SD-WAN Job Trends in Wales

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 82 93
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 +36
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.12% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.55% 1.37% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £48,339 £55,300
25th Percentile - £48,847 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,772 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.77% +45.32%
75th Percentile - £53,773 £67,406
90th Percentile - £54,928 £67,463
UK median annual salary £57,500 £71,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.58% +30.00% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 181 146 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 21.14% 11.13% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 149 74 107
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile - £25,563 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £36,000 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year -30.31% -16.65% -7.12%
75th Percentile £30,000 £53,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £69,880
UK median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +1.94% -1.90%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in Wales

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
South Wales +15 1 £55,000 +2.72% 2
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler