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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 284 262
Rank change year-on-year -83 -22 +14
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 91 136 247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.84% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.04% 7.71% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66 67 128
10th Percentile £53,015 £42,900 £37,125
25th Percentile £67,500 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.35% +27.49%
75th Percentile £84,688 £76,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -12.88% +20.00%

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 2,251 1,763 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 10.92% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 1,008 1,564
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

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 22 September 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 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.20%) Confluence
2 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 56 (61.54%) Azure
2 27 (29.67%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) GCP
3 9 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.69%) OCI
6 6 (6.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (6.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (5.49%) IaaS
7 5 (5.49%) PaaS
8 4 (4.40%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (4.40%) SaaS
9 3 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.20%) Datadog
11 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.10%) Cloudflare
11 1 (1.10%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 87 (95.60%) WAN
2 64 (70.33%) Firewall
3 49 (53.85%) LAN
4 40 (43.96%) Network Security
5 33 (36.26%) VPN
6 28 (30.77%) MPLS
7 25 (27.47%) BGP
8 23 (25.27%) Wireless
9 20 (21.98%) VLAN
10 19 (20.88%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (17.58%) DHCP
11 16 (17.58%) DNS
11 16 (17.58%) WLAN
12 15 (16.48%) OSPF
13 14 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (15.38%) IPsec
14 12 (13.19%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (13.19%) HTTP
15 11 (12.09%) SNMP
16 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.89%) Finance
4 8 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.49%) Banking
6 5 (5.49%) Marketing
6 5 (5.49%) Retail
7 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.30%) Legal
8 3 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Automotive
9 2 (2.20%) French Language
9 2 (2.20%) German Language
10 1 (1.10%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.10%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Police
10 1 (1.10%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Architect
2 30 (32.97%) Network Engineer
3 29 (31.87%) Network Architect
4 14 (15.38%) Senior
5 11 (12.09%) Security Architect
5 11 (12.09%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (10.99%) Network Security Architect
7 9 (9.89%) Lead
8 7 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) IT Manager
10 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Lead Network Engineer
11 4 (4.40%) Delivery Manager
11 4 (4.40%) Network Manager
11 4 (4.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Manager
12 3 (3.30%) Senior Architect
12 3 (3.30%) Senior Network Architect
12 3 (3.30%) Team Leader
12 3 (3.30%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.99%) OAuth
1 10 (10.99%) SAML
1 10 (10.99%) Terraform
2 6 (6.59%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.20%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 35 (38.46%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (9.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (8.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (3.30%) Replication
5 3 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.20%) PKI
6 2 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.20%) Social Media
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
1 3 (3.30%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.98%) Zero Trust
2 19 (20.88%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (17.58%) Network Segmentation
3 16 (17.58%) Presales
3 16 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (16.48%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (13.19%) Network Architecture
8 11 (12.09%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (12.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (10.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (10.99%) Project Delivery
9 10 (10.99%) Roadmaps
9 10 (10.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.89%) High Availability
10 9 (9.89%) Service Management
11 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (8.79%) Migration
11 8 (8.79%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (3.30%) Bicep
2 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.20%) Bash
4 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.10%) Ruby
4 1 (1.10%) SQL
4 1 (1.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (26.37%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (20.88%) CCNP
3 11 (12.09%) CCIE
4 8 (8.79%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.69%) Degree
6 6 (6.59%) CCNA
7 3 (3.30%) JNCIE
7 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.20%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.20%) CCIE Security
8 2 (2.20%) CCSA
8 2 (2.20%) CCSE
8 2 (2.20%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.20%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.20%) PMP
9 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (15.38%) NIST
3 4 (4.40%) GDPR
3 4 (4.40%) GRC
3 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (2.20%) QA
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.10%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.20%) Firmware
3 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.20%) vSphere
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (18.68%) FortiGate
2 14 (15.38%) CASB
3 10 (10.99%) Ansible
4 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.20%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.10%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.10%) Grafana
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (85.71%) Cisco
2 43 (47.25%) Palo Alto
3 26 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 25 (27.47%) Fortinet
5 18 (19.78%) Meraki
6 15 (16.48%) Juniper
7 12 (13.19%) CheckPoint
8 10 (10.99%) SolarWinds
9 7 (7.69%) Zscaler
10 6 (6.59%) F5
11 5 (5.49%) Aruba
11 5 (5.49%) Dynatrace
11 5 (5.49%) Netskope
11 5 (5.49%) VMware
12 3 (3.30%) Citrix
12 3 (3.30%) Huawei
13 2 (2.20%) Apple
13 2 (2.20%) Broadcom
13 2 (2.20%) EMC
13 2 (2.20%) Veeam