SD-WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 481 521
Rank change year-on-year +96 +40 -46
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 438 283 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.49% 2.61% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 297 216 255
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,625 £37,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,603 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £75,450
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,748 10,852 11,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.76% 18.20% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,064 4,738 6,524
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK excluding London

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +94 139 £48,500 +14.79% 21
West Midlands +88 130 £48,500 +14.79% 15
North of England +58 109 £72,500 +52.63% 18
South West +40 96 £50,000 +14.29% 7
South East +6 79 £55,000 - 15
North West +29 71 £70,000 +34.62% 10
Yorkshire +99 46 £62,500 +38.89% 7
East of England +8 32 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Scotland -43 21 £50,000 -38.46% 10
East Midlands -14 9 £35,000 -41.67% 6
North East -2 7 £79,842 +79.38% 1
Wales - 2 £35,000 -
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 28 (6.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.74%) IIS
4 8 (1.83%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 178 (40.64%) Azure
2 104 (23.74%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (21.00%) AWS
4 38 (8.68%) IaaS
5 36 (8.22%) PaaS
6 35 (7.99%) Entra ID
7 30 (6.85%) GCP
8 19 (4.34%) SaaS
9 12 (2.74%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.83%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.60%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.14%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.46%) AWS Direct Connect
14 2 (0.46%) GitHub
14 2 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
15 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.23%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 386 (88.13%) WAN
2 193 (44.06%) Firewall
3 128 (29.22%) LAN
4 98 (22.37%) MPLS
5 84 (19.18%) BGP
6 72 (16.44%) WLAN
7 71 (16.21%) Wireless
8 67 (15.30%) VPN
9 66 (15.07%) DNS
10 64 (14.61%) OSPF
11 58 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
12 49 (11.19%) DHCP
13 36 (8.22%) 5G
14 33 (7.53%) VLAN
15 29 (6.62%) TCP/IP
16 28 (6.39%) Cisco Firepower
16 28 (6.39%) VoIP
17 27 (6.16%) Network Security
18 25 (5.71%) SAN
19 21 (4.79%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.91%) Big Data
5 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.68%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 97 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.68%) Finance
3 34 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (4.79%) Electronics
5 21 (4.79%) Retail
6 14 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.74%) Aerospace
7 12 (2.74%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.37%) Local Government
9 4 (0.91%) Police
10 3 (0.68%) Legal
10 3 (0.68%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.46%) Law
11 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.46%) Military
12 1 (0.23%) Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 105 (23.97%) Network Engineer
2 89 (20.32%) Architect
3 84 (19.18%) Senior
4 72 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 69 (15.75%) Analyst
6 54 (12.33%) Network Analyst
6 54 (12.33%) Operations Analyst
7 53 (12.10%) Network Operations Analyst
8 50 (11.42%) Security Architect
9 43 (9.82%) Lead
9 43 (9.82%) Senior Architect
10 36 (8.22%) Cisco Architect
10 36 (8.22%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 29 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (6.39%) Senior Network Engineer
13 27 (6.16%) Senior Security Architect
14 23 (5.25%) IT Engineer
14 23 (5.25%) Lead Architect
14 23 (5.25%) Lead Security Architect
15 21 (4.79%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.46%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.46%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (20.78%) Data Centre
2 40 (9.13%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 29 (6.62%) Driving Licence
4 19 (4.34%) Public Cloud
5 18 (4.11%) GNSS
6 15 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.20%) Replication
8 12 (2.74%) PMI
9 11 (2.51%) FPGA
10 8 (1.83%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (1.83%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.83%) Robotics
10 8 (1.83%) VHDL
11 7 (1.60%) CCTV
11 7 (1.60%) Clustering
11 7 (1.60%) FMCG
12 6 (1.37%) PKI
12 6 (1.37%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 100 (22.83%) Windows
2 60 (13.70%) Linux
3 50 (11.42%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (3.20%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.91%) VMS
8 3 (0.68%) Unix
9 2 (0.46%) Android
9 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (23.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 87 (19.86%) Project Delivery
3 79 (18.04%) Cybersecurity
4 64 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (13.70%) Mentoring
6 58 (13.24%) Presales
7 51 (11.64%) Project Management
8 50 (11.42%) Customer Engagement
9 45 (10.27%) ITIL
10 44 (10.05%) Information Security
11 39 (8.90%) Time Management
12 36 (8.22%) B2B
12 36 (8.22%) Software Licensing
12 36 (8.22%) Test Assurance
12 36 (8.22%) Test Automation
13 34 (7.76%) Agile
14 30 (6.85%) Identity Management
15 29 (6.62%) Application Security
15 29 (6.62%) OWASP
15 29 (6.62%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.25%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.65%) C++
2 16 (3.65%) SQL
3 14 (3.20%) MATLAB
4 8 (1.83%) C
4 8 (1.83%) Perl
4 8 (1.83%) Tcl
4 8 (1.83%) VB
5 6 (1.37%) Python
6 1 (0.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 177 (40.41%) Cisco Certification
2 129 (29.45%) CCNA
3 104 (23.74%) CCNP
4 77 (17.58%) Degree
5 48 (10.96%) Security Cleared
6 42 (9.59%) CCIE
7 38 (8.68%) CCDP
8 37 (8.45%) AWS Certification
8 37 (8.45%) Azure Certification
8 37 (8.45%) SC Cleared
9 31 (7.08%) CISSP
10 29 (6.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 29 (6.62%) CCSK
10 29 (6.62%) CCSP
10 29 (6.62%) CISM
11 14 (3.20%) PMI Certification
12 12 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.51%) MCSE
14 9 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (2.05%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.85%) NIST
2 13 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (2.74%) PMO
4 11 (2.51%) SLA
5 8 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.14%) QA
9 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.68%) JTAG
10 1 (0.23%) IASME
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (19.41%) Active Directory
2 65 (14.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (13.70%) Hyper-V
4 31 (7.08%) Docker
5 25 (5.71%) VMware NSX
6 16 (3.65%) Firmware
7 8 (1.83%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.14%) vSphere
10 4 (0.91%) pfSense
10 4 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 39 (8.90%) FortiGate
2 37 (8.45%) Kubernetes
3 35 (7.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (7.08%) Single Sign-On
5 28 (6.39%) Terraform
6 21 (4.79%) Stealthwatch
7 20 (4.57%) Ansible
7 20 (4.57%) WSUS
8 15 (3.42%) CASB
9 12 (2.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (2.74%) Opsgenie
9 12 (2.74%) VxRail
9 12 (2.74%) ZABBIX
10 7 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (1.14%) Nagios
11 5 (1.14%) SCCM
12 4 (0.91%) BMC PATROL
13 3 (0.68%) OfficeScan
14 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.23%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 191 (43.61%) Cisco
2 132 (30.14%) Microsoft
3 91 (20.78%) VMware
4 85 (19.41%) Meraki
5 43 (9.82%) Fortinet
6 36 (8.22%) Adobe
6 36 (8.22%) Apple
7 29 (6.62%) Juniper
8 27 (6.16%) SolarWinds
9 26 (5.94%) NetApp
10 22 (5.02%) CheckPoint
11 18 (4.11%) Dell
12 13 (2.97%) Citrix
12 13 (2.97%) Draytek
13 11 (2.51%) F5
14 8 (1.83%) Altera
14 8 (1.83%) Green Hills
14 8 (1.83%) Motorola
14 8 (1.83%) Palo Alto
14 8 (1.83%) Xilinx