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 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 362 528 654
Rank change year-on-year +166 +126 -63
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 668 411 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.73% 0.49% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.49% 2.98% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 430 314 463
10th Percentile £36,200 £35,375 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,375 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%

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 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 1 June 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +175 229 £60,000 -7.69% 49
Midlands +80 141 £48,500 +13.45% 15
West Midlands +73 129 £48,500 +13.45% 11
North of England +78 120 £72,500 +52.63% 19
South West +43 99 £50,250 +13.24% 7
South East -10 81 £57,500 +4.55% 19
North West +33 78 £70,000 +34.62% 8
Yorkshire +84 53 £70,000 +55.56% 11
East of England +9 37 £45,000 -10.00% 8
East Midlands -14 12 £39,750 -18.46% 4
North East -6 7 £79,842 +79.38%
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
1 104 (15.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.10%) IIS
4 8 (1.20%) CMS
4 8 (1.20%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 237 (35.48%) Azure
2 180 (26.95%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (14.22%) AWS
4 54 (8.08%) Entra ID
5 32 (4.79%) IaaS
6 31 (4.64%) SaaS
7 29 (4.34%) PaaS
8 22 (3.29%) GCP
9 11 (1.65%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (1.50%) Nutanix
11 9 (1.35%) GitHub
11 9 (1.35%) Mimecast
12 7 (1.05%) AWS Direct Connect
12 7 (1.05%) Azure API Management
12 7 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (0.90%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 608 (91.02%) WAN
2 279 (41.77%) Firewall
3 222 (33.23%) LAN
4 175 (26.20%) Wireless
5 143 (21.41%) MPLS
6 128 (19.16%) BGP
7 118 (17.66%) Wi-Fi
8 102 (15.27%) OSPF
9 99 (14.82%) VPN
10 92 (13.77%) DNS
11 83 (12.43%) Network Security
12 71 (10.63%) Cisco IOS
13 69 (10.33%) WLAN
14 65 (9.73%) DHCP
15 64 (9.58%) WebEx
16 59 (8.83%) VLAN
17 56 (8.38%) TCP/IP
18 55 (8.23%) Cisco Firepower
19 38 (5.69%) Cisco ISE
20 37 (5.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.05%) GitLab
1 7 (1.05%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 178 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 69 (10.33%) Finance
3 42 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (3.74%) Law
6 23 (3.44%) Retail
7 21 (3.14%) Electronics
8 15 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.10%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.90%) Local Government
13 5 (0.75%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.60%) Japanese Language
14 4 (0.60%) Marketing
14 4 (0.60%) Police
14 4 (0.60%) Publishing
15 3 (0.45%) Legal
15 3 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 185 (27.69%) Network Engineer
2 143 (21.41%) Senior
3 102 (15.27%) Architect
4 90 (13.47%) Analyst
5 78 (11.68%) IT Support
6 67 (10.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 66 (9.88%) IT Support Specialist
7 66 (9.88%) Network Analyst
7 66 (9.88%) Support Specialist
8 63 (9.43%) Senior Network Engineer
9 61 (9.13%) Security Architect
10 53 (7.93%) Lead
11 49 (7.34%) Senior Architect
12 46 (6.89%) Operations Analyst
13 45 (6.74%) Network Operations Analyst
14 42 (6.29%) Cisco Architect
14 42 (6.29%) Senior Cisco Architect
15 33 (4.94%) Senior Security Architect
16 32 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (4.49%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.54%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.35%) SAML
3 7 (1.05%) YAML
4 5 (0.75%) XMPP
5 3 (0.45%) HTML
6 2 (0.30%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth
7 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 124 (18.56%) Data Centre
2 75 (11.23%) Video Conferencing
3 64 (9.58%) Wiki
4 51 (7.63%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 30 (4.49%) Driving Licence
