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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 299 260
Rank change year-on-year +61 -39 +179
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 132 158 234
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 0.89% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.83% 6.85% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 78 97 189
10th Percentile £52,350 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,384 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +31.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.86% +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 1,343 2,306 2,822
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.82% 12.93% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 925 1,352 2,389
10th Percentile £27,375 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,445 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.83% +6.89% -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 December 2025.

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 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.55%) AutoCAD
1 6 (4.55%) MS Visio
1 6 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.76%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 76 (57.58%) Azure
2 26 (19.70%) AWS
3 23 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.82%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.55%) Azure Storage
5 6 (4.55%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.79%) GCP
7 4 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.03%) IaaS
7 4 (3.03%) SaaS
8 3 (2.27%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.27%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.27%) OCI
9 2 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.52%) OVHcloud
9 2 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (87.12%) WAN
2 78 (59.09%) Firewall
3 77 (58.33%) LAN
4 49 (37.12%) Wireless
5 42 (31.82%) VPN
6 33 (25.00%) Wireshark
7 28 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (18.18%) Network Security
9 20 (15.15%) BGP
10 17 (12.88%) OSPF
11 16 (12.12%) TCP/IP
12 15 (11.36%) VLAN
12 15 (11.36%) VoIP
13 14 (10.61%) MPLS
14 12 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
15 11 (8.33%) HSRP
16 10 (7.58%) DHCP
16 10 (7.58%) DNS
16 10 (7.58%) WLAN
17 8 (6.06%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.76%) QGIS
General
1 47 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 44 (33.33%) Finance
3 34 (25.76%) Telecoms
4 15 (11.36%) Retail
5 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.79%) Law
7 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Military
10 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (32.58%) Network Engineer
2 17 (12.88%) Senior
3 16 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (12.12%) Network Manager
4 13 (9.85%) Analyst
5 12 (9.09%) Support Analyst
6 9 (6.82%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Architect
7 8 (6.06%) Network Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Network Support
7 8 (6.06%) Network Support Analyst
8 7 (5.30%) Head of IT
8 7 (5.30%) Head of IT Operations
8 7 (5.30%) Head of Operations
9 6 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Lead
10 5 (3.79%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 51 (38.64%) Data Centre
2 26 (19.70%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.30%) Operational Technology
3 7 (5.30%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.55%) CMDB
4 6 (4.55%) Self-Driving Car
5 5 (3.79%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.79%) GNSS
5 5 (3.79%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.03%) iPad
6 4 (3.03%) iPhone
6 4 (3.03%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.67%) Windows
2 18 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.79%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.03%) Linux
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (28.03%) Problem Management
2 34 (25.76%) Load Balancing
3 31 (23.48%) Change Management
4 30 (22.73%) Capacity Planning
5 29 (21.97%) ITIL
6 28 (21.21%) Coaching
6 28 (21.21%) Customer Service
7 26 (19.70%) Network Monitoring
7 26 (19.70%) Network Virtualisation
8 25 (18.94%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (18.18%) Asset Management
9 24 (18.18%) Network Planning
10 22 (16.67%) Service Delivery
10 22 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (14.39%) High Availability
12 19 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (14.39%) Mentoring
12 19 (14.39%) Migration
13 16 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 15 (11.36%) Python
3 9 (6.82%) SQL
4 3 (2.27%) Bash
5 2 (1.52%) C++
5 2 (1.52%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 34 (25.76%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (22.73%) CCNP
3 19 (14.39%) Degree
4 15 (11.36%) Azure Certification
5 14 (10.61%) CCIE
6 11 (8.33%) AWS Certification
7 9 (6.82%) Master's Degree
8 7 (5.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.30%) PMI Certification
8 7 (5.30%) PMP
8 7 (5.30%) SC Cleared
8 7 (5.30%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.27%) CCNA
10 2 (1.52%) CCDE
10 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.76%) CISSP
11 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) SLA
2 9 (6.82%) NIST
3 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.52%) PMO
3 2 (1.52%) QA
4 1 (0.76%) Basel III
4 1 (0.76%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.61%) Hyper-V
3 12 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (3.03%) Firmware
6 4 (3.03%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.52%) Docker
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (17.42%) Terraform
2 16 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (10.61%) Ansible
4 11 (8.33%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.79%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.03%) Autotask
7 3 (2.27%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 91 (68.94%) Cisco
2 50 (37.88%) Palo Alto
3 36 (27.27%) SolarWinds
4 34 (25.76%) Meraki
5 30 (22.73%) CheckPoint
6 28 (21.21%) Microsoft
7 20 (15.15%) VMware
8 17 (12.88%) Fortinet
9 12 (9.09%) F5
10 11 (8.33%) Aruba
11 8 (6.06%) Extreme Networks
12 6 (4.55%) Avaya
12 6 (4.55%) SonicWALL
13 4 (3.03%) Juniper
13 4 (3.03%) Zscaler
14 3 (2.27%) Blue Coat
14 3 (2.27%) Dell
14 3 (2.27%) EMC
14 3 (2.27%) Google
15 2 (1.52%) ServiceNow