Software-Defined Networking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 702 711 803
Rank change year-on-year +9 +92 -137
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 64 46 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.079% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 0.43% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 47 17 33
10th Percentile £39,750 £45,250 £34,668
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,281 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £66,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -34.38% +33.33% +5.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,783 10,793 11,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.28% 18.49% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,102 4,679 6,555
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
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 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Software-Defined Networking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK excluding London

Software-Defined Networking
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 Software-Defined Networking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South West -18 28 £72,525 - 2
North of England +61 25 £47,500 -8.97% 1
North West +15 12 £52,500 - 1
Yorkshire +75 11 £42,500 -18.55%
East of England +5 7 £52,500 -6.67%
Midlands -6 3 £65,050 -27.72%
West Midlands +4 2 £70,025 -22.19%
North East -2 2 £39,000 +1.30%
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 - 1
Software-Defined Networking
UK

Software-Defined Networking
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 8 (12.50%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.00%) AWS
1 16 (25.00%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) GCP
3 7 (10.94%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.38%) OCI
5 5 (7.81%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.56%) IaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (39.06%) WAN
2 22 (34.38%) Wireless
3 21 (32.81%) Cisco ASA
3 21 (32.81%) Firewall
4 15 (23.44%) Network Security
5 14 (21.88%) SD-WAN
6 13 (20.31%) LAN
7 11 (17.19%) WLAN
8 9 (14.06%) VLAN
9 8 (12.50%) NGFW
10 7 (10.94%) VPN
10 7 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (7.81%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (7.81%) Cisco Wireless
11 5 (7.81%) Unified Communications
12 4 (6.25%) Internet
13 2 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 2 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 1 (1.56%) DNS
General
1 19 (29.69%) Aerospace
2 10 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (14.06%) Finance
4 7 (10.94%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (67.19%) Network Engineer
2 23 (35.94%) Senior
3 19 (29.69%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (21.88%) Architect
4 14 (21.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Network Systems Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Architect
7 5 (7.81%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 4 (6.25%) Network Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Security Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Team Leader
8 4 (6.25%) Technical Architect
9 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 24 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.38%) CCTV
3 5 (7.81%) PropTech
3 5 (7.81%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.25%) IoT
5 3 (4.69%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.31%) Linux
2 7 (10.94%) Debian
2 7 (10.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Network Architecture
2 18 (28.13%) Cloud Security
3 17 (26.56%) Agile
3 17 (26.56%) Collaborative Working
3 17 (26.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (21.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 12 (18.75%) Network Monitoring
5 12 (18.75%) Roadmaps
6 9 (14.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 8 (12.50%) ITIL
7 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.94%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (10.94%) Auto-Scaling
8 7 (10.94%) Configuration Management
8 7 (10.94%) Data Centre Operations
8 7 (10.94%) DevOps
8 7 (10.94%) Time Management
9 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.38%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) Shell Script
2 5 (7.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (45.31%) Security Cleared
2 25 (39.06%) DV Cleared
3 16 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (17.19%) CCNP
5 6 (9.38%) CCNA
6 5 (7.81%) CCIE
7 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.56%) Degree
8 1 (1.56%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (25.00%) VMware NSX
3 7 (10.94%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) ZABBIX
2 5 (7.81%) Ansible
2 5 (7.81%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (7.81%) Opsview
2 5 (7.81%) vCenter Server
3 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.13%) VxRail
4 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 43 (67.19%) Cisco
2 34 (53.13%) VMware
3 17 (26.56%) Palo Alto
4 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (10.94%) Red Hat
6 6 (9.38%) Google
6 6 (9.38%) Oracle
7 5 (7.81%) Meraki
8 2 (3.13%) Aruba
8 2 (3.13%) Dell
8 2 (3.13%) F5
8 2 (3.13%) SolarWinds