Hybrid/Remote SD-WAN Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 319 276
Rank change year-on-year +39 -43 +121
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 118 98 346
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 0.67% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.75% 5.20% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 77 50 258
10th Percentile £39,594 £41,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £41,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,596 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.60% -12.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,375 £84,919
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,052 1,884 5,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.88% 12.90% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 1,126 3,317
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £49,350 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.81% +3.89% -5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SD-WAN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SD-WAN
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

SD-WAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 63 (53.39%) Azure
2 35 (29.66%) AWS
3 16 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (12.71%) AWS Direct Connect
4 15 (12.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 14 (11.86%) Entra ID
6 13 (11.02%) SaaS
7 11 (9.32%) OneDrive
8 10 (8.47%) GCP
9 5 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (3.39%) OCI
11 3 (2.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.85%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.85%) Datadog
12 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.85%) IaaS
12 1 (0.85%) PaaS
12 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 111 (94.07%) WAN
2 69 (58.47%) Firewall
3 66 (55.93%) LAN
4 46 (38.98%) VPN
5 33 (27.97%) WLAN
6 32 (27.12%) Network Security
7 31 (26.27%) MPLS
8 30 (25.42%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (24.58%) BGP
9 29 (24.58%) Cisco ISE
10 28 (23.73%) Wireless
11 25 (21.19%) OSPF
12 20 (16.95%) DNS
12 20 (16.95%) VXLAN
13 19 (16.10%) DHCP
13 19 (16.10%) TCP/IP
14 17 (14.41%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (14.41%) IPsec
15 16 (13.56%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (12.71%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
General
1 34 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.03%) Finance
3 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.08%) Retail
4 6 (5.08%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.54%) Banking
7 3 (2.54%) Legal
8 2 (1.69%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.85%) French Language
9 1 (0.85%) German Language
9 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (38.14%) Network Engineer
2 33 (27.97%) Architect
2 33 (27.97%) Senior
3 24 (20.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (20.34%) Network Architect
4 16 (13.56%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (11.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (11.02%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (9.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.32%) Network Operations Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Firewall Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) IT Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Network Manager
9 8 (6.78%) Presales Solution Architect
10 5 (4.24%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Cisco Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) 802.1X
1 3 (2.54%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.69%) OAuth
2 2 (1.69%) SAML
3 1 (0.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (28.81%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (4.24%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.39%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.69%) iPad
7 2 (1.69%) iPhone
7 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.69%) PKI
7 2 (1.69%) Replication
7 2 (1.69%) Social Media
7 2 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.85%) SCADA
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.47%) Apple iOS
1 10 (8.47%) Windows
1 10 (8.47%) Windows 10
1 10 (8.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.27%) Zero Trust
2 28 (23.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (16.95%) Presales
5 20 (16.95%) Service Management
6 17 (14.41%) Network Architecture
6 17 (14.41%) Network Segmentation
7 16 (13.56%) Mentoring
7 16 (13.56%) Service Delivery
8 15 (12.71%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (11.86%) Roadmaps
10 13 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (10.17%) Cloud Security
11 12 (10.17%) ITIL
12 11 (9.32%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (9.32%) Runbook
13 10 (8.47%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.78%) Python
2 3 (2.54%) Bicep
3 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.69%) SQL
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (27.12%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (20.34%) CCNP
3 18 (15.25%) CCIE
4 8 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 8 (6.78%) CCNA
5 6 (5.08%) Degree
5 6 (5.08%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.24%) CCSA
6 5 (4.24%) CCSE
7 4 (3.39%) JNCIE
7 4 (3.39%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.54%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.54%) CCIE Security
8 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.54%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.69%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) SLA
2 4 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.39%) QA
3 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.69%) NIST
4 2 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (12.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.54%) Firmware
3 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Docker
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (11.02%) FortiGate
2 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (8.47%) Terraform
4 7 (5.93%) Ansible
5 2 (1.69%) Autotask
5 2 (1.69%) CASB
6 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.85%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
6 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.85%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 83 (70.34%) Cisco
2 39 (33.05%) Fortinet
3 30 (25.42%) Meraki
4 26 (22.03%) Palo Alto
5 22 (18.64%) Microsoft
5 22 (18.64%) SolarWinds
6 19 (16.10%) CheckPoint
7 15 (12.71%) Dynatrace
8 14 (11.86%) Juniper
9 13 (11.02%) VMware
10 9 (7.63%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.93%) Zscaler
12 5 (4.24%) Aruba
13 4 (3.39%) F5
13 4 (3.39%) Huawei
14 3 (2.54%) Avaya
14 3 (2.54%) Netskope
15 2 (1.69%) Arista
15 2 (1.69%) Google
16 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks