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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 519 689
Rank change year-on-year +152 +170 -104
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 736 545 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.54% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.44% 3.45% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 484 410 469
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,400 £37,350
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,063 £58,383
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +2.88% -6.59%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +219 672 £55,000 - 112
UK excluding London +98 435 £50,000 - 70
Work from Home +119 345 £58,850 -15.93% 54
London +191 255 £60,000 -7.69% 50
Midlands +77 139 £48,500 +14.79% 19
West Midlands +91 130 £48,500 +14.79% 13
North of England +79 109 £72,500 +52.63% 15
South West +39 93 £50,000 +14.29% 9
South East -1 79 £55,000 - 13
North West +39 71 £70,000 +34.62% 10
Yorkshire +101 46 £62,500 +38.89% 4
East of England +23 32 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Scotland -55 21 £50,000 -38.46% 10
East Midlands -13 9 £35,000 -41.67% 6
North East 0 7 £79,842 +79.38% 1
Wales - 2 £35,000 -

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
1 132 (17.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.77%) IIS
4 8 (1.09%) CMS
4 8 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 264 (35.87%) Azure
2 216 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
3 118 (16.03%) AWS
4 56 (7.61%) Entra ID
5 48 (6.52%) IaaS
6 44 (5.98%) PaaS
7 35 (4.76%) GCP
8 28 (3.80%) SaaS
9 11 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.49%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (1.36%) Mimecast
11 9 (1.22%) GitHub
12 8 (1.09%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.95%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.95%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (0.95%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 1 (0.14%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 669 (90.90%) WAN
2 285 (38.72%) Firewall
3 244 (33.15%) LAN
4 214 (29.08%) Wireless
5 144 (19.57%) MPLS
6 133 (18.07%) BGP
7 117 (15.90%) VPN
8 115 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (14.40%) OSPF
10 101 (13.72%) Cisco IOS
11 93 (12.64%) DNS
12 91 (12.36%) WebEx
13 84 (11.41%) Network Security
14 78 (10.60%) WLAN
15 62 (8.42%) DHCP
16 59 (8.02%) VLAN
17 58 (7.88%) TCP/IP
18 51 (6.93%) Cisco Firepower
19 48 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
20 41 (5.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.54%) Big Data
5 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.95%) GitLab
1 7 (0.95%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.41%) JIRA
3 3 (0.41%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 224 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 74 (10.05%) Finance
3 51 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (3.67%) Retail
6 25 (3.40%) Law
7 21 (2.85%) Electronics
8 20 (2.72%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (1.90%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.82%) Local Government
12 6 (0.82%) Marketing
13 5 (0.68%) Legal
14 4 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.54%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Publishing
14 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 174 (23.64%) Network Engineer
2 130 (17.66%) Senior
3 116 (15.76%) Architect
4 108 (14.67%) IT Support
5 101 (13.72%) Analyst
6 93 (12.64%) IT Support Specialist
6 93 (12.64%) Support Specialist
7 80 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 77 (10.46%) Network Analyst
9 55 (7.47%) Security Architect
10 54 (7.34%) Operations Analyst
11 53 (7.20%) Lead
11 53 (7.20%) Network Operations Analyst
12 52 (7.07%) Senior Network Engineer
13 44 (5.98%) Senior Architect
14 39 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (4.89%) Cisco Architect
15 36 (4.89%) Senior Cisco Architect
16 29 (3.94%) IT Engineer
17 28 (3.80%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.45%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.22%) SAML
3 7 (0.95%) YAML
4 6 (0.82%) HTML
5 5 (0.68%) XMPP
