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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 866 1131
Rank change year-on-year +29 +265 -265
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 68 80 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.084% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.50% 0.52% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 50 47 70
10th Percentile £40,875 £49,281 £39,675
25th Percentile £44,688 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +45.45% -3.09%
75th Percentile £64,375 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software-Defined Networking in the UK

Software-Defined Networking
Top 14 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 2 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
England +74 67 £52,500 -7.08% 12
UK excluding London -19 67 £52,500 - 15
South West -20 31 £58,775 +49.60% 1
North of England +46 25 £47,500 -9.25% 2
Work from Home +8 19 £50,000 -37.50% 6
North West -6 12 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire +67 11 £42,500 -18.55%
East of England 0 7 £52,500 -6.67%
Midlands -9 3 £65,050 -27.72% 1
West Midlands -9 2 £70,025 -22.19% 1
North East -10 2 £39,000 +1.30%
London +98 1 £65,000 -23.53% 3
East Midlands - 1 £51,700 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 - 1

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 8 (11.76%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.41%) AWS
1 20 (29.41%) Azure
2 14 (20.59%) GCP
3 7 (10.29%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.82%) OCI
5 5 (7.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.76%) WAN
2 24 (35.29%) Firewall
3 22 (32.35%) Cisco ASA
3 22 (32.35%) Wireless
4 18 (26.47%) Network Security
5 14 (20.59%) SD-WAN
6 13 (19.12%) LAN
7 11 (16.18%) VLAN
7 11 (16.18%) WLAN
8 10 (14.71%) VPN
9 8 (11.76%) NGFW
10 7 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (7.35%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (7.35%) Cisco Wireless
11 5 (7.35%) Unified Communications
12 4 (5.88%) Internet
13 3 (4.41%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (4.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 3 (4.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
General
1 19 (27.94%) Aerospace
2 10 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (13.24%) Finance
4 8 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Network Engineer
2 24 (35.29%) Senior
3 20 (29.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (20.59%) Architect
4 14 (20.59%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 7 (10.29%) Network Systems Engineer
5 7 (10.29%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (8.82%) Network Security Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 4 (5.88%) Lead
7 4 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Network Security Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Team Leader
7 4 (5.88%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.41%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Architect
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 25 (36.76%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.82%) CCTV
3 5 (7.35%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.35%) PropTech
3 5 (7.35%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.88%) IoT
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.12%) Linux
2 7 (10.29%) Debian
2 7 (10.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Network Architecture
2 18 (26.47%) Agile
2 18 (26.47%) Cloud Security
3 17 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 17 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (20.59%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (20.59%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 12 (17.65%) Roadmaps
6 10 (14.71%) ITIL
7 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (11.76%) CI/CD
8 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.76%) Time Management
9 7 (10.29%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (10.29%) Auto-Scaling
9 7 (10.29%) Configuration Management
9 7 (10.29%) Data Centre Operations
9 7 (10.29%) DevOps
10 6 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) Shell Script
2 5 (7.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (42.65%) Security Cleared
2 25 (36.76%) DV Cleared
3 19 (27.94%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (20.59%) CCNP
5 7 (10.29%) CCNA
6 6 (8.82%) CCIE
7 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.41%) Degree
7 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.94%) RHCE
9 1 (1.47%) CCDP
9 1 (1.47%) MCSE
9 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 32 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (25.00%) VMware NSX
3 7 (10.29%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) ZABBIX
2 5 (7.35%) Ansible
2 5 (7.35%) Cisco Prime
2 5 (7.35%) Opsview
2 5 (7.35%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.41%) VxRail
4 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 46 (67.65%) Cisco
2 35 (51.47%) VMware
3 17 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 17 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.29%) Red Hat
5 6 (8.82%) Google
5 6 (8.82%) Oracle
6 5 (7.35%) Meraki
7 4 (5.88%) F5
8 3 (4.41%) Dell
8 3 (4.41%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.94%) Aruba
10 1 (1.47%) Fortinet