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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 288 267
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +201
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 140 189 250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 0.95% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.18% 7.91% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 66 111 203
10th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +33.33% -19.23%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £62,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +31.82% -8.33%

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 1,712 2,388 3,038
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.74% 12.02% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,377 2,537
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -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 5 November 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 6 (4.29%) IIS
2 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.00%) Blender
2 6 (4.29%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.29%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 82 (58.57%) Azure
2 37 (26.43%) AWS
3 21 (15.00%) IaaS
4 19 (13.57%) Entra ID
5 18 (12.86%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (12.14%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (11.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 16 (11.43%) SaaS
8 15 (10.71%) Azure AI
8 15 (10.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 15 (10.71%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (10.71%) PaaS
8 15 (10.71%) Power Automate
8 15 (10.71%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.29%) Azure Storage
10 5 (3.57%) GCP
11 3 (2.14%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (2.14%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.43%) OVHcloud
Communications & Networking
1 121 (86.43%) WAN
2 91 (65.00%) Firewall
3 70 (50.00%) LAN
4 50 (35.71%) VPN
5 39 (27.86%) Wireless
6 33 (23.57%) Wireshark
7 28 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (14.29%) BGP
9 19 (13.57%) DNS
10 18 (12.86%) 5G
10 18 (12.86%) OSPF
11 17 (12.14%) Network Security
12 15 (10.71%) VoIP
13 13 (9.29%) VLAN
14 12 (8.57%) HSRP
15 11 (7.86%) MPLS
16 10 (7.14%) EIGRP
17 8 (5.71%) TCP/IP
17 8 (5.71%) WLAN
18 7 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.71%) Data Lake
1 15 (10.71%) MySQL
1 15 (10.71%) Power BI
2 7 (5.00%) QGIS
3 2 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (10.71%) Git
2 1 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.43%) Finance
3 34 (24.29%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.71%) Retail
5 11 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.00%) Military
6 7 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.14%) Law
7 3 (2.14%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.43%) Marketing
9 1 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 23 (16.43%) Architect
3 16 (11.43%) Cloud Architect
4 15 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (7.86%) GNSS Engineer
5 11 (7.86%) Hardware Engineer
5 11 (7.86%) RF Engineer
6 10 (7.14%) Lead
7 9 (6.43%) Analyst
7 9 (6.43%) Network Manager
8 8 (5.71%) Network Analyst
8 8 (5.71%) Network Support
8 8 (5.71%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (5.71%) Senior
8 8 (5.71%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (5.00%) Head of IT
9 7 (5.00%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (5.00%) Head of Operations
9 7 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 64 (45.71%) Data Centre
2 26 (18.57%) Management Information System
3 18 (12.86%) Self-Driving Car
4 15 (10.71%) NHS
5 11 (7.86%) GNSS
6 9 (6.43%) Onboarding
6 9 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (5.00%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.00%) Operational Technology
7 7 (5.00%) Public Cloud
8 6 (4.29%) CMDB
9 4 (2.86%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.86%) Virtual Team
10 3 (2.14%) Clustering
10 3 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (2.14%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.43%) Social Media
12 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.14%) Windows
2 14 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.57%) Linux
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
2 39 (27.86%) ITIL
3 35 (25.00%) B2B
4 34 (24.29%) Load Balancing
5 33 (23.57%) Problem Management
6 30 (21.43%) Capacity Planning
6 30 (21.43%) Migration
7 29 (20.71%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (19.29%) Change Management
9 26 (18.57%) DevOps
9 26 (18.57%) Network Monitoring
10 25 (17.86%) Coaching
10 25 (17.86%) Service Management
11 24 (17.14%) Asset Management
11 24 (17.14%) Customer Service
11 24 (17.14%) Network Planning
12 23 (16.43%) Project Management
13 21 (15.00%) High Availability
13 21 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (15.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.14%) PowerShell
2 26 (18.57%) Python
3 22 (15.71%) SQL
4 15 (10.71%) Bicep
5 14 (10.00%) C++
5 14 (10.00%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.71%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (23.57%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (21.43%) CCNP
3 29 (20.71%) Azure Certification
3 29 (20.71%) Degree
4 15 (10.71%) CCIE
4 15 (10.71%) DBS Check
5 11 (7.86%) AWS Certification
6 7 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 7 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 7 (5.00%) PMP
6 7 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.14%) CCNA
8 2 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.71%) CCDE
9 1 (0.71%) CISSP
9 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.14%) NIST
2 4 (2.86%) SLA
3 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.71%) PMO
4 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 18 (12.86%) Virtual Machines
2 11 (7.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.86%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.29%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (2.86%) Firmware
5 4 (2.86%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.71%) Docker
6 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (15.71%) Terraform
2 15 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (9.29%) Ansible
4 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (5.00%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.86%) Autotask
6 4 (2.86%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.14%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.14%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 83 (59.29%) Cisco
2 48 (34.29%) Palo Alto
3 47 (33.57%) Meraki
4 37 (26.43%) SolarWinds
5 30 (21.43%) CheckPoint
6 24 (17.14%) Microsoft
7 16 (11.43%) VMware
8 15 (10.71%) Databricks
9 13 (9.29%) Aruba
9 13 (9.29%) Fortinet
10 12 (8.57%) F5
11 7 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
12 6 (4.29%) Avaya
12 6 (4.29%) SonicWALL
13 4 (2.86%) Zscaler
14 3 (2.14%) Blue Coat
14 3 (2.14%) Dell
14 3 (2.14%) Google
14 3 (2.14%) Juniper
14 3 (2.14%) Nimble Storage