Software defined networking/ virtualization software
Technology category · O*NET
Software defined networking/ virtualization software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 1 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs.
A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.
Example software & tools
Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.
| Software / tool | Occupations | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems WAN Manager | 1 |
Occupations that use Software defined networking/ virtualization software
How AI is used by roles that use Software defined networking/ virtualization software
A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Software defined networking/ virtualization software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 100.0% of the 1 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (1 roles).
Across those roles, 67.7% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 24.3% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 4.00 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| learning | 39.7% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| task iteration | 23.9% | you and AI go back and forth |
| directive | 20.1% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| feedback loop | 4.2% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
| validation | 4.2% | you do it; AI checks your work |
Roles behind this signal
The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 67.7% | 4.0/5 |
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Software defined networking/ virtualization software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.
Industries that concentrate this
Where Software defined networking/ virtualization software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Software defined networking/ virtualization software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.
Nationally, about 0.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Software defined networking/ virtualization software (measured across 54 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 205,040 | 1.9% |
| Information | 85,400 | 2.9% |
| Finance and Insurance | 78,960 | 1.3% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 71,800 | 2.6% |
| Manufacturing | 41,050 | 0.3% |
| Educational Services | 30,810 | 0.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 27,610 | 0.5% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 20,380 | 0.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 20,290 | 0.1% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 7,380 | 0.1% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 6,270 | 0.1% |
| Retail Trade | 4,980 | 0.0% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Sector | 7.25× | 2.9% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 6.5× | 2.6% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4.75× | 1.9% |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 4.75× | 1.9% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 3.25× | 1.3% |
| Insurance Agencies and Brokerages | National industry | 1.75× | 0.7% |
| Engineering Services | National industry | 1.5× | 0.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | Sector | 1.25× | 0.5% |
| Manufacturing | Sector | 0.75× | 0.3% |
| Educational Services | Sector | 0.5× | 0.2% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 0.5× | 0.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 0.25× | 0.1% |
Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Software defined networking/ virtualization software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/software-defined-networking-virtualization-software
Singulariki. (2026). Software defined networking/ virtualization software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/software-defined-networking-virtualization-software
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