SD-WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SD-WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SD-WAN over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 339 606
Rank change year-on-year +64 +267 -113
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 302 263 323
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 0.80% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.21% 6.77% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 205 221 284
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,941
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% -7.69%

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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

SD-WAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.65%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 113 (37.42%) Azure
2 55 (18.21%) AWS
3 53 (17.55%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.96%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.64%) GCP
6 10 (3.31%) Mimecast
6 10 (3.31%) Nutanix
6 10 (3.31%) PaaS
7 8 (2.65%) IaaS
8 6 (1.99%) SaaS
9 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.66%) Datadog
12 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.66%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.33%) CloudFront
13 1 (0.33%) GitHub
13 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 285 (94.37%) WAN
2 135 (44.70%) Firewall
3 111 (36.75%) LAN
4 83 (27.48%) Wi-Fi
5 56 (18.54%) Network Security
6 46 (15.23%) Cisco Firepower
6 46 (15.23%) MPLS
7 43 (14.24%) Wireless
8 40 (13.25%) VPN
9 36 (11.92%) BGP
10 32 (10.60%) VLAN
11 30 (9.93%) OSPF
12 28 (9.27%) DNS
13 25 (8.28%) DHCP
14 20 (6.62%) TCP/IP
14 20 (6.62%) WLAN
15 19 (6.29%) Cisco ISE
16 17 (5.63%) SAN
17 10 (3.31%) 5G
17 10 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (15.23%) Social Skills
2 17 (5.63%) Finance
3 12 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.32%) Law
5 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.66%) Legal
6 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.66%) Retail
7 4 (1.32%) Japanese Language
8 3 (0.99%) Publishing
8 3 (0.99%) Social Housing
9 2 (0.66%) Marketing
10 1 (0.33%) Banking
10 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.33%) Local Government
10 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (33.11%) Architect
2 94 (31.13%) Senior
3 62 (20.53%) Security Architect
4 59 (19.54%) Network Engineer
5 51 (16.89%) Cisco Architect
5 51 (16.89%) Senior Architect
5 51 (16.89%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 36 (11.92%) Cisco Security Architect
6 36 (11.92%) Senior Security Architect
7 33 (10.93%) Solutions Architect
8 31 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 31 (10.26%) Lead
9 30 (9.93%) Consultant
10 24 (7.95%) Lead Architect
10 24 (7.95%) Lead Security Architect
11 21 (6.95%) Senior Network Engineer
12 20 (6.62%) Network Manager
13 18 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 18 (5.96%) IT Engineer
13 18 (5.96%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.32%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.99%) XMPP
3 1 (0.33%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 87 (28.81%) Data Centre
2 28 (9.27%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (4.30%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.65%) GNSS
6 6 (1.99%) PMI
7 5 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.66%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) IVR
9 3 (0.99%) PKI
9 3 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.66%) CMDB
10 2 (0.66%) Life Science
10 2 (0.66%) Robotics
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.58%) Windows
2 24 (7.95%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (3.64%) Linux
5 6 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.99%) Android
6 3 (0.99%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.15%) Presales
2 78 (25.83%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (19.54%) Customer Engagement
4 57 (18.87%) Time Management
5 51 (16.89%) Software Licensing
6 49 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (12.91%) Analytics
8 31 (10.26%) ITIL
9 30 (9.93%) Project Delivery
10 26 (8.61%) Identity Management
10 26 (8.61%) Information Security
11 25 (8.28%) CI/CD
11 25 (8.28%) Migration
11 25 (8.28%) OWASP
11 25 (8.28%) Security Architecture
12 24 (7.95%) Application Security
12 24 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (7.95%) Secure Coding
13 22 (7.28%) Service Delivery
14 19 (6.29%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.98%) PowerShell
1 9 (2.98%) SQL
2 2 (0.66%) Python
Qualifications
1 132 (43.71%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (31.46%) CCNP
3 75 (24.83%) CCNA
4 71 (23.51%) Degree
5 29 (9.60%) Security Cleared
6 28 (9.27%) AWS Certification
7 27 (8.94%) CISSP
8 26 (8.61%) CCIE
9 24 (7.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 24 (7.95%) Azure Certification
9 24 (7.95%) CCSK
9 24 (7.95%) CCSP
9 24 (7.95%) CISM
10 21 (6.95%) SC Cleared
11 13 (4.30%) CCDP
12 8 (2.65%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.99%) CCSA
14 5 (1.66%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.28%) NIST
2 16 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.97%) SLA
4 8 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 44 (14.57%) Active Directory
2 25 (8.28%) Docker
3 22 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.32%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (11.92%) Stealthwatch
2 25 (8.28%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.95%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (5.96%) FortiGate
5 17 (5.63%) WSUS
6 15 (4.97%) CASB
7 11 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (2.65%) SCCM
9 6 (1.99%) Opsgenie
9 6 (1.99%) VxRail
9 6 (1.99%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.32%) Terraform
11 3 (0.99%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.99%) Nagios
11 3 (0.99%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.99%) ZENworks
12 2 (0.66%) Ansible
12 2 (0.66%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.66%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 203 (67.22%) Cisco
2 115 (38.08%) Meraki
3 104 (34.44%) Microsoft
4 88 (29.14%) Fortinet
5 54 (17.88%) Apple
6 51 (16.89%) Adobe
7 33 (10.93%) VMware
8 29 (9.60%) SolarWinds
9 27 (8.94%) Juniper
10 23 (7.62%) Aruba
10 23 (7.62%) Palo Alto
11 16 (5.30%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.98%) Dell
12 9 (2.98%) NetApp
13 8 (2.65%) F5
13 8 (2.65%) Nasuni
13 8 (2.65%) Rapid7
14 5 (1.66%) Arista
14 5 (1.66%) HP
14 5 (1.66%) Zscaler