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 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 381 478 509
Rank change year-on-year +97 +31 -24
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 453 273 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.48% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.58% 2.54% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 297 216 269
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,088 £76,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 9,894 10,757 11,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.02% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,118 4,590 6,556
10th Percentile £25,756 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 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 1 June 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 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
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
Scotland -56 20 £50,000 -38.46% 9
East Midlands -14 12 £39,750 -18.46% 4
North East -6 7 £79,842 +79.38%
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 1
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 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.96%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.65%) IIS
4 8 (1.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 177 (39.07%) Azure
2 104 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (20.09%) AWS
4 35 (7.73%) Entra ID
4 35 (7.73%) IaaS
5 34 (7.51%) PaaS
6 31 (6.84%) GCP
7 18 (3.97%) SaaS
8 11 (2.43%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.77%) Mimecast
9 8 (1.77%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.32%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.44%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.44%) GitHub
12 2 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.22%) OCI
13 1 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 402 (88.74%) WAN
2 211 (46.58%) Firewall
3 130 (28.70%) LAN
4 99 (21.85%) MPLS
5 79 (17.44%) Wireless
6 78 (17.22%) BGP
7 69 (15.23%) WLAN
8 67 (14.79%) VPN
9 64 (14.13%) DNS
10 59 (13.02%) OSPF
10 59 (13.02%) Wi-Fi
11 49 (10.82%) DHCP
12 36 (7.95%) VLAN
13 35 (7.73%) 5G
14 34 (7.51%) Network Security
15 32 (7.06%) Cisco Firepower
16 29 (6.40%) TCP/IP
17 26 (5.74%) VoIP
18 23 (5.08%) Cisco ASA
18 23 (5.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.88%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.88%) JIRA
1 4 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 98 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.73%) Finance
3 31 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.64%) Electronics
4 21 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (3.97%) Retail
6 14 (3.09%) Aerospace
6 14 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (1.99%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.32%) Local Government
9 4 (0.88%) Police
10 3 (0.66%) Law
10 3 (0.66%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.44%) Military
12 1 (0.22%) Banking
12 1 (0.22%) Billing
12 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.22%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 113 (24.94%) Network Engineer
2 98 (21.63%) Architect
2 98 (21.63%) Senior
3 69 (15.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 63 (13.91%) Analyst
5 56 (12.36%) Security Architect
6 49 (10.82%) Senior Architect
7 48 (10.60%) Network Analyst
7 48 (10.60%) Operations Analyst
8 47 (10.38%) Network Operations Analyst
9 43 (9.49%) Lead
10 42 (9.27%) Cisco Architect
10 42 (9.27%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 37 (8.17%) Senior Network Engineer
12 33 (7.28%) Senior Security Architect
13 32 (7.06%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (5.96%) Cisco Security Architect
15 23 (5.08%) Lead Architect
15 23 (5.08%) Lead Security Architect
16 22 (4.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.44%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.44%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.22%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (22.08%) Data Centre
2 40 (8.83%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 29 (6.40%) Driving Licence
4 21 (4.64%) Public Cloud
5 16 (3.53%) GNSS
6 14 (3.09%) Replication
7 12 (2.65%) PMI
7 12 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.43%) FPGA
9 9 (1.99%) Clustering
9 9 (1.99%) Robotics
10 8 (1.77%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (1.77%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.77%) VHDL
11 7 (1.55%) CCTV
11 7 (1.55%) FMCG
12 6 (1.32%) PKI
12 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 91 (20.09%) Windows
2 57 (12.58%) Linux
3 52 (11.48%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.88%) VMS
7 2 (0.44%) Android
7 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (22.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 90 (19.87%) Project Delivery
3 83 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
4 67 (14.79%) Presales
5 62 (13.69%) Mentoring
6 60 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (12.80%) Customer Engagement
8 49 (10.82%) Project Management
9 48 (10.60%) ITIL
10 46 (10.15%) Information Security
11 45 (9.93%) Time Management
12 42 (9.27%) Software Licensing
13 40 (8.83%) Agile
14 35 (7.73%) B2B
14 35 (7.73%) Test Assurance
14 35 (7.73%) Test Automation
15 34 (7.51%) Analytics
16 31 (6.84%) Application Security
17 30 (6.62%) Identity Management
18 29 (6.40%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.86%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.53%) C++
2 16 (3.53%) SQL
3 11 (2.43%) MATLAB
4 8 (1.77%) C
4 8 (1.77%) Perl
4 8 (1.77%) Tcl
4 8 (1.77%) VB
5 1 (0.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 180 (39.74%) Cisco Certification
2 128 (28.26%) CCNA
3 108 (23.84%) CCNP
4 82 (18.10%) Degree
5 58 (12.80%) Security Cleared
6 40 (8.83%) CCIE
6 40 (8.83%) SC Cleared
7 37 (8.17%) AWS Certification
7 37 (8.17%) Azure Certification
8 34 (7.51%) CCDP
9 32 (7.06%) CISSP
10 29 (6.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 29 (6.40%) CCSK
10 29 (6.40%) CCSP
10 29 (6.40%) CISM
11 14 (3.09%) DV Cleared
11 14 (3.09%) PMI Certification
12 11 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.62%) NIST
2 14 (3.09%) SLA
3 13 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 12 (2.65%) PMO
5 8 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.10%) QA
9 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.66%) JTAG
10 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.22%) IASME
System Software
1 84 (18.54%) Active Directory
2 67 (14.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (12.58%) Hyper-V
4 30 (6.62%) Docker
5 27 (5.96%) VMware NSX
6 16 (3.53%) Firmware
7 8 (1.77%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.10%) vSphere
10 4 (0.88%) pfSense
11 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.22%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.61%) FortiGate
2 38 (8.39%) Kubernetes
3 34 (7.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (6.84%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (5.96%) Stealthwatch
5 27 (5.96%) Terraform
6 22 (4.86%) WSUS
7 19 (4.19%) Ansible
8 15 (3.31%) CASB
9 12 (2.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (2.65%) Opsgenie
9 12 (2.65%) VxRail
9 12 (2.65%) ZABBIX
10 9 (1.99%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (1.32%) SCCM
12 5 (1.10%) Nagios
13 4 (0.88%) BMC PATROL
14 3 (0.66%) OfficeScan
15 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
15 1 (0.22%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 212 (46.80%) Cisco
2 137 (30.24%) Microsoft
3 96 (21.19%) Meraki
4 89 (19.65%) VMware
5 50 (11.04%) Fortinet
6 42 (9.27%) Adobe
6 42 (9.27%) Apple
7 30 (6.62%) Juniper
8 28 (6.18%) SolarWinds
9 26 (5.74%) NetApp
10 25 (5.52%) CheckPoint
11 19 (4.19%) Dell
12 13 (2.87%) Draytek
13 11 (2.43%) Citrix
13 11 (2.43%) F5
14 9 (1.99%) Palo Alto
14 9 (1.99%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.77%) Altera
15 8 (1.77%) Aruba
15 8 (1.77%) Ekahau