Software-Defined Networking Jobs

Software-Defined Networking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 836 901
Rank change year-on-year +142 +65 +208
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 17 59 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.059% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.44% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10 47 46
10th Percentile £46,475 £39,750 £47,766
25th Percentile £52,813 £43,750 £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -34.38% +33.33%
75th Percentile £81,563 £68,363 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Software-Defined Networking 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 9,344 13,473 15,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.83% 13.58% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 9,395 7,904
10th Percentile £23,527 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £66,188 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 12 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 16 May 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
UK excluding London +141 12 £60,000 +14.29% 30
England +107 11 £67,500 +28.57% 40
Work from Home +113 5 £57,500 +15.00% 35
Scotland - 3 - - 2
South East - 3 £78,750 - 15
East of England +39 2 £44,750 -14.76%
North of England +29 2 £60,000 +26.32% 11
North West -3 2 £60,000 +14.29% 8
South West +87 1 £55,000 -31.25% 2
Midlands +62 1 £90,000 +38.36% 1
West Midlands +56 1 £90,000 +28.53% 1
London - 1 £82,500 - 16

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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
1 9 (52.94%) WAN
2 6 (35.29%) SD-WAN
2 6 (35.29%) VPN
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (11.76%) Internet
4 2 (11.76%) MPLS
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
4 2 (11.76%) TACACS
4 2 (11.76%) VSAN
5 1 (5.88%) BGP
5 1 (5.88%) DMZ
5 1 (5.88%) DWDM
5 1 (5.88%) IOS XR
5 1 (5.88%) OSPF
5 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) MSI
1 1 (5.88%) Robot Framework
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Aerospace
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Games
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Senior
2 5 (29.41%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Operations Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Network Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Network Operations Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (5.88%) Jinja
2 1 (5.88%) ModSecurity
2 1 (5.88%) OpenConfig
2 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (17.65%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Operational Stability
5 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 3 (17.65%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (17.65%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) CISSP
5 2 (11.76%) CCIE
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) VCAP
5 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (41.18%) VMware NSX
2 4 (23.53%) vSphere
3 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) PowerCLI
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
1 1 (5.88%) vRealize
1 1 (5.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 1 (5.88%) WMI
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco
2 9 (52.94%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) F5
4 4 (23.53%) Fortinet
5 2 (11.76%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.88%) HP
6 1 (5.88%) Juniper
6 1 (5.88%) Meraki
6 1 (5.88%) NetApp
6 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
6 1 (5.88%) Riverbed
6 1 (5.88%) SAP
6 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow