SD-WAN Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 539 653
Rank change year-on-year +192 +114 -74
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 675 418 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.60% 2.98% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 433 315 431
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,898 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -6.84% -6.40%
75th Percentile £70,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,300 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,063 £59,483
% change year-on-year -8.43% +0.98% -4.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SD-WAN 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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,050 14,014 17,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 15.80% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,523 7,180 10,349
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,394 £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 £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in England.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London +201 255 £60,000 -7.69% 44
Midlands +85 138 £48,500 +14.79% 19
West Midlands +100 129 £48,500 +14.79% 14
North of England +66 110 £72,500 +52.63% 17
South West +38 97 £50,000 +14.29% 7
South East +4 80 £55,000 - 12
North West +30 72 £70,000 +34.62% 9
Yorkshire +101 47 £65,000 +44.44% 7
East of England +9 33 £45,000 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -14 9 £35,000 -41.67% 5
North East +1 7 £79,842 +79.38% 1
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 128 (18.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.93%) IIS
4 8 (1.19%) CMS
4 8 (1.19%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 232 (34.37%) Azure
2 202 (29.93%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (14.22%) AWS
4 54 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 31 (4.59%) IaaS
6 28 (4.15%) SaaS
7 26 (3.85%) PaaS
8 21 (3.11%) GCP
9 12 (1.78%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.33%) GitHub
12 8 (1.19%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.19%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (1.04%) Azure API Management
13 7 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (1.04%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 614 (90.96%) WAN
2 259 (38.37%) Firewall
3 221 (32.74%) LAN
4 194 (28.74%) Wireless
5 141 (20.89%) MPLS
6 129 (19.11%) BGP
7 111 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
8 102 (15.11%) OSPF
9 98 (14.52%) Cisco IOS
9 98 (14.52%) VPN
10 94 (13.93%) DNS
11 88 (13.04%) WebEx
12 72 (10.67%) WLAN
13 71 (10.52%) Network Security
14 63 (9.33%) DHCP
15 59 (8.74%) TCP/IP
16 57 (8.44%) VLAN
17 52 (7.70%) Cisco Firepower
18 44 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
19 38 (5.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.04%) GitLab
1 7 (1.04%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.44%) JIRA
4 2 (0.30%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 202 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 70 (10.37%) Finance
3 47 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (3.85%) Law
6 24 (3.56%) Retail
7 21 (3.11%) Electronics
8 15 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.93%) Public Sector
11 12 (1.78%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.89%) Local Government
14 5 (0.74%) Legal
15 4 (0.59%) Japanese Language
15 4 (0.59%) Police
15 4 (0.59%) Publishing
16 3 (0.44%) Marketing
16 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 177 (26.22%) Network Engineer
2 129 (19.11%) Senior
3 102 (15.11%) IT Support
4 97 (14.37%) Analyst
5 94 (13.93%) Architect
6 90 (13.33%) IT Support Specialist
6 90 (13.33%) Support Specialist
7 73 (10.81%) Network Analyst
8 71 (10.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 55 (8.15%) Security Architect
10 54 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
11 53 (7.85%) Lead
12 50 (7.41%) Operations Analyst
13 49 (7.26%) Network Operations Analyst
14 43 (6.37%) Senior Architect
15 36 (5.33%) Cisco Architect
15 36 (5.33%) Senior Cisco Architect
16 30 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (4.15%) WAN Engineer
18 27 (4.00%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.67%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.33%) SAML
3 7 (1.04%) YAML
4 6 (0.89%) HTML
5 5 (0.74%) XMPP
6 2 (0.30%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 116 (17.19%) Data Centre
2 99 (14.67%) Video Conferencing
3 88 (13.04%) Wiki
4 51 (7.56%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 30 (4.44%) Driving Licence
7 20 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.81%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.52%) GNSS
10 13 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.78%) PKI
11 12 (1.78%) PMI
12 11 (1.63%) FPGA
13 8 (1.19%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.19%) MicroBlaze
13 8 (1.19%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.19%) Robotics
13 8 (1.19%) VHDL
14 7 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.04%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 203 (30.07%) Windows
2 104 (15.41%) Windows 10
3 90 (13.33%) Android
4 60 (8.89%) Windows Server
5 48 (7.11%) Linux
6 21 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.59%) VMS
9 3 (0.44%) Unix
9 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (17.19%) Computer Science
2 104 (15.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 100 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 95 (14.07%) Business Continuity
4 95 (14.07%) Mobile Device Management
5 92 (13.63%) Presales
6 89 (13.19%) BCP
7 88 (13.04%) Application Virtualisation
7 88 (13.04%) Business Continuity Planning
7 88 (13.04%) Contract Negotiation
8 87 (12.89%) Project Delivery
9 82 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (9.78%) ITIL
11 59 (8.74%) Project Management
12 55 (8.15%) Information Security
13 51 (7.56%) Customer Engagement
14 47 (6.96%) Agile
15 46 (6.81%) Time Management
16 45 (6.67%) Mentoring
17 38 (5.63%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 38 (5.63%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.74%) SQL
3 16 (2.37%) C++
4 14 (2.07%) Python
5 13 (1.93%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.19%) C
6 8 (1.19%) Perl
6 8 (1.19%) Tcl
6 8 (1.19%) VB
7 6 (0.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 215 (31.85%) Cisco Certification
2 177 (26.22%) Degree
3 151 (22.37%) CCNP
4 133 (19.70%) CCNA
5 97 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 88 (13.04%) Master's Degree
7 52 (7.70%) Security Cleared
8 48 (7.11%) CCIE
9 41 (6.07%) AWS Certification
10 40 (5.93%) SC Cleared
11 38 (5.63%) Azure Certification
12 36 (5.33%) CCDP
13 34 (5.04%) CCSP
14 33 (4.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 33 (4.89%) CCSK
14 33 (4.89%) CISM
14 33 (4.89%) CISSP
15 17 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.93%) PMI Certification
17 11 (1.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.33%) NIST
2 20 (2.96%) SLA
3 16 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 12 (1.78%) PMO
6 10 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.48%) QA
7 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.44%) JTAG
10 1 (0.15%) IASME
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 208 (30.81%) Active Directory
2 92 (13.63%) VMware ESXi
3 88 (13.04%) Microsoft App-V
3 88 (13.04%) XenApp
3 88 (13.04%) XenDesktop
4 68 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 66 (9.78%) Hyper-V
6 34 (5.04%) Docker
7 16 (2.37%) Firmware
8 13 (1.93%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.89%) vSphere
12 4 (0.59%) pfSense
13 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 96 (14.22%) SCCM
2 88 (13.04%) AirWatch
3 44 (6.52%) FortiGate
3 44 (6.52%) Single Sign-On
4 43 (6.37%) Kubernetes
5 35 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 27 (4.00%) Stealthwatch
7 20 (2.96%) WSUS
8 17 (2.52%) Terraform
9 16 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (2.22%) CASB
11 12 (1.78%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.78%) VxRail
11 12 (1.78%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.33%) Ansible
13 7 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (0.74%) Nagios
16 4 (0.59%) BMC PATROL
17 3 (0.44%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 390 (57.78%) Cisco
2 273 (40.44%) Microsoft
3 144 (21.33%) Meraki
4 111 (16.44%) Citrix
5 103 (15.26%) VMware
6 84 (12.44%) Fortinet
7 51 (7.56%) SolarWinds
8 45 (6.67%) Juniper
9 41 (6.07%) CheckPoint
10 36 (5.33%) Adobe
10 36 (5.33%) Apple
11 32 (4.74%) Aruba
12 31 (4.59%) Palo Alto
13 21 (3.11%) F5
14 20 (2.96%) Dell
15 14 (2.07%) NetApp
15 14 (2.07%) Zscaler
16 13 (1.93%) Draytek
17 8 (1.19%) Ekahau
17 8 (1.19%) Motorola