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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 366 | 511 | 693 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +145 | +182 | -121 |
| Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN | 733 | 536 | 674 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.73% | 0.54% | 0.41% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 5.45% | 3.43% | 3.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 481 | 403 | 507 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £36,500 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,750 | £45,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £59,483 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +0.87% | -4.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £80,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,919 | £86,600 | £86,250 |
| 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 | 13,442 | 15,619 | 21,712 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.43% | 15.83% | 13.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,360 | 7,848 | 11,758 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £27,750 | £28,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £35,750 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £50,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.94% | -3.81% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £71,250 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,715 | £87,500 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £43,742 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.80% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SD-WAN
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.
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 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +185 | 672 | £55,000 | +0.92% | 108 |
| UK excluding London | +118 | 442 | £50,000 | - | 72 |
| Work from Home | +110 | 344 | £60,000 | -12.41% | 47 |
| London | +187 | 247 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 45 |
| Midlands | +80 | 140 | £48,500 | +14.79% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +91 | 129 | £48,500 | +14.79% | 14 |
| North of England | +93 | 113 | £72,500 | +52.63% | 16 |
| South West | +52 | 100 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 8 |
| South East | +7 | 78 | £55,000 | - | 16 |
| North West | +39 | 74 | £70,000 | +33.33% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +92 | 49 | £75,000 | +66.67% | 11 |
| East of England | +19 | 35 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 6 |
| Scotland | -53 | 20 | £50,000 | -38.46% | 11 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 11 | £35,000 | -28.21% | 3 |
| North East | -4 | 7 | £79,842 | +79.38% | |
| Wales | - | 2 | £35,000 | - |
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:
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