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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 350 | 385 | 492 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +107 | +24 |
| Contract jobs citing SD-WAN | 233 | 336 | 416 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 0.59% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.31% | 4.71% | 4.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 144 | 200 | 286 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £313 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £378 | £381 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £488 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | £595 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £719 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £433 | £446 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.88% | -6.04% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.38 | £44.03 | £25.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.50 | £69.56 | £25.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.25 | £92.50 | £27.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.22% | +239.45% | -46.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.94 | £101.56 | £29.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.50 | £102.13 | £29.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £92.50 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.14% | +255.77% | -35.00% |
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 | 5,406 | 7,129 | 9,690 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.71% | 12.45% | 10.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,227 | 4,606 | 6,336 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £235 | £233 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £518 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.31% | +3.50% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £725 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.56% | +11.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 416 | 460 | 376 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £10.63 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.50 | £26.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +116.22% | -30.84% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £59.09 | £50.83 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £74.55 | £65.77 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.88 | £18.22 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +151.88% | -15.28% | -5.49% |
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 20 May 2024.
SD-WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.
SD-WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
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 20 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +54 | 200 | £475 | -4.04% | 124 |
| UK excluding London | -19 | 112 | £433 | -2.88% | 81 |
| London | +80 | 78 | £525 | -10.45% | 56 |
| Work from Home | +29 | 73 | £500 | +2.56% | 59 |
| South East | -14 | 31 | £438 | -12.50% | 19 |
| North of England | +20 | 30 | £433 | +15.33% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 24 | £538 | +59.26% | 16 |
| Midlands | +9 | 24 | £538 | +53.46% | 20 |
| North West | +3 | 24 | £433 | +11.61% | 5 |
| South West | +12 | 15 | £650 | +40.54% | 8 |
| East of England | +9 | 9 | £463 | +54.17% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 4 | £200 | -38.51% | 12 |
| Scotland | +24 | 3 | £500 | +5.26% | 11 |
| North East | +14 | 2 | £531 | -11.46% | 1 |
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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