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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 314 283
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 +72
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 108 110 337
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.67% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.57% 5.61% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 72 56 232
10th Percentile £53,670 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £67,188 £43,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £52,596 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.12% -15.85% +5.49%
75th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,750 £84,919
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +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 2,364 1,961 4,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 11.91% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,198 3,016
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,457 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

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 11 July 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 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 56 (51.85%) Azure
2 34 (31.48%) AWS
3 11 (10.19%) AWS Direct Connect
3 11 (10.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 9 (8.33%) GCP
4 9 (8.33%) SaaS
5 8 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.63%) OCI
8 3 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.78%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.85%) Datadog
9 2 (1.85%) IaaS
9 2 (1.85%) PaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 101 (93.52%) WAN
2 72 (66.67%) Firewall
3 63 (58.33%) LAN
4 47 (43.52%) VPN
5 43 (39.81%) Network Security
6 38 (35.19%) MPLS
7 35 (32.41%) BGP
8 26 (24.07%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (24.07%) Wireless
9 25 (23.15%) WLAN
10 24 (22.22%) OSPF
11 23 (21.30%) Cisco ISE
12 22 (20.37%) VLAN
13 21 (19.44%) DNS
13 21 (19.44%) IPsec
14 20 (18.52%) DHCP
15 16 (14.81%) VXLAN
16 14 (12.96%) TCP/IP
17 13 (12.04%) Cisco ASA
17 13 (12.04%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.59%) Finance
3 13 (12.04%) Telecoms
4 8 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.56%) Banking
5 6 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.63%) Marketing
7 3 (2.78%) Legal
7 3 (2.78%) Retail
8 2 (1.85%) Law
9 1 (0.93%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.93%) French Language
9 1 (0.93%) German Language
9 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.93%) Police
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (38.89%) Architect
2 38 (35.19%) Network Engineer
3 33 (30.56%) Network Architect
4 24 (22.22%) Senior
5 17 (15.74%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (9.26%) Network Security Architect
8 10 (9.26%) Security Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.48%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.48%) Network Operations Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 6 (5.56%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (4.63%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
12 5 (4.63%) IT Manager
12 5 (4.63%) Network Manager
12 5 (4.63%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.26%) OAuth
1 10 (9.26%) SAML
2 3 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.78%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.93%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (32.41%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.78%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.78%) Replication
6 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.78%) Social Media
7 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.85%) PKI
7 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.78%) Apple iOS
1 3 (2.78%) Windows
1 3 (2.78%) Windows 10
1 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Zero Trust
2 22 (20.37%) Network Segmentation
3 21 (19.44%) Presales
4 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (15.74%) Network Architecture
7 16 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 12 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Culture
11 11 (10.19%) Roadmaps
12 10 (9.26%) High Availability
12 10 (9.26%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 10 (9.26%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
12 10 (9.26%) Service Management
13 9 (8.33%) Agile
13 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.89%) Python
2 3 (2.78%) Bicep
2 3 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.93%) SQL
4 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (26.85%) CCNP
3 19 (17.59%) CCIE
4 11 (10.19%) CCNA
5 10 (9.26%) Azure Certification
6 9 (8.33%) Degree
7 6 (5.56%) Security Cleared
8 5 (4.63%) CCSA
8 5 (4.63%) CCSE
9 4 (3.70%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.78%) CCIE Security
10 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.78%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.85%) PMP
12 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.26%) NIST
3 4 (3.70%) QA
4 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.93%) NCSC
5 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.70%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.85%) Firmware
4 2 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 11 (10.19%) Ansible
3 10 (9.26%) CASB
3 10 (9.26%) Terraform
4 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.85%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.93%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (82.41%) Cisco
2 39 (36.11%) Palo Alto
3 33 (30.56%) Fortinet
4 28 (25.93%) Meraki
5 23 (21.30%) Microsoft
6 19 (17.59%) SolarWinds
7 18 (16.67%) CheckPoint
8 15 (13.89%) Juniper
9 11 (10.19%) Dynatrace
10 9 (8.33%) VMware
11 7 (6.48%) F5
11 7 (6.48%) Zscaler
12 6 (5.56%) Aruba
13 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
14 3 (2.78%) Avaya
14 3 (2.78%) Citrix
14 3 (2.78%) Huawei
14 3 (2.78%) Netskope
15 2 (1.85%) Arista
15 2 (1.85%) Ubiquiti