Software-Defined Networking Jobs

Software-Defined Networking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software-Defined Networking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software-Defined Networking 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 824 898 1114
Rank change year-on-year +74 +216 -252
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 60 77 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.077% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.45% 0.49% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 47 45 70
10th Percentile £39,750 £49,281 £39,675
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +39.13% -1.50%
75th Percentile £68,363 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Software-Defined Networking 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 13,475 15,695 21,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.78% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,380 7,937 11,850
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +7 60 £52,500 - 13
England +87 58 £52,500 -7.08% 11
North of England +49 24 £47,500 -8.97% 4
South West -21 24 £80,000 +77.78% 1
Work from Home +42 16 £50,000 -37.50% 7
Yorkshire +88 11 £42,500 -18.55% 2
North West +5 11 £52,500 - 2
East of England +11 7 £52,500 -6.67%
Midlands -5 3 £65,050 -27.72%
West Midlands +14 2 £70,025 -22.19%
North East 0 2 £39,000 +1.30%
Northern Ireland - 2 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -

Software-Defined Networking
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 7 (11.67%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.67%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 16 (26.67%) AWS
2 15 (25.00%) Azure
3 13 (21.67%) GCP
4 7 (11.67%) Entra ID
5 6 (10.00%) OCI
6 5 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.33%) IaaS
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (36.67%) WAN
1 22 (36.67%) Wireless
2 18 (30.00%) Firewall
3 17 (28.33%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (23.33%) Network Security
5 13 (21.67%) LAN
6 11 (18.33%) SD-WAN
6 11 (18.33%) WLAN
7 9 (15.00%) VLAN
8 8 (13.33%) NGFW
9 7 (11.67%) VPN
9 7 (11.67%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (8.33%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (8.33%) Unified Communications
11 4 (6.67%) Internet
12 1 (1.67%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (1.67%) DNS
12 1 (1.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 1 (1.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) IntelliJ
General
1 16 (26.67%) Aerospace
2 10 (16.67%) Finance
2 10 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (63.33%) Network Engineer
2 20 (33.33%) Senior
3 16 (26.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (23.33%) Architect
5 11 (18.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (11.67%) Network Systems Engineer
6 7 (11.67%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
8 5 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (8.33%) Security Engineer
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 4 (6.67%) Lead
9 4 (6.67%) Network Architect
9 4 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (6.67%) Security Architect
9 4 (6.67%) Team Leader
9 4 (6.67%) Technical Architect
10 3 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 3 (5.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 3 (5.00%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Hibernate
1 1 (1.67%) JSON
1 1 (1.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.00%) CCTV
3 5 (8.33%) PropTech
3 5 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.67%) IoT
5 3 (5.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.67%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.00%) Linux
2 7 (11.67%) Debian
2 7 (11.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.67%) Windows
3 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.67%) Network Architecture
2 18 (30.00%) Cloud Security
3 17 (28.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (23.33%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (21.67%) Agile
6 12 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
6 12 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 11 (18.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 9 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
9 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (11.67%) Auto-Scaling
10 7 (11.67%) Configuration Management
10 7 (11.67%) Data Centre Operations
10 7 (11.67%) DevOps
10 7 (11.67%) ITIL
11 6 (10.00%) Bayesian Methods
11 6 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 6 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) Shell Script
2 5 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (1.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 22 (36.67%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (16.67%) CCNP
5 5 (8.33%) CCIE
5 5 (8.33%) CCNA
6 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (48.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (20.00%) VMware NSX
3 7 (11.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.67%) Docker
4 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (11.67%) ZABBIX
2 6 (10.00%) Ansible
3 5 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (8.33%) Opsview
3 5 (8.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (65.00%) Cisco
2 30 (50.00%) VMware
3 17 (28.33%) Palo Alto
4 15 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (11.67%) Red Hat
6 6 (10.00%) Google
6 6 (10.00%) Oracle
7 5 (8.33%) Meraki
8 2 (3.33%) Aruba
9 1 (1.67%) Dell
9 1 (1.67%) F5
9 1 (1.67%) Solace
9 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.67%) TIBCO