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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 310 284
Rank change year-on-year +35 -26 +144
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 114 88 315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.69% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.17% 5.47% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 67 60 261
10th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £45,688 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +6.20% -15.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -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 1,848 1,610 4,306
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.98% 12.55% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,190 3,473
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,938 £67,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +9.38% -7.69%

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 27 March 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 17 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.75%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 58 (50.88%) Azure
2 28 (24.56%) AWS
3 22 (19.30%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
5 13 (11.40%) OneDrive
6 11 (9.65%) AWS Direct Connect
6 11 (9.65%) SaaS
7 9 (7.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (6.14%) GCP
9 5 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (3.51%) OCI
11 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 106 (92.98%) WAN
2 58 (50.88%) LAN
3 55 (48.25%) Firewall
4 40 (35.09%) VPN
5 29 (25.44%) Wireless
6 26 (22.81%) Network Security
6 26 (22.81%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (20.18%) BGP
8 21 (18.42%) MPLS
8 21 (18.42%) WLAN
9 20 (17.54%) TCP/IP
10 19 (16.67%) OSPF
11 18 (15.79%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (15.79%) DNS
12 17 (14.91%) DHCP
13 14 (12.28%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (11.40%) VXLAN
15 12 (10.53%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (9.65%) Cisco Wireless
16 11 (9.65%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
General
1 37 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.56%) Finance
3 10 (8.77%) Retail
4 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.02%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Law
9 3 (2.63%) Banking
10 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Police
11 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 29 (25.44%) Senior
3 24 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (15.79%) Architect
5 11 (9.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.65%) Network Operations Engineer
5 11 (9.65%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (8.77%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (8.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 10 (8.77%) Firewall Engineer
6 10 (8.77%) Presales Solution Architect
6 10 (8.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) IT Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) Network Manager
7 9 (7.89%) Operations Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Technical Manager
9 6 (5.26%) Cisco Architect
9 6 (5.26%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.95%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.40%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.39%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.51%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.51%) iPad
4 4 (3.51%) iPhone
4 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.51%) Private Cloud
4 4 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.63%) GNSS
5 3 (2.63%) Self-Driving Car
6 2 (1.75%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) CMDB
7 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.91%) Windows
2 16 (14.04%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.40%) Windows 10
4 12 (10.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.32%) Zero Trust
2 28 (24.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (21.93%) Mentoring
4 22 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 19 (16.67%) Service Management
6 18 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
7 16 (14.04%) ITIL
7 16 (14.04%) Presales
7 16 (14.04%) Problem Management
7 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (13.16%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (12.28%) Change Management
9 14 (12.28%) Cloud Security
9 14 (12.28%) Migration
10 13 (11.40%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (10.53%) Cloud Operations
11 12 (10.53%) Cost Management
11 12 (10.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.02%) Python
2 7 (6.14%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.39%) SQL
4 3 (2.63%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) Bicep
5 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (17.54%) CCNP
3 12 (10.53%) CCIE
3 12 (10.53%) Degree
4 7 (6.14%) CCNA
5 5 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.51%) CCSA
6 4 (3.51%) CCSE
7 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.75%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.75%) JNCIE
8 2 (1.75%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.40%) SLA
2 3 (2.63%) QA
3 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) Basel III
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.88%) MiFID
4 1 (0.88%) NCSC
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.14%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.88%) Docker
5 1 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.53%) Terraform
3 11 (9.65%) FortiGate
4 6 (5.26%) Ansible
5 4 (3.51%) Autotask
5 4 (3.51%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (57.89%) Cisco
2 37 (32.46%) Fortinet
3 27 (23.68%) Meraki
4 24 (21.05%) Palo Alto
5 23 (20.18%) Microsoft
6 18 (15.79%) CheckPoint
6 18 (15.79%) VMware
7 17 (14.91%) SolarWinds
8 11 (9.65%) Dynatrace
9 9 (7.89%) ServiceNow
10 5 (4.39%) Aruba
10 5 (4.39%) Zscaler
11 4 (3.51%) F5
12 3 (2.63%) EMC
12 3 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (2.63%) Netskope
13 2 (1.75%) Google
13 2 (1.75%) Juniper
14 1 (0.88%) Datto
14 1 (0.88%) Huawei