SD-WAN Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 271 316
Rank change year-on-year +22 +45 +100
Contract jobs citing SD-WAN 55 74 164
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.48% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.27% 4.60% 5.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 41 104
10th Percentile £400 £300 £350
25th Percentile £416 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +10.26% -2.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £578
90th Percentile £608 £738 £685
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £23.35 £38.23
25th Percentile - £23.50 £46.44
Median hourly rate - £24.00 £64.25
Median % change year-on-year - -62.65% +133.64%
75th Percentile - £24.50 £85.44
90th Percentile - £24.65 £95.68
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £31.25 £92.50
% change year-on-year +140.00% -66.22% +236.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SD-WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SD-WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN hourly rate 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 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.91%) Azure
2 11 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (5.45%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.82%) Akamai
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.82%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
5 1 (1.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 46 (83.64%) WAN
2 30 (54.55%) Firewall
3 22 (40.00%) LAN
4 20 (36.36%) VPN
5 19 (34.55%) MPLS
6 18 (32.73%) BGP
7 12 (21.82%) OSPF
8 11 (20.00%) Network Security
8 11 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (10.91%) DNS
11 5 (9.09%) EIGRP
11 5 (9.09%) Internet
12 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
12 4 (7.27%) Wireless
13 3 (5.45%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (5.45%) DWDM
13 3 (5.45%) IPsec
13 3 (5.45%) NGFW
14 2 (3.64%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
1 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (12.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.09%) Finance
2 5 (9.09%) Law
3 4 (7.27%) Legal
3 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Retail
5 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.64%) Local Government
5 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.82%) Banking
6 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Architect
2 13 (23.64%) Senior
3 7 (12.73%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Consultant
5 4 (7.27%) Network Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Automation Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Network Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) WAN Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (3.64%) Migration Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Product Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Architect
7 2 (3.64%) WAN Project Manager
7 2 (3.64%) WAN Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.82%) HTML
1 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.82%) FMCG
4 1 (1.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Linux
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (14.55%) Change Management
2 8 (14.55%) ITIL
2 8 (14.55%) Project Management
2 8 (14.55%) Roadmaps
3 7 (12.73%) Migration
4 6 (10.91%) Data Protection
4 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (10.91%) Network Management
4 6 (10.91%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (9.09%) Agile
5 5 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (9.09%) Product Management
5 5 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (7.27%) DevSecOps
6 4 (7.27%) PRINCE2
6 4 (7.27%) Problem Management
6 4 (7.27%) Security Management
6 4 (7.27%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) Python
1 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (18.18%) CCNP
3 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) CCIE
6 2 (3.64%) CCNA
7 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.82%) CCDP
7 1 (1.82%) CCSP
7 1 (1.82%) CEH
7 1 (1.82%) CISM
7 1 (1.82%) CISSP
7 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) MCSE
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) NIST
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.45%) NCSC
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.45%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.82%) Firmware
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) FortiGate
2 5 (9.09%) Terraform
3 4 (7.27%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (3.64%) CASB
5 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (50.91%) Cisco
2 18 (32.73%) Palo Alto
3 13 (23.64%) Fortinet
4 9 (16.36%) VMware
5 8 (14.55%) Aruba
6 4 (7.27%) SolarWinds
7 3 (5.45%) F5
7 3 (5.45%) Meraki
8 2 (3.64%) BMC
8 2 (3.64%) BT
8 2 (3.64%) HP
8 2 (3.64%) Huawei
8 2 (3.64%) Juniper
8 2 (3.64%) Remedy
8 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.64%) Splunk
9 1 (1.82%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.82%) Citrix
9 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.82%) Riverbed