SD-WAN Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 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 345 546 653
Rank change year-on-year +201 +107 -76
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 672 418 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.78% 0.47% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.58% 2.98% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 427 315 447
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,148 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -6.84% -6.40%
75th Percentile £70,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,467 £87,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,032 £59,483
% change year-on-year -8.38% +0.92% -4.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,051 14,043 18,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.93% 15.87% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 7,209 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £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 £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in England

SD-WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the England region 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
London +184 247 £60,000 -7.69% 56
Midlands +80 140 £48,500 +13.45% 20
West Midlands +97 130 £48,500 +14.79% 16
North of England +65 111 £72,500 +52.63% 18
South West +43 98 £50,000 +15.94% 8
South East +14 81 £55,000 - 19
North West +28 74 £70,000 +33.33% 5
Yorkshire +94 46 £70,000 +55.56% 12
East of England +13 33 £45,000 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -14 10 £39,750 -33.75% 4
North East +3 7 £79,842 +79.38% 1
SD-WAN
UK

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 125 (18.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.93%) IIS
4 8 (1.19%) CMS
4 8 (1.19%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 230 (34.23%) Azure
2 200 (29.76%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (14.14%) AWS
4 54 (8.04%) Entra ID
5 30 (4.46%) IaaS
6 27 (4.02%) SaaS
7 25 (3.72%) PaaS
8 21 (3.13%) GCP
9 11 (1.64%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.34%) GitHub
12 8 (1.19%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.19%) Nutanix
12 8 (1.19%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
13 7 (1.04%) Azure API Management
13 7 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.30%) Datadog
14 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 612 (91.07%) WAN
2 257 (38.24%) Firewall
3 220 (32.74%) LAN
4 192 (28.57%) Wireless
5 139 (20.68%) MPLS
6 128 (19.05%) BGP
7 110 (16.37%) Wi-Fi
8 101 (15.03%) OSPF
9 98 (14.58%) VPN
10 95 (14.14%) Cisco IOS
11 92 (13.69%) DNS
12 86 (12.80%) WebEx
13 73 (10.86%) Network Security
14 71 (10.57%) WLAN
15 62 (9.23%) DHCP
16 58 (8.63%) VLAN
17 57 (8.48%) TCP/IP
18 51 (7.59%) Cisco Firepower
19 41 (6.10%) Cisco ISE
20 39 (5.80%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.04%) GitLab
1 7 (1.04%) Katalon Studio
2 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.45%) JIRA
4 2 (0.30%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 201 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 70 (10.42%) Finance
3 46 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (3.87%) Law
6 23 (3.42%) Retail
7 21 (3.13%) Electronics
8 15 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.89%) Local Government
14 5 (0.74%) Legal
15 4 (0.60%) Japanese Language
15 4 (0.60%) Police
15 4 (0.60%) Publishing
16 3 (0.45%) Marketing
16 3 (0.45%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.30%) Billing
Job Titles
1 177 (26.34%) Network Engineer
2 131 (19.49%) Senior
3 100 (14.88%) IT Support
4 97 (14.43%) Architect
5 96 (14.29%) Analyst
6 88 (13.10%) IT Support Specialist
6 88 (13.10%) Support Specialist
7 72 (10.71%) Network Analyst
8 71 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 58 (8.63%) Security Architect
10 56 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
11 52 (7.74%) Lead
12 50 (7.44%) Operations Analyst
13 49 (7.29%) Network Operations Analyst
14 46 (6.85%) Senior Architect
15 39 (5.80%) Cisco Architect
15 39 (5.80%) Senior Cisco Architect
16 30 (4.46%) Senior Security Architect
16 30 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
17 28 (4.17%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.68%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.34%) SAML
