Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 334 | 378 | 469 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +44 | +91 | +52 |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 256 | 339 | 433 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.60% | 0.49% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.72% | 4.76% | 4.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 163 | 194 | 299 |
| 10th Percentile | £210 | £313 | £361 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £381 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £490 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.51% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £592 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £743 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.86% | -7.89% | +10.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.10 | £44.03 | £25.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.38 | £69.56 | £25.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £92.50 | £27.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -67.57% | +239.45% | -31.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.13 | £101.56 | £29.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.50 | £102.13 | £29.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | £92.50 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -67.57% | +255.77% | -11.86% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,426 | 7,124 | 9,720 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.60% | 12.71% | 11.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,234 | 4,603 | 6,376 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £240 | £240 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £399 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +2.50% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £719 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.95% | +5.56% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 417 | 443 | 367 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £10.63 | £16.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.24 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +119.30% | -29.85% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £59.54 | £50.77 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.54 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.88 | £18.00 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +154.89% | -16.28% | -1.15% |
SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +45 | 219 | £505 | +1.00% | 120 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 121 | £450 | +2.86% | 77 |
| London | +82 | 87 | £525 | -13.40% | 49 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 83 | £525 | +7.69% | 61 |
| South East | -12 | 38 | £620 | +30.53% | 19 |
| North of England | +12 | 31 | £433 | +8.13% | 19 |
| Midlands | +18 | 30 | £628 | +79.03% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 30 | £628 | +79.29% | 11 |
| North West | +7 | 25 | £433 | +8.13% | 8 |
| South West | +16 | 22 | £650 | +40.54% | 7 |
| East of England | +3 | 9 | £463 | +54.17% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 4 | £200 | -38.51% | 11 |
| Scotland | +18 | 3 | £500 | - | 9 |
| North East | +13 | 2 | £531 | -11.46% |
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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