7 21 (3.14%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.40%) GNSS
10 13 (1.95%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.80%) PMI
12 11 (1.65%) FPGA
13 9 (1.35%) Clustering
13 9 (1.35%) PKI
13 9 (1.35%) Robotics
14 8 (1.20%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.20%) MicroBlaze
14 8 (1.20%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.20%) VHDL
15 7 (1.05%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 171 (25.60%) Windows
2 78 (11.68%) Windows 10
3 66 (9.88%) Android
4 62 (9.28%) Windows Server
5 46 (6.89%) Linux
6 18 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.60%) VMS
9 3 (0.45%) 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%) Unix
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (15.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 101 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
3 99 (14.82%) Presales
4 93 (13.92%) Computer Science
5 90 (13.47%) Project Delivery
6 77 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (10.63%) Business Continuity
8 69 (10.33%) Mobile Device Management
9 66 (9.88%) ITIL
10 65 (9.73%) BCP
11 64 (9.58%) Application Virtualisation
11 64 (9.58%) Business Continuity Planning
11 64 (9.58%) Contract Negotiation
12 58 (8.68%) Customer Engagement
13 57 (8.53%) Information Security
13 57 (8.53%) Project Management
14 53 (7.93%) Agile
15 52 (7.78%) Time Management
16 46 (6.89%) Mentoring
17 42 (6.29%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.54%) PowerShell
2 29 (4.34%) SQL
3 16 (2.40%) C++
4 13 (1.95%) Python
5 11 (1.65%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.20%) C
6 8 (1.20%) Perl
6 8 (1.20%) Tcl
6 8 (1.20%) VB
7 3 (0.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 215 (32.19%) Cisco Certification
2 163 (24.40%) Degree
3 154 (23.05%) CCNP
4 135 (20.21%) CCNA
5 74 (11.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 64 (9.58%) Master's Degree
7 61 (9.13%) Security Cleared
8 45 (6.74%) CCIE
9 43 (6.44%) SC Cleared
10 41 (6.14%) AWS Certification
11 38 (5.69%) Azure Certification
12 34 (5.09%) CCDP
12 34 (5.09%) CCSP
12 34 (5.09%) CISSP
13 33 (4.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 33 (4.94%) CCSK
13 33 (4.94%) CISM
14 16 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (2.25%) DV Cleared
16 13 (1.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.39%) NIST
2 24 (3.59%) SLA
3 15 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 12 (1.80%) PMO
6 10 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.50%) QA
7 8 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.45%) JTAG
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) GDPR
11 1 (0.15%) IASME
System Software
1 182 (27.25%) Active Directory
2 68 (10.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (9.88%) VMware ESXi
4 64 (9.58%) Microsoft App-V
4 64 (9.58%) XenApp
4 64 (9.58%) XenDesktop
5 61 (9.13%) Hyper-V
6 34 (5.09%) Docker
7 16 (2.40%) Firmware
8 14 (2.10%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.90%) vSphere
11 4 (0.60%) pfSense
12 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (10.93%) SCCM
2 64 (9.58%) AirWatch
3 51 (7.63%) FortiGate
4 47 (7.04%) Kubernetes
5 44 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 30 (4.49%) Stealthwatch
8 22 (3.29%) WSUS
9 19 (2.84%) Terraform
10 17 (2.54%) CASB
11 16 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (1.80%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.80%) VxRail
12 12 (1.80%) ZABBIX
13 11 (1.65%) Ansible
14 9 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.75%) Nagios
16 4 (0.60%) BMC PATROL
17 3 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
17 3 (0.45%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 382 (57.19%) Cisco
2 250 (37.43%) Microsoft
3 157 (23.50%) Meraki
4 99 (14.82%) VMware
5 93 (13.92%) Fortinet
6 81 (12.13%) Citrix
7 53 (7.93%) SolarWinds
8 45 (6.74%) CheckPoint
9 42 (6.29%) Adobe
9 42 (6.29%) Apple
9 42 (6.29%) Juniper
10 34 (5.09%) Aruba
11 32 (4.79%) Palo Alto
12 22 (3.29%) Dell
12 22 (3.29%) F5
13 15 (2.25%) NetApp
14 14 (2.10%) Zscaler
15 13 (1.95%) Draytek
16 10 (1.50%) HP
17 9 (1.35%) Veeam