SD-WAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 127 239
Rank change year-on-year -31 +112 -27
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 38 128 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.85% 1.77% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.54% 12.80% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 35 98 29
10th Percentile £44,000 £25,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,800 £48,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +14.79% -23.18%
75th Percentile £99,375 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 504 1,000 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.29% 13.81% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 301 829 521
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,910 £25,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,950 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the West Midlands

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the West Midlands

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the West Midlands

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Birmingham -1 16 £92,500 +60.87% 5
Warwickshire -6 15 £49,443 +0.90% 3
Staffordshire +5 4 £52,137 +7.50%
Herefordshire - 2 - -
Coventry -7 1 £75,000 +76.47%
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 31 (81.58%) Azure
2 19 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (36.84%) AWS
4 10 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (10.53%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 34 (89.47%) WAN
2 19 (50.00%) Firewall
2 19 (50.00%) VLAN
3 14 (36.84%) Network Security
4 13 (34.21%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (15.79%) VPN
6 4 (10.53%) HTTPS
7 3 (7.89%) IPsec
8 2 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (5.26%) LAN
9 1 (2.63%) BGP
9 1 (2.63%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (2.63%) Junos
9 1 (2.63%) OSPF
9 1 (2.63%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.63%) VoIP
General
1 10 (26.32%) Tech for Good
2 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (10.53%) Police
3 2 (5.26%) Retail
3 2 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
4 1 (2.63%) Local Government
4 1 (2.63%) Marketing
4 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Network Engineer
2 15 (39.47%) Senior
3 10 (26.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Healthcare Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Infrastructure Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Programme Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Senior Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Senior Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Senior Programme Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Migration Manager
6 2 (5.26%) Data Migration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Windows
1 4 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Network Monitoring
2 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (26.32%) Programme Management
3 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (15.79%) ITSM
4 6 (15.79%) Load Balancing
4 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
4 6 (15.79%) Service Management
4 6 (15.79%) Supplier Management
5 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.16%) Migration
6 4 (10.53%) Cost Management
6 4 (10.53%) Cost Optimisation
6 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (10.53%) Privileged Identity Management
6 4 (10.53%) Proactive Management
6 4 (10.53%) Security Operations
6 4 (10.53%) Threat Management
6 4 (10.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
4 4 (10.53%) CCNP
4 4 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (10.53%) Degree
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.89%) CCNA
6 1 (2.63%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 4 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Firmware
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Cisco
2 15 (39.47%) SolarWinds
3 6 (15.79%) Avaya
3 6 (15.79%) Zscaler
4 4 (10.53%) Juniper
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.89%) Palo Alto
6 2 (5.26%) Aruba
6 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
6 2 (5.26%) F5
6 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.63%) ADVA
7 1 (2.63%) Dell
7 1 (2.63%) Mitel
7 1 (2.63%) VMware