Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 519 670
Rank change year-on-year +152 +151 -83
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 737 546 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.54% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.45% 3.47% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 487 409 478
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,300 £38,375
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,063 £58,383
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +2.88% -6.59%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SD-WAN.

Salary trend for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the UK

SD-WAN
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +201 674 £55,000 +0.92% 110
UK excluding London +85 435 £50,000 - 74
Work from Home +111 346 £59,175 -15.46% 54
London +202 257 £60,000 -7.69% 44
Midlands +74 139 £48,500 +14.79% 19
West Midlands +83 130 £48,500 +14.79% 14
North of England +72 109 £72,500 +52.63% 15
South West +40 93 £50,000 +14.29% 11
South East +8 79 £55,000 - 15
North West +28 71 £70,000 +34.62% 9
Yorkshire +98 46 £62,500 +38.89% 5
East of England +21 32 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Scotland -48 21 £50,000 -38.46% 10
East Midlands -12 9 £35,000 -41.67% 5
North East -2 7 £79,842 +79.38% 1
Wales - 2 £35,000 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 131 (17.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.76%) IIS
4 8 (1.09%) CMS
4 8 (1.09%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 265 (35.96%) Azure
2 216 (29.31%) Microsoft 365
3 118 (16.01%) AWS
4 57 (7.73%) Entra ID
5 48 (6.51%) IaaS
6 44 (5.97%) PaaS
7 35 (4.75%) GCP
8 28 (3.80%) SaaS
9 11 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.49%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (1.36%) Mimecast
11 9 (1.22%) GitHub
12 8 (1.09%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (0.95%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.95%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (0.95%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 670 (90.91%) WAN
2 286 (38.81%) Firewall
3 246 (33.38%) LAN
4 213 (28.90%) Wireless
5 145 (19.67%) MPLS
6 134 (18.18%) BGP
7 118 (16.01%) VPN
8 117 (15.88%) Wi-Fi
9 107 (14.52%) OSPF
10 100 (13.57%) Cisco IOS
11 93 (12.62%) DNS
12 90 (12.21%) WebEx
13 85 (11.53%) Network Security
14 78 (10.58%) WLAN
15 63 (8.55%) DHCP
16 59 (8.01%) VLAN
17 58 (7.87%) TCP/IP
18 51 (6.92%) Cisco Firepower
19 48 (6.51%) Cisco ISE
20 41 (5.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.54%) Big Data
5 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.95%) GitLab
1 7 (0.95%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.41%) JIRA
3 3 (0.41%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 223 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 73 (9.91%) Finance
3 51 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
5 27 (3.66%) Retail
6 25 (3.39%) Law
7 21 (2.85%) Electronics
8 20 (2.71%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.76%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.81%) Local Government
14 5 (0.68%) Legal
14 5 (0.68%) Marketing
14 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.54%) Japanese Language
15 4 (0.54%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Publishing
16 3 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 175 (23.74%) Network Engineer
2 129 (17.50%) Senior
3 116 (15.74%) Architect
4 107 (14.52%) IT Support
5 101 (13.70%) Analyst
6 92 (12.48%) IT Support Specialist
6 92 (12.48%) Support Specialist
7 80 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 77 (10.45%) Network Analyst
9 55 (7.46%) Security Architect
10 54 (7.33%) Operations Analyst
11 53 (7.19%) Lead
11 53 (7.19%) Network Operations Analyst
12 52 (7.06%) Senior Network Engineer
13 44 (5.97%) Senior Architect
14 39 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (4.88%) Cisco Architect
15 36 (4.88%) Senior Cisco Architect
16 29 (3.93%) IT Engineer
17 28 (3.80%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.44%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.22%) SAML
3 7 (0.95%) YAML
4 6 (0.81%) HTML
5 5 (0.68%) XMPP
6 2 (0.27%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.14%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 139 (18.86%) Data Centre
