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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 304 274
Rank change year-on-year +71 -30 +132
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 146 141 230
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 0.86% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.43% 6.46% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 85 82 189
10th Percentile £50,800 £48,325 £38,218
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +39.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +31.82% -4.35%

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 1,400 2,184 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.24% 13.29% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,227 2,474
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +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 14 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 13 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (8.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.11%) IIS
3 2 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (4.79%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.11%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 84 (57.53%) Azure
2 29 (19.86%) AWS
3 28 (19.18%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.90%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.85%) OneDrive
6 7 (4.79%) SaaS
7 6 (4.11%) AWS Direct Connect
7 6 (4.11%) Azure Storage
7 6 (4.11%) GCP
8 5 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.37%) IaaS
10 2 (1.37%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.37%) OCI
11 1 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.68%) OVHcloud
11 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 129 (88.36%) WAN
2 83 (56.85%) LAN
3 78 (53.42%) Firewall
4 47 (32.19%) VPN
5 46 (31.51%) Wireless
6 31 (21.23%) Wi-Fi
7 29 (19.86%) Wireshark
8 26 (17.81%) Network Security
9 21 (14.38%) BGP
10 20 (13.70%) TCP/IP
11 19 (13.01%) MPLS
12 17 (11.64%) OSPF
13 16 (10.96%) VoIP
14 15 (10.27%) DHCP
14 15 (10.27%) DNS
14 15 (10.27%) VLAN
15 14 (9.59%) WLAN
16 13 (8.90%) Cisco Wireless
17 12 (8.22%) Cisco ISE
18 11 (7.53%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
General
1 51 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 45 (30.82%) Finance
3 35 (23.97%) Telecoms
4 16 (10.96%) Retail
5 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Law
8 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.37%) Marketing
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (34.93%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.07%) Senior
3 21 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (10.27%) Network Manager
5 14 (9.59%) Analyst
6 13 (8.90%) Support Analyst
7 10 (6.85%) Architect
7 10 (6.85%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Cisco Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Network Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) Network Support
9 8 (5.48%) Network Support Analyst
10 7 (4.79%) Head of IT
10 7 (4.79%) Head of IT Operations
10 7 (4.79%) Head of Operations
10 7 (4.79%) Technical Manager
11 6 (4.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 55 (37.67%) Data Centre
2 29 (19.86%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.48%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.79%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.11%) CMDB
5 6 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.42%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.74%) GNSS
7 4 (2.74%) iPad
7 4 (2.74%) iPhone
7 4 (2.74%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.74%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.74%) Self-Driving Car
7 4 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.75%) Windows
2 20 (13.70%) Windows Server
3 10 (6.85%) Windows 10
4 9 (6.16%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.37%) Linux
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.40%) Problem Management
2 33 (22.60%) Change Management
3 32 (21.92%) ITIL
4 30 (20.55%) Capacity Planning
4 30 (20.55%) Coaching
4 30 (20.55%) Load Balancing
5 29 (19.86%) Customer Service
6 28 (19.18%) Service Delivery
7 27 (18.49%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (17.81%) Network Virtualisation
9 25 (17.12%) Mentoring
9 25 (17.12%) Network Monitoring
10 24 (16.44%) Asset Management
10 24 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 24 (16.44%) Network Planning
11 23 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (15.07%) Migration
13 21 (14.38%) Zero Trust
14 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (13.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.27%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.85%) Python
3 9 (6.16%) SQL
4 3 (2.05%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (22.60%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (19.86%) CCNP
3 16 (10.96%) Degree
4 14 (9.59%) Azure Certification
5 12 (8.22%) CCIE
6 10 (6.85%) AWS Certification
7 9 (6.16%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.79%) PMI Certification
8 7 (4.79%) PMP
9 6 (4.11%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.11%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.05%) CCNA
11 2 (1.37%) CCDE
11 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.27%) SLA
2 8 (5.48%) NIST
3 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.37%) PMO
4 2 (1.37%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) Basel III
5 1 (0.68%) MiFID
5 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (13.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.22%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.79%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.11%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.74%) Firmware
6 4 (2.74%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.37%) Docker
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (15.07%) Terraform
2 19 (13.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (8.90%) FortiGate
4 10 (6.85%) Ansible
5 6 (4.11%) Autotask
6 5 (3.42%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 96 (65.75%) Cisco
2 47 (32.19%) Palo Alto
3 39 (26.71%) Meraki
4 35 (23.97%) SolarWinds
5 33 (22.60%) CheckPoint
5 33 (22.60%) Microsoft
6 30 (20.55%) Fortinet
7 23 (15.75%) VMware
8 9 (6.16%) Extreme Networks
8 9 (6.16%) F5
9 6 (4.11%) Aruba
9 6 (4.11%) Avaya
9 6 (4.11%) SonicWALL
10 5 (3.42%) Dynatrace
10 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.74%) Google
11 4 (2.74%) Juniper
11 4 (2.74%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.05%) Blue Coat
12 3 (2.05%) Dell