3 7 (1.04%) YAML
4 5 (0.74%) HTML
4 5 (0.74%) XMPP
5 2 (0.30%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.15%) OAuth
6 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 117 (17.41%) Data Centre
2 97 (14.43%) Video Conferencing
3 86 (12.80%) Wiki
4 51 (7.59%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 30 (4.46%) Driving Licence
7 20 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.83%) Public Cloud
9 18 (2.68%) GNSS
10 13 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.79%) PMI
12 11 (1.64%) FPGA
12 11 (1.64%) PKI
13 8 (1.19%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.19%) MicroBlaze
13 8 (1.19%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.19%) Robotics
13 8 (1.19%) VHDL
14 7 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 198 (29.46%) Windows
2 102 (15.18%) Windows 10
3 88 (13.10%) Android
4 59 (8.78%) Windows Server
5 48 (7.14%) Linux
6 21 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.60%) VMS
9 3 (0.45%) Unix
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (16.96%) Computer Science
2 104 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 101 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
4 94 (13.99%) Presales
5 93 (13.84%) Business Continuity
5 93 (13.84%) Mobile Device Management
6 88 (13.10%) Project Delivery
7 87 (12.95%) BCP
8 86 (12.80%) Application Virtualisation
8 86 (12.80%) Business Continuity Planning
8 86 (12.80%) Contract Negotiation
9 80 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (9.52%) ITIL
11 58 (8.63%) Project Management
12 55 (8.18%) Customer Engagement
12 55 (8.18%) Information Security
13 49 (7.29%) Time Management
14 48 (7.14%) Agile
15 45 (6.70%) Mentoring
16 39 (5.80%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.61%) SQL
3 16 (2.38%) C++
4 14 (2.08%) Python
5 13 (1.93%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.19%) C
6 8 (1.19%) Perl
6 8 (1.19%) Tcl
6 8 (1.19%) VB
7 5 (0.74%) C#
Qualifications
1 212 (31.55%) Cisco Certification
2 179 (26.64%) Degree
3 150 (22.32%) CCNP
4 133 (19.79%) CCNA
5 95 (14.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 86 (12.80%) Master's Degree
7 54 (8.04%) Security Cleared
8 46 (6.85%) CCIE
9 41 (6.10%) AWS Certification
10 40 (5.95%) SC Cleared
11 38 (5.65%) Azure Certification
12 36 (5.36%) CCDP
13 34 (5.06%) CCSP
14 33 (4.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 33 (4.91%) CCSK
14 33 (4.91%) CISM
14 33 (4.91%) CISSP
15 17 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.93%) PMI Certification
17 12 (1.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.36%) NIST
2 22 (3.27%) SLA
3 15 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 12 (1.79%) PMO
6 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.49%) QA
7 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.45%) JTAG
10 1 (0.15%) IASME
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 205 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 90 (13.39%) VMware ESXi
3 86 (12.80%) Microsoft App-V
3 86 (12.80%) XenApp
3 86 (12.80%) XenDesktop
4 69 (10.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 66 (9.82%) Hyper-V
6 34 (5.06%) Docker
7 16 (2.38%) Firmware
8 13 (1.93%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.89%) vSphere
12 4 (0.60%) pfSense
13 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 94 (13.99%) SCCM
2 86 (12.80%) AirWatch
3 44 (6.55%) FortiGate
3 44 (6.55%) Single Sign-On
4 43 (6.40%) Kubernetes
5 34 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (4.32%) Stealthwatch
7 20 (2.98%) WSUS
8 17 (2.53%) Terraform
9 16 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (2.23%) CASB
11 12 (1.79%) Opsgenie
11 12 (1.79%) VxRail
11 12 (1.79%) ZABBIX
12 9 (1.34%) Ansible
13 7 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.74%) Nagios
15 4 (0.60%) BMC PATROL
16 3 (0.45%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 386 (57.44%) Cisco
2 271 (40.33%) Microsoft
3 145 (21.58%) Meraki
4 108 (16.07%) Citrix
5 102 (15.18%) VMware
6 83 (12.35%) Fortinet
7 52 (7.74%) SolarWinds
8 43 (6.40%) Juniper
9 42 (6.25%) CheckPoint
10 39 (5.80%) Adobe
10 39 (5.80%) Apple
11 31 (4.61%) Palo Alto
12 30 (4.46%) Aruba
13 21 (3.13%) F5
14 20 (2.98%) Dell
15 15 (2.23%) NetApp
16 14 (2.08%) Zscaler
17 13 (1.93%) Draytek
18 8 (1.19%) HP
18 8 (1.19%) Motorola