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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 333 278
Rank change year-on-year +16 -55 +88
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 114 108 355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.69% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.04% 5.66% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 74 52 247
10th Percentile £52,812 - £41,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.88% -14.58% -0.05%
75th Percentile £83,750 £66,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £84,919
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -4.17%

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 2,263 1,909 5,066
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 12.26% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 1,150 3,256
10th Percentile £29,638 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,303 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 24 June 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 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 59 (51.75%) Azure
2 35 (30.70%) AWS
3 13 (11.40%) AWS Direct Connect
3 13 (11.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.65%) SaaS
5 9 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 9 (7.89%) GCP
6 6 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.39%) OCI
8 3 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.75%) Datadog
9 2 (1.75%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) PaaS
10 1 (0.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 107 (93.86%) WAN
2 69 (60.53%) Firewall
3 62 (54.39%) LAN
4 49 (42.98%) VPN
5 39 (34.21%) Network Security
6 36 (31.58%) MPLS
7 33 (28.95%) BGP
8 27 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (23.68%) WLAN
9 25 (21.93%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (21.05%) OSPF
10 24 (21.05%) Wireless
11 23 (20.18%) DNS
12 22 (19.30%) DHCP
13 21 (18.42%) IPsec
14 20 (17.54%) VLAN
15 18 (15.79%) VXLAN
16 15 (13.16%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (13.16%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (13.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.30%) Finance
3 10 (8.77%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.51%) Banking
6 3 (2.63%) Legal
6 3 (2.63%) Marketing
6 3 (2.63%) Retail
7 2 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.88%) French Language
8 1 (0.88%) German Language
8 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.88%) Police
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (38.60%) Network Engineer
2 40 (35.09%) Architect
3 31 (27.19%) Network Architect
4 27 (23.68%) Senior
5 20 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (14.91%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) IT Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) Network Operations Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Firewall Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Network Security Architect
9 8 (7.02%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (7.02%) Security Architect
10 7 (6.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 7 (6.14%) Operations Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.02%) OAuth
1 8 (7.02%) SAML
2 3 (2.63%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.82%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (6.14%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.39%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.51%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.63%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.63%) Replication
7 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.63%) Social Media
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) PKI
8 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 6 (5.26%) Windows
1 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
1 6 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (22.81%) Zero Trust
2 24 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (18.42%) Network Segmentation
3 21 (18.42%) Presales
4 19 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.91%) Network Architecture
5 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (13.16%) Service Management
7 13 (11.40%) Collaborative Culture
7 13 (11.40%) Roadmaps
8 12 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
10 10 (8.77%) Cloud Security
10 10 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (8.77%) Mentoring
10 10 (8.77%) Migration
11 9 (7.89%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.40%) Python
2 3 (2.63%) Bicep
2 3 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (28.95%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (22.81%) CCNP
3 19 (16.67%) CCIE
4 10 (8.77%) Azure Certification
5 9 (7.89%) Degree
6 8 (7.02%) CCNA
7 6 (5.26%) Security Cleared
8 5 (4.39%) CCSA
8 5 (4.39%) CCSE
9 4 (3.51%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.63%) CCIE Security
10 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.63%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.88%) CISSP
12 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.02%) NIST
3 4 (3.51%) QA
4 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.88%) NCSC
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (9.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.75%) Firmware
3 2 (1.75%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (14.04%) FortiGate
2 10 (8.77%) Terraform
3 9 (7.89%) Ansible
4 8 (7.02%) CASB
5 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.75%) Autotask
6 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.75%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.88%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (76.32%) Cisco
2 39 (34.21%) Fortinet
3 34 (29.82%) Palo Alto
4 30 (26.32%) Meraki
5 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
6 21 (18.42%) SolarWinds
7 18 (15.79%) CheckPoint
8 15 (13.16%) Juniper
9 13 (11.40%) Dynatrace
10 11 (9.65%) VMware
11 7 (6.14%) ServiceNow
11 7 (6.14%) Zscaler
12 6 (5.26%) Aruba
13 5 (4.39%) F5
14 3 (2.63%) Avaya
14 3 (2.63%) Huawei
14 3 (2.63%) Netskope
15 2 (1.75%) Arista
15 2 (1.75%) Sophos
15 2 (1.75%) Ubiquiti