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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 525 695
Rank change year-on-year +163 +170 -112
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 740 562 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 0.54% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.43% 3.51% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 487 422 458
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £35,775
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +9.13% -6.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,623 16,032 20,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 15.41% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,516 8,186 11,814
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +215 676 £55,000 - 104
UK excluding London +99 426 £50,000 - 70
Work from Home +123 341 £57,500 -17.86% 49
London +215 267 £60,000 -7.69% 48
Midlands +102 137 £48,500 +14.79% 13
West Midlands +111 128 £48,500 +14.79% 8
North of England +52 110 £72,500 +52.63% 18
South West +41 87 £50,000 +12.68% 9
South East +4 78 £55,000 - 13
North West +28 70 £70,000 +33.33% 12
Yorkshire +101 48 £62,500 +38.89% 5
East of England +17 32 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Scotland -41 21 £50,000 -38.46% 14
North East +1 9 £79,842 +83.52% 1
East Midlands -8 9 £35,000 -41.67% 5
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 1

SD-WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 143 (19.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.62%) IIS
4 8 (1.08%) CMS
4 8 (1.08%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 267 (36.08%) Azure
2 228 (30.81%) Microsoft 365
3 120 (16.22%) AWS
4 54 (7.30%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.22%) IaaS
6 42 (5.68%) PaaS
7 36 (4.86%) GCP
8 26 (3.51%) SaaS
9 12 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.49%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (1.35%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.95%) GitHub
13 7 (0.95%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.68%) Azure API Management
14 5 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
15 2 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 1 (0.14%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 673 (90.95%) WAN
2 281 (37.97%) Firewall
3 250 (33.78%) LAN
4 225 (30.41%) Wireless
5 144 (19.46%) MPLS
6 132 (17.84%) BGP
7 120 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
8 119 (16.08%) VPN
9 115 (15.54%) Cisco IOS
10 105 (14.19%) OSPF
11 102 (13.78%) WebEx
12 91 (12.30%) DNS
13 83 (11.22%) Network Security
14 78 (10.54%) WLAN
15 64 (8.65%) DHCP
16 60 (8.11%) TCP/IP
16 60 (8.11%) VLAN
17 52 (7.03%) Cisco ISE
18 42 (5.68%) Cisco Firepower
19 40 (5.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.54%) Big Data
5 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.14%) MySQL
5 1 (0.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.68%) GitLab
1 5 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
1 5 (0.68%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.41%) JIRA
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 232 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.14%) Finance
3 51 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
4 30 (4.05%) Retail
5 23 (3.11%) Law
6 19 (2.57%) Electronics
6 19 (2.57%) Public Sector
7 18 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.03%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Marketing
12 6 (0.81%) Local Government
12 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.68%) Legal
14 4 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.54%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Publishing
15 3 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 174 (23.51%) Network Engineer
2 126 (17.03%) Senior
3 119 (16.08%) IT Support
4 109 (14.73%) Architect
5 104 (14.05%) IT Support Specialist
5 104 (14.05%) Support Specialist
6 103 (13.92%) Analyst
7 81 (10.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 79 (10.68%) Network Analyst
9 54 (7.30%) Operations Analyst
10 53 (7.16%) Network Operations Analyst
11 52 (7.03%) Senior Network Engineer
12 51 (6.89%) Lead
13 49 (6.62%) Security Architect
14 40 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (5.27%) Senior Architect
16 31 (4.19%) IT Engineer
17 30 (4.05%) Cisco Architect
17 30 (4.05%) Senior Cisco Architect
18 29 (3.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.43%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.22%) SAML
3 7 (0.95%) HTML
4 5 (0.68%) XMPP
