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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 329 255
Rank change year-on-year -25 -74 +76
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 98 110 311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.67% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.14% 5.61% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 66 57 213
10th Percentile £54,261 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £44,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £53,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% -18.46% +16.07%
75th Percentile £84,688 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,125 £81,500 £84,919
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% +2.68%

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 2,366 1,962 4,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.88% 11.93% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 1,199 2,434
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -6.61%

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 25 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 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 51 (52.04%) Azure
2 31 (31.63%) AWS
3 10 (10.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 9 (9.18%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (9.18%) GCP
5 8 (8.16%) SaaS
6 6 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (6.12%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (5.10%) OCI
8 3 (3.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.06%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.04%) Datadog
9 2 (2.04%) IaaS
9 2 (2.04%) PaaS
10 1 (1.02%) Cloudflare
10 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 91 (92.86%) WAN
2 68 (69.39%) Firewall
3 57 (58.16%) LAN
4 43 (43.88%) Network Security
5 39 (39.80%) VPN
6 36 (36.73%) MPLS
7 33 (33.67%) BGP
8 23 (23.47%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (23.47%) Wireless
9 22 (22.45%) OSPF
9 22 (22.45%) WLAN
10 20 (20.41%) VLAN
11 19 (19.39%) IPsec
12 18 (18.37%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (18.37%) DNS
13 17 (17.35%) DHCP
14 14 (14.29%) VXLAN
15 13 (13.27%) HTTP
16 12 (12.24%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (11.22%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.31%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Telecoms
4 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.12%) Banking
5 6 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Marketing
7 3 (3.06%) Legal
7 3 (3.06%) Retail
8 2 (2.04%) French Language
8 2 (2.04%) German Language
8 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.02%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.02%) Police
9 1 (1.02%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 40 (40.82%) Architect
2 32 (32.65%) Network Engineer
3 31 (31.63%) Network Architect
4 20 (20.41%) Senior
5 16 (16.33%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (11.22%) Security Architect
8 10 (10.20%) Network Security Architect
9 9 (9.18%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (8.16%) Presales Solution Architect
11 6 (6.12%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) Cisco Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) IT Manager
12 5 (5.10%) Network Manager
13 4 (4.08%) Project Manager
13 4 (4.08%) Senior Architect
13 4 (4.08%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.20%) OAuth
1 10 (10.20%) SAML
2 3 (3.06%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.06%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 33 (33.67%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.08%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.06%) Replication
6 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.06%) Social Media
7 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.04%) PKI
7 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.02%) Windows
1 1 (1.02%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.49%) Zero Trust
2 22 (22.45%) Presales
3 20 (20.41%) Network Segmentation
4 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (15.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (14.29%) Network Architecture
8 12 (12.24%) Project Delivery
9 11 (11.22%) Collaborative Culture
9 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.22%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (10.20%) High Availability
10 10 (10.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 10 (10.20%) Roadmaps
11 9 (9.18%) Agile
11 9 (9.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (9.18%) Network Monitoring
11 9 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (8.16%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.27%) Python
2 3 (3.06%) Bicep
2 3 (3.06%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.04%) Bash
4 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.02%) SQL
4 1 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (34.69%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (26.53%) CCNP
3 18 (18.37%) CCIE
4 10 (10.20%) Azure Certification
5 8 (8.16%) CCNA
5 8 (8.16%) Degree
6 4 (4.08%) CCSA
6 4 (4.08%) CCSE
6 4 (4.08%) JNCIE
6 4 (4.08%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.06%) CCIE Security
7 3 (3.06%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.04%) CISSP
8 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.04%) PMP
8 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (12.24%) NIST
3 2 (2.04%) GDPR
3 2 (2.04%) GRC
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.06%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.04%) Firmware
3 2 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (17.35%) FortiGate
2 12 (12.24%) CASB
3 10 (10.20%) Ansible
4 8 (8.16%) Terraform
5 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.04%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.02%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.02%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (1.02%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (84.69%) Cisco
2 40 (40.82%) Palo Alto
3 31 (31.63%) Fortinet
4 25 (25.51%) Meraki
5 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 16 (16.33%) CheckPoint
6 16 (16.33%) SolarWinds
7 14 (14.29%) Juniper
8 9 (9.18%) Dynatrace
9 8 (8.16%) Zscaler
10 6 (6.12%) Aruba
10 6 (6.12%) F5
10 6 (6.12%) VMware
11 5 (5.10%) Netskope
12 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
13 3 (3.06%) Citrix
13 3 (3.06%) Huawei
14 2 (2.04%) Avaya
14 2 (2.04%) EMC
14 2 (2.04%) Sophos