SD-WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 421 626
Rank change year-on-year +120 +205 -210
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 342 260 230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.01% 0.63% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.54% 5.56% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 260 208 198
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £52,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,850 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £85,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £58,383
% change year-on-year -12.00% +7.05% -6.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,233 4,673 7,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.45% 11.24% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 3,467 4,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SD-WAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.80%) IIS
3 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 139 (40.64%) Azure
2 70 (20.47%) AWS
3 61 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (6.14%) Entra ID
4 21 (6.14%) GCP
5 12 (3.51%) IaaS
6 10 (2.92%) PaaS
7 7 (2.05%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.05%) Nutanix
8 6 (1.75%) SaaS
9 5 (1.46%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.29%) CloudFront
10 1 (0.29%) Datadog
10 1 (0.29%) GitHub
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.29%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 323 (94.44%) WAN
2 153 (44.74%) LAN
3 139 (40.64%) Firewall
4 90 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
5 78 (22.81%) MPLS
6 77 (22.51%) BGP
7 64 (18.71%) OSPF
8 59 (17.25%) Wireless
9 50 (14.62%) Network Security
10 47 (13.74%) WLAN
11 46 (13.45%) VPN
12 39 (11.40%) DNS
13 35 (10.23%) DHCP
14 33 (9.65%) VLAN
15 29 (8.48%) SAN
16 26 (7.60%) Cisco Firepower
16 26 (7.60%) TCP/IP
17 23 (6.73%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (3.80%) Ethernet
19 12 (3.51%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (13.45%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.11%) Finance
3 16 (4.68%) Public Sector
4 14 (4.09%) Retail
5 13 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.34%) Law
7 7 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.75%) Marketing
9 4 (1.17%) Japanese Language
9 4 (1.17%) Publishing
10 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Social Housing
10 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.58%) Billing
11 2 (0.58%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Military
12 1 (0.29%) Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (29.24%) Architect
2 81 (23.68%) Senior
3 74 (21.64%) Network Engineer
4 52 (15.20%) Security Architect
5 43 (12.57%) Analyst
6 40 (11.70%) Senior Architect
7 38 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (10.23%) Lead
9 34 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (9.65%) Cisco Architect
10 33 (9.65%) Network Analyst
10 33 (9.65%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 31 (9.06%) Network Operations Analyst
11 31 (9.06%) Operations Analyst
12 27 (7.89%) Lead Architect
12 27 (7.89%) Lead Security Architect
13 26 (7.60%) Senior Network Engineer
14 25 (7.31%) Network Manager
15 24 (7.02%) Senior Security Architect
16 23 (6.73%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.46%) XMPP
3 1 (0.29%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.29%) OAuth
3 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 71 (20.76%) Data Centre
2 35 (10.23%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 20 (5.85%) Public Cloud
5 18 (5.26%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.51%) PMI
7 9 (2.63%) GNSS
8 7 (2.05%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.88%) IVR
11 3 (0.88%) PKI
11 3 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.58%) Clustering
12 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.29%) IoT
13 1 (0.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.04%) Windows
2 28 (8.19%) Linux
3 26 (7.60%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.81%) Presales
2 70 (20.47%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (18.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (12.28%) Time Management
5 39 (11.40%) Customer Engagement
6 36 (10.53%) Information Security
6 36 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (9.94%) Identity Management
8 33 (9.65%) Application Security
8 33 (9.65%) OWASP
8 33 (9.65%) Secure Coding
8 33 (9.65%) Security Architecture
8 33 (9.65%) Software Licensing
9 32 (9.36%) Project Delivery
10 31 (9.06%) ITIL
11 29 (8.48%) Project Management
12 28 (8.19%) CI/CD
13 25 (7.31%) Business Development
14 24 (7.02%) Mentoring
14 24 (7.02%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.63%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.75%) Python
2 6 (1.75%) SQL
3 3 (0.88%) Bash
3 3 (0.88%) C++
3 3 (0.88%) Perl
Qualifications
1 144 (42.11%) Cisco Certification
2 98 (28.65%) CCNP
3 90 (26.32%) CCNA
4 51 (14.91%) Degree
5 41 (11.99%) AWS Certification
6 34 (9.94%) Azure Certification
6 34 (9.94%) CCSP
7 33 (9.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (9.65%) CCSK
7 33 (9.65%) CISM
7 33 (9.65%) CISSP
8 32 (9.36%) CCDP
8 32 (9.36%) CCIE
9 29 (8.48%) Security Cleared
10 26 (7.60%) SC Cleared
11 13 (3.80%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.34%) CCSA
13 6 (1.75%) MCSE
13 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.23%) NIST
2 18 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.09%) SLA
4 10 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (16.96%) Active Directory
2 34 (9.94%) Docker
3 29 (8.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.88%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.94%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (7.89%) FortiGate
4 19 (5.56%) WSUS
5 18 (5.26%) Stealthwatch
6 17 (4.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (4.39%) CASB
8 12 (3.51%) Opsgenie
8 12 (3.51%) VxRail
8 12 (3.51%) ZABBIX
9 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (1.46%) SCCM
10 5 (1.46%) Terraform
11 4 (1.17%) BMC PATROL
12 3 (0.88%) Nagios
12 3 (0.88%) OfficeScan
12 3 (0.88%) ZENworks
13 2 (0.58%) Ansible
13 2 (0.58%) Rundeck
13 2 (0.58%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 188 (54.97%) Cisco
2 108 (31.58%) Meraki
3 102 (29.82%) Microsoft
4 84 (24.56%) Fortinet
5 44 (12.87%) VMware
6 39 (11.40%) Juniper
7 33 (9.65%) Adobe
7 33 (9.65%) Apple
7 33 (9.65%) SolarWinds
8 28 (8.19%) Aruba
9 22 (6.43%) CheckPoint
10 16 (4.68%) Palo Alto
11 14 (4.09%) NetApp
12 13 (3.80%) Dell
13 8 (2.34%) Draytek
14 5 (1.46%) F5
14 5 (1.46%) HP
14 5 (1.46%) Nasuni
14 5 (1.46%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.17%) Zscaler