Software-Defined Networking Jobs

Software-Defined Networking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 853 911 1099
Rank change year-on-year +58 +188 -264
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 58 88 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.085% 0.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.43% 0.55% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 46 52 72
10th Percentile £39,375 £44,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +33.33% +5.71%
75th Percentile £70,044 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Software-Defined Networking 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 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £43,500 £45,000 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
UK excluding London -7 55 £52,500 - 16
England +79 53 £52,500 -4.55% 15
North of England +47 24 £47,500 -9.25% 2
South West -33 19 £80,000 +77.78% 1
Work from Home +22 15 £50,000 -37.50% 11
Yorkshire +95 11 £42,500 -18.55% 2
North West +17 11 £52,500 -
East of England +26 6 £52,500 -6.67% 2
Midlands +19 3 £65,050 -27.72% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £65,000 -
West Midlands +17 2 £70,025 -22.19% 1
North East -2 2 £39,000 +1.30%
London +111 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -

Software-Defined Networking
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 8 (13.79%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.72%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.14%) AWS
2 13 (22.41%) Azure
3 12 (20.69%) GCP
4 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.34%) OCI
5 5 (8.62%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (5.17%) IaaS
7 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.93%) Wireless
2 19 (32.76%) WAN
3 14 (24.14%) Firewall
3 14 (24.14%) Network Security
4 13 (22.41%) LAN
5 12 (20.69%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (18.97%) WLAN
7 8 (13.79%) NGFW
7 8 (13.79%) SD-WAN
7 8 (13.79%) VLAN
8 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (10.34%) Unified Communications
9 6 (10.34%) VPN
10 5 (8.62%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (8.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (6.90%) Internet
12 2 (3.45%) OpenFlow
13 1 (1.72%) DHCP
13 1 (1.72%) DNS
13 1 (1.72%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) IntelliJ
General
1 12 (20.69%) Aerospace
2 11 (18.97%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 32 (55.17%) Network Engineer
2 16 (27.59%) Senior
3 14 (24.14%) Architect
4 12 (20.69%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Network Systems Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 4 (6.90%) Lead
8 4 (6.90%) Network Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Security Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Team Leader
8 4 (6.90%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) OpenDaylight
2 1 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.72%) Hibernate
2 1 (1.72%) JSON
2 1 (1.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.34%) CCTV
3 5 (8.62%) PropTech
3 5 (8.62%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.90%) IoT
5 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Linux
2 6 (10.34%) Debian
2 6 (10.34%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.45%) Windows
4 1 (1.72%) Unix
4 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Network Architecture
2 18 (31.03%) Cloud Security
3 16 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (18.97%) Network Monitoring
4 11 (18.97%) Roadmaps
5 10 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (15.52%) Actionable Insight
6 9 (15.52%) Agile
6 9 (15.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
8 7 (12.07%) Data Centre Operations
8 7 (12.07%) ITIL
8 7 (12.07%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 6 (10.34%) Configuration Management
9 6 (10.34%) Data Protection
9 6 (10.34%) DevOps
9 6 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (10.34%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Shell Script
2 5 (8.62%) Python
3 2 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.86%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (17.24%) CCNP
5 5 (8.62%) CCIE
5 5 (8.62%) CCNA
6 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (12.07%) VMware NSX
3 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Ansible
1 6 (10.34%) ZABBIX
2 5 (8.62%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (8.62%) Opsview
2 5 (8.62%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.72%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) Kibana
3 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (58.62%) Cisco
2 24 (41.38%) VMware
3 17 (29.31%) Palo Alto
4 14 (24.14%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.34%) Google
5 6 (10.34%) Oracle
5 6 (10.34%) Red Hat
6 5 (8.62%) Meraki
7 2 (3.45%) Aruba
8 1 (1.72%) Solace
8 1 (1.72%) TIBCO