SD-WAN Contracts in London

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 382 428
Rank change year-on-year +69 +46 +2
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 87 100 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.49% 0.40% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.23% 3.89% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 52 125
10th Percentile £396 £439 £400
25th Percentile £440 £487 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £594 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +18.75% +2.25%
75th Percentile £585 £743 £650
90th Percentile £643 £800 £725
England median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £24.05 - -
25th Percentile £25.25 - £26.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £28.50
75th Percentile £31.25 - £30.25
90th Percentile £32.75 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £92.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year -67.57% +239.45% -31.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

SD-WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,664 2,568 3,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.41% 10.21% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,808 2,579
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 90
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +36.60% -43.48%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £43.29
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £63.39
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Daily rate trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN in London.

Hourly rate trend for SD-WAN in London

SD-WAN
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +55 26 £500 -13.04% 6
East London - 6 £585 - 4
West London +22 2 £525 +75.00%
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.74%) Azure
2 17 (19.54%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) GCP
4 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.45%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.30%) GitHub
6 1 (1.15%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 74 (85.06%) WAN
2 52 (59.77%) Firewall
3 28 (32.18%) LAN
4 25 (28.74%) OSPF
5 24 (27.59%) BGP
6 20 (22.99%) Network Security
7 19 (21.84%) MPLS
8 17 (19.54%) VPN
9 16 (18.39%) Wireless
10 15 (17.24%) Cisco Nexus
10 15 (17.24%) DNS
11 10 (11.49%) DHCP
12 9 (10.34%) IPsec
13 8 (9.20%) SNMP
13 8 (9.20%) TCP/IP
14 7 (8.05%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (8.05%) EIGRP
14 7 (8.05%) NX-OS
14 7 (8.05%) VLAN
15 5 (5.75%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.30%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) GitLab
3 1 (1.15%) Katalon Studio
General
1 23 (26.44%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.14%) Finance
3 9 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.45%) Banking
6 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Legal
8 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (48.28%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.79%) Consultant
3 10 (11.49%) Architect
4 9 (10.34%) Security Consultant
5 8 (9.20%) Senior
6 7 (8.05%) Network Architect
7 6 (6.90%) Cloud Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) Cloud Security Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) WAN Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Azure Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Applications Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) Jinja
1 2 (2.30%) JSON
1 2 (2.30%) NETCONF
1 2 (2.30%) RESTful
1 2 (2.30%) SAML
1 2 (2.30%) XML
1 2 (2.30%) YANG
2 1 (1.15%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.99%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.94%) PKI
3 5 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.75%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.45%) Clustering
5 2 (2.30%) NHS
6 1 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.75%) Windows
2 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (14.94%) Cloud Security
2 13 (14.94%) SIEM
3 11 (12.64%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (12.64%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (12.64%) Risk Assessment
4 10 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (11.49%) Data Encryption
4 10 (11.49%) Database Security
4 10 (11.49%) Key Management
4 10 (11.49%) Knowledge Transfer
4 10 (11.49%) Migration
4 10 (11.49%) Network Design
4 10 (11.49%) Security Auditing
5 9 (10.34%) Network Architecture
5 9 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (9.20%) Change Management
6 8 (9.20%) Ethical Hacking
6 8 (9.20%) Project Management
7 6 (6.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) Python
2 5 (5.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.45%) SQL
4 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (39.08%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (33.33%) CCNP
3 14 (16.09%) CCIE
4 13 (14.94%) CCNA
4 13 (14.94%) Degree
5 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
5 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.60%) CCDP
8 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.30%) CCSA
9 2 (2.30%) CISSP
9 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.30%) PMP
9 2 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.15%) CCIP
10 1 (1.15%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.15%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (11.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (5.75%) SLA
4 2 (2.30%) GDPR
4 2 (2.30%) NCSC
5 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Firmware
2 5 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.60%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.30%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.30%) vSphere
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Terraform
2 4 (4.60%) Ansible
3 3 (3.45%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.45%) Kibana
4 2 (2.30%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.15%) CASB
5 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.15%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 50 (57.47%) Cisco
2 27 (31.03%) Palo Alto
3 17 (19.54%) F5
3 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
4 16 (18.39%) Fortinet
5 11 (12.64%) Meraki
6 10 (11.49%) Juniper
7 9 (10.34%) Aruba
7 9 (10.34%) CheckPoint
7 9 (10.34%) VMware
8 8 (9.20%) Infoblox
9 6 (6.90%) SolarWinds
9 6 (6.90%) Zscaler
10 4 (4.60%) Arista
11 3 (3.45%) Google
11 3 (3.45%) Splunk
12 2 (2.30%) Dell
12 2 (2.30%) HP
12 2 (2.30%) Nokia
12 2 (2.30%) Veeam