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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 292 293
Rank change year-on-year +56 +1 +118
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 148 146 249
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 0.90% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.03% 6.73% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 82 87 200
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,300 £39,850
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +38.18% -16.67%
75th Percentile £85,313 £81,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +31.82% -1.79%

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 1,476 2,170 3,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.40% 13.32% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 896 1,213 2,995
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 28 January 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 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (10.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.05%) IIS
3 2 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (3.38%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.70%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 84 (56.76%) Azure
2 28 (18.92%) AWS
2 28 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.46%) Entra ID
4 12 (8.11%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.41%) AWS Direct Connect
5 8 (5.41%) SaaS
6 6 (4.05%) Azure Storage
6 6 (4.05%) GCP
6 6 (4.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.35%) OCI
9 1 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.68%) IaaS
9 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 134 (90.54%) WAN
2 81 (54.73%) LAN
3 79 (53.38%) Firewall
4 50 (33.78%) VPN
5 48 (32.43%) Wireless
6 32 (21.62%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (19.59%) Wireshark
8 25 (16.89%) Network Security
9 23 (15.54%) BGP
10 21 (14.19%) TCP/IP
11 20 (13.51%) MPLS
12 19 (12.84%) OSPF
13 18 (12.16%) DHCP
13 18 (12.16%) DNS
14 16 (10.81%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (10.81%) VLAN
14 16 (10.81%) WLAN
15 12 (8.11%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (7.43%) VoIP
17 10 (6.76%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
General
1 53 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 48 (32.43%) Finance
3 32 (21.62%) Telecoms
4 14 (9.46%) Retail
5 8 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.73%) Law
7 6 (4.05%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.35%) Marketing
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 55 (37.16%) Network Engineer
2 25 (16.89%) Senior
3 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (8.78%) Analyst
4 13 (8.78%) Network Manager
4 13 (8.78%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Architect
5 11 (7.43%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (6.76%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (6.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (6.08%) IT Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Network Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Network Operations Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Network Support
8 8 (5.41%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (37.16%) Data Centre
2 30 (20.27%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.05%) CMDB
4 6 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.38%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.70%) GNSS
6 4 (2.70%) iPad
6 4 (2.70%) iPhone
6 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.70%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.70%) Self-Driving Car
6 4 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.54%) Windows
2 21 (14.19%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 11 (7.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.03%) Problem Management
2 33 (22.30%) Change Management
3 30 (20.27%) Capacity Planning
3 30 (20.27%) Coaching
3 30 (20.27%) Load Balancing
4 29 (19.59%) Customer Service
5 27 (18.24%) Service Delivery
6 26 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (17.57%) ITIL
6 26 (17.57%) Mentoring
6 26 (17.57%) Network Monitoring
6 26 (17.57%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (16.22%) Asset Management
7 24 (16.22%) Network Planning
8 22 (14.86%) Zero Trust
9 21 (14.19%) Migration
9 21 (14.19%) Service Management
9 21 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.78%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.43%) Python
3 9 (6.08%) SQL
4 3 (2.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (20.95%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (18.92%) CCNP
3 14 (9.46%) Degree
4 11 (7.43%) Azure Certification
4 11 (7.43%) CCIE
5 8 (5.41%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.73%) Master's Degree
7 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.38%) CCNA
8 5 (3.38%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.38%) PMP
9 3 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.35%) CCDE
10 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.68%) CCSP
11 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) SLA
2 6 (4.05%) NIST
3 4 (2.70%) QA
4 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.35%) PMO
6 1 (0.68%) Basel III
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.68%) MiFID
6 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.43%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.05%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.70%) Firmware
6 4 (2.70%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.35%) Docker
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (14.19%) Terraform
2 19 (12.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (8.78%) FortiGate
4 10 (6.76%) Ansible
5 6 (4.05%) Autotask
6 5 (3.38%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.03%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 95 (64.19%) Cisco
2 46 (31.08%) Palo Alto
3 40 (27.03%) Meraki
4 38 (25.68%) SolarWinds
5 35 (23.65%) CheckPoint
6 34 (22.97%) Fortinet
7 31 (20.95%) Microsoft
8 24 (16.22%) VMware
9 9 (6.08%) F5
10 7 (4.73%) Aruba
10 7 (4.73%) Dynatrace
10 7 (4.73%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (4.05%) ServiceNow
11 6 (4.05%) SonicWALL
12 5 (3.38%) Avaya
12 5 (3.38%) Zscaler
13 4 (2.70%) Google
13 4 (2.70%) Juniper
14 3 (2.03%) Blue Coat
14 3 (2.03%) Dell