2 101 (13.70%) Video Conferencing
3 90 (12.21%) Wiki
4 56 (7.60%) Management Information System
5 38 (5.16%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 31 (4.21%) Driving Licence
8 21 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.58%) GNSS
10 16 (2.17%) Security Posture
11 14 (1.90%) Replication
12 12 (1.63%) PKI
12 12 (1.63%) PMI
13 11 (1.49%) FPGA
14 8 (1.09%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.09%) MicroBlaze
14 8 (1.09%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.09%) Robotics
14 8 (1.09%) VHDL
15 7 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 222 (30.12%) Windows
2 106 (14.38%) Windows 10
3 92 (12.48%) Android
4 73 (9.91%) Windows Server
5 68 (9.23%) Linux
6 21 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.54%) Unix
8 4 (0.54%) VMS
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (16.28%) Computer Science
2 115 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 111 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
4 102 (13.84%) Project Delivery
5 100 (13.57%) Business Continuity
5 100 (13.57%) Presales
6 97 (13.16%) Mobile Device Management
7 93 (12.62%) Contract Negotiation
8 91 (12.35%) BCP
9 90 (12.21%) Application Virtualisation
9 90 (12.21%) Business Continuity Planning
10 84 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (9.50%) ITIL
11 70 (9.50%) Project Management
12 63 (8.55%) Mentoring
13 60 (8.14%) Information Security
14 54 (7.33%) Disaster Recovery
15 49 (6.65%) Customer Engagement
16 46 (6.24%) Agile
16 46 (6.24%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 32 (4.34%) SQL
3 18 (2.44%) C++
3 18 (2.44%) Python
4 14 (1.90%) MATLAB
5 10 (1.36%) Perl
6 8 (1.09%) C
6 8 (1.09%) Tcl
6 8 (1.09%) VB
7 6 (0.81%) C#
8 3 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 249 (33.79%) Cisco Certification
2 184 (24.97%) Degree
3 165 (22.39%) CCNP
4 156 (21.17%) CCNA
5 99 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 90 (12.21%) Master's Degree
7 62 (8.41%) Security Cleared
8 52 (7.06%) CCIE
9 49 (6.65%) SC Cleared
10 42 (5.70%) Azure Certification
11 41 (5.56%) AWS Certification
12 39 (5.29%) CCDP
13 36 (4.88%) CISSP
14 35 (4.75%) CCSP
15 33 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 33 (4.48%) CCSK
15 33 (4.48%) CISM
16 20 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (2.04%) PMI Certification
18 14 (1.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.88%) NIST
2 24 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.12%) SLA
4 18 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.90%) PMO
6 13 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 10 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (1.36%) QA
8 8 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.41%) JTAG
11 1 (0.14%) IASME
System Software
1 214 (29.04%) Active Directory
2 94 (12.75%) VMware ESXi
3 90 (12.21%) Microsoft App-V
3 90 (12.21%) XenApp
3 90 (12.21%) XenDesktop
4 80 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 67 (9.09%) Hyper-V
6 35 (4.75%) Docker
7 24 (3.26%) VMware NSX
8 16 (2.17%) Firmware
9 8 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.81%) vSphere
12 4 (0.54%) pfSense
13 1 (0.14%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 98 (13.30%) SCCM
2 90 (12.21%) AirWatch
3 57 (7.73%) FortiGate
4 48 (6.51%) Kubernetes
5 44 (5.97%) Single Sign-On
6 40 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 35 (4.75%) Terraform
8 27 (3.66%) Stealthwatch
9 23 (3.12%) Ansible
10 20 (2.71%) WSUS
11 17 (2.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (2.04%) CASB
13 12 (1.63%) Opsgenie
13 12 (1.63%) VxRail
13 12 (1.63%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
15 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
16 5 (0.68%) Nagios
17 4 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
18 3 (0.41%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 429 (58.21%) Cisco
2 289 (39.21%) Microsoft
3 151 (20.49%) Meraki
4 115 (15.60%) VMware
5 113 (15.33%) Citrix
6 102 (13.84%) Fortinet
7 60 (8.14%) Juniper
8 53 (7.19%) SolarWinds
9 41 (5.56%) CheckPoint
10 36 (4.88%) Adobe
10 36 (4.88%) Apple
11 35 (4.75%) Aruba
11 35 (4.75%) Palo Alto
12 27 (3.66%) NetApp
13 21 (2.85%) F5
14 19 (2.58%) Dell
15 14 (1.90%) Zscaler
16 13 (1.76%) Draytek
17 8 (1.09%) Green Hills
17 8 (1.09%) Xilinx