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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 883 1102
Rank change year-on-year +35 +219 -256
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 59 77 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.077% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.44% 0.49% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46 45 70
10th Percentile £39,375 £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 £70,044 £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 13,491 15,689 21,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.50% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,399 7,941 11,766
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 £77,540 £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 19 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 19 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 +12 59 £52,500 - 13
England +75 57 £52,500 -7.08% 11
North of England +58 24 £47,500 -8.97% 4
South West -8 24 £80,000 +77.78% 1
Work from Home +22 16 £50,000 -37.50% 7
Yorkshire +88 11 £42,500 -18.55% 2
North West +8 11 £52,500 - 2
East of England +5 6 £52,500 -6.67%
Midlands +3 3 £65,050 -27.72%
West Midlands +15 2 £70,025 -22.19%
North East -1 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 6 (10.17%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.69%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.42%) AWS
2 14 (23.73%) Azure
3 12 (20.34%) GCP
4 6 (10.17%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.17%) OCI
5 5 (8.47%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.39%) IaaS
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.29%) WAN
1 22 (37.29%) Wireless
2 18 (30.51%) Firewall
3 17 (28.81%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (23.73%) Network Security
5 13 (22.03%) LAN
6 11 (18.64%) SD-WAN
6 11 (18.64%) WLAN
7 8 (13.56%) NGFW
7 8 (13.56%) VLAN
8 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (10.17%) VPN
10 5 (8.47%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (8.47%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (8.47%) Unified Communications
11 4 (6.78%) Internet
12 1 (1.69%) DHCP
12 1 (1.69%) DNS
12 1 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 1 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) IntelliJ
General
1 16 (27.12%) Aerospace
2 10 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (15.25%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 37 (62.71%) Network Engineer
2 20 (33.90%) Senior
3 16 (27.12%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (23.73%) Architect
5 11 (18.64%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (10.17%) Network Systems Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 4 (6.78%) Lead
8 4 (6.78%) Network Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Security Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Team Leader
8 4 (6.78%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Hibernate
1 1 (1.69%) JSON
1 1 (1.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (40.68%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.17%) CCTV
3 5 (8.47%) PropTech
3 5 (8.47%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.78%) IoT
5 3 (5.08%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Linux
2 6 (10.17%) Debian
2 6 (10.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.69%) Windows
3 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) Network Architecture
2 18 (30.51%) Cloud Security
3 16 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (23.73%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (22.03%) Agile
6 11 (18.64%) Network Monitoring
6 11 (18.64%) Roadmaps
6 11 (18.64%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 9 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 7 (11.86%) Data Centre Operations
9 7 (11.86%) ITIL
10 6 (10.17%) Bayesian Methods
10 6 (10.17%) Configuration Management
10 6 (10.17%) DevOps
10 6 (10.17%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (10.17%) Mentoring
10 6 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) Shell Script
2 5 (8.47%) Python
3 1 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (44.07%) Security Cleared
2 22 (37.29%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.42%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (16.95%) CCNP
5 5 (8.47%) CCIE
5 5 (8.47%) CCNA
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (47.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (20.34%) VMware NSX
3 6 (10.17%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.69%) Docker
4 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Ansible
1 6 (10.17%) ZABBIX
2 5 (8.47%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (8.47%) Opsview
2 5 (8.47%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.69%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (66.10%) Cisco
2 29 (49.15%) VMware
3 17 (28.81%) Palo Alto
4 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.17%) Google
5 6 (10.17%) Oracle
5 6 (10.17%) Red Hat
6 5 (8.47%) Meraki
7 2 (3.39%) Aruba
8 1 (1.69%) Dell
8 1 (1.69%) F5
8 1 (1.69%) Solace
8 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.69%) TIBCO