SD-WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 462 543
Rank change year-on-year +66 +81 -25
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 439 272 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.50% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.41% 2.61% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 271 218 286
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £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 £72,500 £76,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% -4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,944 10,403 12,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.62% 19.26% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,002 4,494 6,787
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £32,875
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 £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,350 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.19% +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 27 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 27 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 +63 128 £48,500 +12.14% 12
North of England +65 119 £71,250 +42.86% 9
West Midlands +58 114 £48,500 +12.14% 8
South West +44 98 £50,500 +6.32% 5
North West +26 78 £71,250 +38.35% 5
South East -31 73 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Yorkshire +82 51 £70,000 +55.56% 4
East of England +4 37 £45,000 -25.00% 2
Scotland -43 19 £50,000 - 2
East Midlands -31 14 £39,750 -6.47% 4
North East -14 7 £79,842 +75.96%
Wales - 3 £35,000 - 4
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 (6.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.28%) IIS
4 7 (1.59%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 167 (38.04%) Azure
2 99 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (19.36%) AWS
4 34 (7.74%) IaaS
5 33 (7.52%) Entra ID
5 33 (7.52%) PaaS
6 29 (6.61%) GCP
7 17 (3.87%) SaaS
8 11 (2.51%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.28%) Mimecast
9 10 (2.28%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.91%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.68%) GitHub
13 2 (0.46%) AWS Direct Connect
13 2 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
14 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 397 (90.43%) WAN
2 207 (47.15%) Firewall
3 117 (26.65%) LAN
4 90 (20.50%) MPLS
5 67 (15.26%) Wireless
6 66 (15.03%) BGP
7 64 (14.58%) VPN
8 59 (13.44%) DNS
8 59 (13.44%) WLAN
9 58 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (10.93%) OSPF
11 44 (10.02%) DHCP
12 40 (9.11%) Cisco Firepower
13 37 (8.43%) 5G
13 37 (8.43%) Network Security
14 36 (8.20%) VLAN
15 26 (5.92%) VoIP
16 25 (5.69%) TCP/IP
17 23 (5.24%) Cisco ASA
18 21 (4.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.91%) Big Data
4 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (0.91%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.46%) Git
3 2 (0.46%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.23%) Axure RP
4 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 30 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (6.15%) Finance
4 23 (5.24%) Electronics
4 23 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (3.64%) Retail
6 14 (3.19%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.59%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.14%) Law
9 5 (1.14%) Local Government
10 4 (0.91%) Police
11 3 (0.68%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.23%) Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Billing
13 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.23%) Marketing
13 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 108 (24.60%) Network Engineer
1 108 (24.60%) Senior
2 102 (23.23%) Architect
3 66 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (14.58%) Security Architect
5 56 (12.76%) Senior Architect
6 52 (11.85%) Analyst
7 51 (11.62%) Cisco Architect
7 51 (11.62%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 42 (9.57%) Lead
9 40 (9.11%) Senior Security Architect
10 39 (8.88%) Network Analyst
11 38 (8.66%) Operations Analyst
11 38 (8.66%) Senior Network Engineer
12 37 (8.43%) Network Operations Analyst
13 36 (8.20%) Cisco Security Architect
14 29 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (5.24%) Lead Architect
15 23 (5.24%) Lead Security Architect
16 19 (4.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.46%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.46%) pytest
1 2 (0.46%) X-Windows
2 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (24.60%) Data Centre
2 39 (8.88%) Management Information System
3 27 (6.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 25 (5.69%) Driving Licence
5 22 (5.01%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.64%) GNSS
7 14 (3.19%) Replication
8 13 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.51%) FPGA
10 10 (2.28%) PMI
10 10 (2.28%) Robotics
11 8 (1.82%) MicroBlaze
11 8 (1.82%) VHDL
12 7 (1.59%) FMCG
12 7 (1.59%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.37%) CCTV
13 6 (1.37%) Clustering
13 6 (1.37%) PKI
13 6 (1.37%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 88 (20.05%) Windows
2 53 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 52 (11.85%) Linux
4 15 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (2.51%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.91%) VMS
8 3 (0.68%) Android
9 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.46%) Unix
9 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 90 (20.50%) Cybersecurity
3 84 (19.13%) Project Delivery
4 74 (16.86%) Presales
5 67 (15.26%) Customer Engagement
6 59 (13.44%) Mentoring
7 56 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (11.85%) Time Management
9 51 (11.62%) Software Licensing
10 46 (10.48%) Information Security
10 46 (10.48%) ITIL
11 45 (10.25%) Project Management
12 42 (9.57%) Analytics
13 37 (8.43%) B2B
13 37 (8.43%) Test Assurance
13 37 (8.43%) Test Automation
14 36 (8.20%) Agile
15 29 (6.61%) Application Security
15 29 (6.61%) Computer Science
15 29 (6.61%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.47%) PowerShell
2 16 (3.64%) C++
2 16 (3.64%) SQL
3 13 (2.96%) MATLAB
4 8 (1.82%) C
4 8 (1.82%) Perl
4 8 (1.82%) Tcl
4 8 (1.82%) VB
5 2 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 179 (40.77%) Cisco Certification
2 123 (28.02%) CCNA
3 109 (24.83%) CCNP
4 94 (21.41%) Degree
5 53 (12.07%) Security Cleared
6 39 (8.88%) CCIE
7 36 (8.20%) SC Cleared
8 35 (7.97%) Azure Certification
9 33 (7.52%) AWS Certification
10 31 (7.06%) CISSP
11 30 (6.83%) CCDP
12 27 (6.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (6.15%) CCSK
12 27 (6.15%) CCSP
12 27 (6.15%) CISM
13 14 (3.19%) DV Cleared
14 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (2.73%) PMI Certification
15 11 (2.51%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 11 (2.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.61%) NIST
2 16 (3.64%) SLA
3 12 (2.73%) PMO
4 11 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 6 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.14%) QA
7 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.68%) JTAG
9 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) IASME
System Software
1 79 (18.00%) Active Directory
2 60 (13.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (10.93%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.38%) Docker
5 27 (6.15%) VMware NSX
6 16 (3.64%) Firmware
7 8 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.14%) vSphere
9 4 (0.91%) pfSense
10 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (8.20%) Stealthwatch
2 35 (7.97%) FortiGate
2 35 (7.97%) Kubernetes
3 33 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (6.61%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (5.92%) Terraform
6 22 (5.01%) WSUS
7 17 (3.87%) Ansible
8 15 (3.42%) CASB
9 10 (2.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (2.28%) Opsgenie
9 10 (2.28%) VxRail
9 10 (2.28%) ZABBIX
10 8 (1.82%) SCCM
11 6 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.91%) BMC PATROL
12 4 (0.91%) Nagios
13 3 (0.68%) OfficeScan
14 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.23%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 222 (50.57%) Cisco
2 139 (31.66%) Microsoft
3 107 (24.37%) Meraki
4 79 (18.00%) VMware
5 53 (12.07%) Fortinet
6 52 (11.85%) Apple
7 51 (11.62%) Adobe
8 28 (6.38%) SolarWinds
9 25 (5.69%) Juniper
10 24 (5.47%) CheckPoint
10 24 (5.47%) NetApp
11 17 (3.87%) Dell
12 11 (2.51%) Draytek
13 10 (2.28%) Zscaler
14 9 (2.05%) Citrix
14 9 (2.05%) F5
14 9 (2.05%) Palo Alto
15 8 (1.82%) Altera
15 8 (1.82%) Green Hills
15 8 (1.82%) Motorola