4 5 (0.68%) YAML
5 2 (0.27%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.14%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.14%) JSON
6 1 (0.14%) OAuth
6 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 132 (17.84%) Data Centre
2 113 (15.27%) Video Conferencing
3 102 (13.78%) Wiki
4 56 (7.57%) Management Information System
5 42 (5.68%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 31 (4.19%) Driving Licence
8 22 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (2.84%) GNSS
10 14 (1.89%) Replication
10 14 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.76%) PKI
12 12 (1.62%) PMI
13 10 (1.35%) FPGA
14 8 (1.08%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (1.08%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.95%) CCTV
15 7 (0.95%) MicroBlaze
15 7 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 233 (31.49%) Windows
2 118 (15.95%) Windows 10
3 104 (14.05%) Android
4 71 (9.59%) Windows Server
5 69 (9.32%) Linux
6 21 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.81%) Unix
9 4 (0.54%) VMS
10 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (17.84%) Computer Science
2 115 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 114 (15.41%) Business Continuity
4 110 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
5 109 (14.73%) Mobile Device Management
6 105 (14.19%) Contract Negotiation
7 103 (13.92%) BCP
8 102 (13.78%) Application Virtualisation
8 102 (13.78%) Business Continuity Planning
9 96 (12.97%) Project Delivery
10 95 (12.84%) Presales
11 82 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
12 73 (9.86%) ITIL
13 70 (9.46%) Project Management
14 63 (8.51%) Information Security
15 60 (8.11%) Mentoring
16 55 (7.43%) Disaster Recovery
17 47 (6.35%) Service Delivery
18 41 (5.54%) Agile
19 40 (5.41%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.19%) SQL
3 21 (2.84%) Python
4 18 (2.43%) C++
5 15 (2.03%) MATLAB
6 11 (1.49%) Perl
7 7 (0.95%) C
7 7 (0.95%) C#
7 7 (0.95%) Tcl
7 7 (0.95%) VB
8 5 (0.68%) Bash
Qualifications
1 238 (32.16%) Cisco Certification
2 189 (25.54%) Degree
3 154 (20.81%) CCNP
4 150 (20.27%) CCNA
5 111 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 102 (13.78%) Master's Degree
7 61 (8.24%) Security Cleared
8 51 (6.89%) CCIE
9 50 (6.76%) SC Cleared
10 42 (5.68%) Azure Certification
11 41 (5.54%) AWS Certification
12 39 (5.27%) CCDP
13 37 (5.00%) CISSP
14 35 (4.73%) CCSP
15 33 (4.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 33 (4.46%) CCSK
15 33 (4.46%) CISM
16 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (2.03%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.86%) NIST
2 26 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.24%) SLA
4 20 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.03%) PMO
6 13 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 12 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.35%) QA
9 8 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.41%) JTAG
10 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
System Software
1 224 (30.27%) Active Directory
2 106 (14.32%) VMware ESXi
3 102 (13.78%) Microsoft App-V
3 102 (13.78%) XenApp
3 102 (13.78%) XenDesktop
4 81 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 69 (9.32%) Hyper-V
6 36 (4.86%) Docker
7 23 (3.11%) VMware NSX
8 15 (2.03%) Firmware
9 8 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.81%) vSphere
12 4 (0.54%) pfSense
13 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 110 (14.86%) SCCM
2 102 (13.78%) AirWatch
3 53 (7.16%) FortiGate
4 47 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 44 (5.95%) Single Sign-On
6 41 (5.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (4.59%) Terraform
8 24 (3.24%) Ansible
9 22 (2.97%) Stealthwatch
10 20 (2.70%) WSUS
11 17 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.03%) CASB
13 12 (1.62%) Opsgenie
13 12 (1.62%) VxRail
13 12 (1.62%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
14 7 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.68%) Nagios
16 4 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
17 3 (0.41%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 434 (58.65%) Cisco
2 295 (39.86%) Microsoft
3 144 (19.46%) Meraki
4 127 (17.16%) Citrix
5 116 (15.68%) VMware
6 101 (13.65%) Fortinet
7 63 (8.51%) Juniper
8 50 (6.76%) SolarWinds
9 38 (5.14%) CheckPoint
10 36 (4.86%) Aruba
11 35 (4.73%) Palo Alto
12 30 (4.05%) Adobe
12 30 (4.05%) Apple
13 27 (3.65%) NetApp
14 20 (2.70%) F5
15 18 (2.43%) Dell
16 13 (1.76%) Draytek
16 13 (1.76%) Zscaler
17 9 (1.22%) ServiceNow
18 8 (1.08%) Ekahau