6 2 (0.27%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.14%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 138 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 102 (13.86%) Video Conferencing
3 91 (12.36%) Wiki
4 56 (7.61%) Management Information System
5 38 (5.16%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 31 (4.21%) Driving Licence
8 21 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.72%) GNSS
10 16 (2.17%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.90%) Replication
12 12 (1.63%) PKI
12 12 (1.63%) PMI
13 11 (1.49%) FPGA
14 8 (1.09%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.09%) MicroBlaze
14 8 (1.09%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.09%) Robotics
14 8 (1.09%) VHDL
15 7 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 222 (30.16%) Windows
2 107 (14.54%) Windows 10
3 93 (12.64%) Android
4 73 (9.92%) Windows Server
5 69 (9.38%) Linux
6 21 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.54%) Unix
8 4 (0.54%) VMS
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (16.58%) Computer Science
2 115 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 111 (15.08%) Cybersecurity
4 101 (13.72%) Business Continuity
4 101 (13.72%) Project Delivery
5 98 (13.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 98 (13.32%) Presales
6 94 (12.77%) Contract Negotiation
7 92 (12.50%) BCP
8 91 (12.36%) Application Virtualisation
8 91 (12.36%) Business Continuity Planning
9 84 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (9.51%) ITIL
10 70 (9.51%) Project Management
11 63 (8.56%) Mentoring
12 60 (8.15%) Information Security
13 54 (7.34%) Disaster Recovery
14 49 (6.66%) Customer Engagement
15 46 (6.25%) Agile
15 46 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.57%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.35%) SQL
3 19 (2.58%) C++
3 19 (2.58%) Python
4 14 (1.90%) MATLAB
5 11 (1.49%) Perl
6 8 (1.09%) C
6 8 (1.09%) Tcl
6 8 (1.09%) VB
7 6 (0.82%) C#
8 4 (0.54%) Bash
Qualifications
1 248 (33.70%) Cisco Certification
2 186 (25.27%) Degree
3 164 (22.28%) CCNP
4 155 (21.06%) CCNA
5 100 (13.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 91 (12.36%) Master's Degree
7 62 (8.42%) Security Cleared
8 52 (7.07%) CCIE
9 49 (6.66%) SC Cleared
10 42 (5.71%) Azure Certification
11 41 (5.57%) AWS Certification
12 39 (5.30%) CCDP
13 36 (4.89%) CISSP
14 35 (4.76%) CCSP
15 33 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 33 (4.48%) CCSK
15 33 (4.48%) CISM
16 20 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (2.04%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.89%) NIST
2 23 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.99%) SLA
4 18 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.04%) PMO
6 13 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (1.36%) QA
8 8 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.41%) JTAG
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
System Software
1 215 (29.21%) Active Directory
2 95 (12.91%) VMware ESXi
3 91 (12.36%) Microsoft App-V
3 91 (12.36%) XenApp
3 91 (12.36%) XenDesktop
4 80 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 67 (9.10%) Hyper-V
6 35 (4.76%) Docker
7 24 (3.26%) VMware NSX
8 16 (2.17%) Firmware
9 8 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.82%) vSphere
12 4 (0.54%) pfSense
13 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 99 (13.45%) SCCM
2 91 (12.36%) AirWatch
3 57 (7.74%) FortiGate
4 48 (6.52%) Kubernetes
5 44 (5.98%) Single Sign-On
6 40 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (4.76%) Terraform
8 27 (3.67%) Stealthwatch
9 23 (3.13%) Ansible
10 20 (2.72%) WSUS
11 17 (2.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.04%) CASB
13 12 (1.63%) Opsgenie
13 12 (1.63%) VxRail
13 12 (1.63%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
16 5 (0.68%) Nagios
17 4 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
18 3 (0.41%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 428 (58.15%) Cisco
2 288 (39.13%) Microsoft
3 150 (20.38%) Meraki
4 115 (15.63%) VMware
5 114 (15.49%) Citrix
6 101 (13.72%) Fortinet
7 60 (8.15%) Juniper
8 53 (7.20%) SolarWinds
9 41 (5.57%) CheckPoint
10 36 (4.89%) Adobe
10 36 (4.89%) Apple
11 35 (4.76%) Aruba
11 35 (4.76%) Palo Alto
12 27 (3.67%) NetApp
13 21 (2.85%) F5
14 19 (2.58%) Dell
15 13 (1.77%) Draytek
15 13 (1.77%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.09%) Ekahau
16 8 (1.09%) Xilinx