobe
10 46 (7.88%) Juniper
11 45 (7.71%) CheckPoint
12 43 (7.36%) Aruba
13 39 (6.68%) F5
14 22 (3.77%) NetApp
15 20 (3.42%) Dell
16 17 (2.91%) Zscaler
17 11 (1.88%) Infoblox
18 10 (1.71%) HP
18 10 (1.71%) Veeam
19 9 (1.54%) Citrix