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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 309 288
Rank change year-on-year +61 -21 +122
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 141 126 274
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.84% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.62% 6.60% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 75 72 231
10th Percentile £48,003 £48,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,750 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +23.95% -9.16%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £75,625
90th Percentile £99,000 £94,625 £84,919
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +26.09% -

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 1,635 1,908 3,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.97% 12.71% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 934 1,136 3,250
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,727
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +1.85% -3.57%
75th Percentile £70,979 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 24 February 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 (12.06%) SharePoint
2 16 (11.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.55%) IIS
4 2 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 80 (56.74%) Azure
2 29 (20.57%) AWS
3 27 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (10.64%) Entra ID
5 13 (9.22%) OneDrive
6 12 (8.51%) AWS Direct Connect
7 11 (7.80%) SaaS
8 9 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (4.26%) GCP
10 5 (3.55%) Azure Storage
11 4 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.42%) OCI
14 1 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.71%) IaaS
14 1 (0.71%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 130 (92.20%) WAN
2 76 (53.90%) Firewall
3 72 (51.06%) LAN
4 49 (34.75%) VPN
5 44 (31.21%) Wireless
6 33 (23.40%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (19.15%) Network Security
8 25 (17.73%) BGP
9 23 (16.31%) MPLS
10 22 (15.60%) Wireshark
11 21 (14.89%) Cisco ISE
11 21 (14.89%) OSPF
12 20 (14.18%) TCP/IP
13 19 (13.48%) DNS
13 19 (13.48%) WLAN
14 18 (12.77%) DHCP
15 16 (11.35%) VLAN
16 14 (9.93%) Cisco ASA
17 13 (9.22%) IPsec
17 13 (9.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
General
1 51 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 45 (31.91%) Finance
3 26 (18.44%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.80%) Retail
5 8 (5.67%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.26%) Law
6 6 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.42%) Marketing
9 1 (0.71%) Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (39.72%) Network Engineer
2 27 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (18.44%) Senior
4 12 (8.51%) Architect
4 12 (8.51%) Cisco Engineer
4 12 (8.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (7.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (7.80%) Network Operations Engineer
6 10 (7.09%) Network Manager
6 10 (7.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Analyst
7 9 (6.38%) Firewall Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) IT Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Operations Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (6.38%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.67%) Technical Manager
9 6 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.55%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (36.88%) Data Centre
2 29 (20.57%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.67%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.55%) CMDB
5 5 (3.55%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.84%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.84%) GNSS
6 4 (2.84%) iPad
6 4 (2.84%) iPhone
6 4 (2.84%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.84%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.84%) Self-Driving Car
6 4 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.13%) Social Media
8 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.31%) Windows
2 21 (14.89%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.22%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.11%) Problem Management
2 31 (21.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (21.28%) Change Management
4 27 (19.15%) Zero Trust
5 26 (18.44%) Mentoring
6 25 (17.73%) Capacity Planning
6 25 (17.73%) Coaching
6 25 (17.73%) Customer Service
6 25 (17.73%) Load Balancing
7 24 (17.02%) Network Monitoring
8 23 (16.31%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (15.60%) Network Virtualisation
9 22 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (15.60%) Service Delivery
10 20 (14.18%) Asset Management
10 20 (14.18%) Network Planning
11 19 (13.48%) Migration
11 19 (13.48%) Service Management
11 19 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.51%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.38%) Python
3 8 (5.67%) SQL
4 3 (2.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (19.86%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (17.73%) CCNP
3 12 (8.51%) Degree
4 11 (7.80%) CCIE
5 8 (5.67%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.96%) CCNA
7 6 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.26%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.42%) CCDE
10 2 (1.42%) CCSA
10 2 (1.42%) CCSE
10 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.42%) PMP
11 1 (0.71%) CISSP
11 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.93%) SLA
2 4 (2.84%) QA
3 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.13%) NIST
4 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.42%) PMO
5 1 (0.71%) Basel III
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.71%) MiFID
5 1 (0.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.09%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.96%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (3.55%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.84%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.13%) Firmware
8 2 (1.42%) Docker
9 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (13.48%) Microsoft Intune
1 19 (13.48%) Terraform
2 13 (9.22%) FortiGate
3 8 (5.67%) Ansible
4 5 (3.55%) Autotask
4 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 87 (61.70%) Cisco
2 40 (28.37%) Palo Alto
3 39 (27.66%) Fortinet
4 38 (26.95%) Meraki
5 35 (24.82%) SolarWinds
6 34 (24.11%) CheckPoint
7 28 (19.86%) Microsoft
8 24 (17.02%) VMware
9 11 (7.80%) Dynatrace
10 9 (6.38%) ServiceNow
11 7 (4.96%) F5
12 6 (4.26%) Aruba
13 5 (3.55%) SonicWALL
14 4 (2.84%) Extreme Networks
14 4 (2.84%) Google
14 4 (2.84%) Zscaler
15 3 (2.13%) Blue Coat
15 3 (2.13%) EMC
15 3 (2.13%) Juniper
16 2 (1.42%) Avaya