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 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 845 889 1110
Rank change year-on-year +44 +221 -267
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 57 83 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.082% 0.076%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.42% 0.53% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46 48 71
10th Percentile £39,375 £45,500 £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 13,519 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%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 13 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 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
UK excluding London +9 56 £52,500 - 14
England +90 53 £52,500 -5.83% 12
North of England +66 24 £47,500 -9.25% 1
South West -31 20 £80,000 +77.78% 2
Work from Home +20 15 £50,000 -37.50% 8
Yorkshire +95 11 £42,500 -18.55% 1
North West +20 11 £52,500 -
East of England +24 6 £52,500 -6.67% 2
Midlands -8 3 £65,050 -27.72% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £65,000 -
West Midlands +13 2 £70,025 -22.19% 1
North East -3 2 £39,000 +1.30%
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 7 (12.28%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.75%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) AWS
2 13 (22.81%) Azure
3 12 (21.05%) GCP
4 6 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.53%) OCI
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (5.26%) IaaS
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (38.60%) Wireless
2 19 (33.33%) WAN
3 15 (26.32%) Firewall
4 14 (24.56%) Network Security
5 13 (22.81%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (22.81%) LAN
6 11 (19.30%) WLAN
7 8 (14.04%) NGFW
7 8 (14.04%) SD-WAN
7 8 (14.04%) VLAN
8 7 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (10.53%) VPN
10 5 (8.77%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (8.77%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (8.77%) Unified Communications
11 4 (7.02%) Internet
12 1 (1.75%) DHCP
12 1 (1.75%) DNS
12 1 (1.75%) OpenFlow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) IntelliJ
General
1 13 (22.81%) Aerospace
2 10 (17.54%) Finance
2 10 (17.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (8.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (57.89%) Network Engineer
2 17 (29.82%) Senior
3 14 (24.56%) Architect
4 13 (22.81%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (14.04%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (10.53%) Network Systems Engineer
6 6 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (8.77%) Security Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 4 (7.02%) Lead
8 4 (7.02%) Network Architect
8 4 (7.02%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (7.02%) Security Architect
8 4 (7.02%) Team Leader
8 4 (7.02%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.75%) Hibernate
1 1 (1.75%) JSON
1 1 (1.75%) OpenDaylight
1 1 (1.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.11%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.53%) CCTV
3 5 (8.77%) PropTech
3 5 (8.77%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.02%) IoT
5 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Linux
2 6 (10.53%) Debian
2 6 (10.53%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.51%) Windows
4 1 (1.75%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Network Architecture
2 18 (31.58%) Cloud Security
3 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (19.30%) Collaborative Working
4 11 (19.30%) Network Monitoring
4 11 (19.30%) Roadmaps
5 9 (15.79%) Agile
5 9 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (14.04%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (14.04%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 7 (12.28%) CI/CD
7 7 (12.28%) Data Centre Operations
8 6 (10.53%) Auto-Scaling
8 6 (10.53%) Bayesian Methods
8 6 (10.53%) Configuration Management
8 6 (10.53%) DevOps
8 6 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (10.53%) ITIL
8 6 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) Shell Script
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (38.60%) Security Cleared
2 19 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 15 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (17.54%) CCNP
5 5 (8.77%) CCIE
5 5 (8.77%) CCNA
6 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (43.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (14.04%) VMware NSX
3 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) Ansible
1 6 (10.53%) ZABBIX
2 5 (8.77%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (8.77%) Opsview
2 5 (8.77%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.75%) Grafana
3 1 (1.75%) Kibana
3 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (61.40%) Cisco
2 25 (43.86%) VMware
3 17 (29.82%) Palo Alto
4 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.53%) Google
5 6 (10.53%) Oracle
5 6 (10.53%) Red Hat
6 5 (8.77%) Meraki
7 2 (3.51%) Aruba
8 1 (1.75%) Solace
8 1 (1.75%) TIBCO