SD-WAN Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 297 374
Rank change year-on-year -59 +77 +244
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 108 348 257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 1.01% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.98% 6.81% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 52 242 213
10th Percentile - £41,375 £40,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,919 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%

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 5,452 5,110 4,160
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.00% 14.82% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 3,178 3,207
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SD-WAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

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 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Blender
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (58.33%) Azure
2 38 (35.19%) AWS
3 28 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 22 (20.37%) IaaS
5 19 (17.59%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 17 (15.74%) SaaS
8 16 (14.81%) Azure AI
8 16 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (14.81%) Azure Key Vault
8 16 (14.81%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (14.81%) PaaS
8 16 (14.81%) Power Automate
8 16 (14.81%) Power Platform
9 10 (9.26%) AWS Direct Connect
10 8 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (3.70%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 101 (93.52%) WAN
2 70 (64.81%) Firewall
3 47 (43.52%) VPN
4 33 (30.56%) LAN
5 32 (29.63%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (24.07%) 5G
7 22 (20.37%) DNS
8 21 (19.44%) BGP
9 17 (15.74%) OSPF
10 13 (12.04%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (12.04%) MPLS
10 13 (12.04%) WLAN
11 11 (10.19%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (10.19%) IPsec
12 10 (9.26%) NX-OS
13 9 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (8.33%) Network Security
14 8 (7.41%) Wireless
15 7 (6.48%) VLAN
15 7 (6.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.81%) Data Lake
1 16 (14.81%) MySQL
1 16 (14.81%) Power BI
2 8 (7.41%) QGIS
3 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 22 (20.37%) Git
2 6 (5.56%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.70%) Subversion
4 2 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.19%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (7.41%) Military
5 7 (6.48%) Marketing
5 7 (6.48%) Retail
6 4 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.70%) Local Government
6 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.78%) Finance
7 3 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.93%) Automotive
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (24.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (21.30%) Network Engineer
3 20 (18.52%) Architect
4 17 (15.74%) Cloud Architect
5 16 (14.81%) Lead
6 11 (10.19%) Support Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) GNSS Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Embedded C Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Embedded Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Hardware Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) IT Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Professional Services Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) RF Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure Support
9 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (35.19%) Data Centre
2 26 (24.07%) Self-Driving Car
3 19 (17.59%) GNSS
4 16 (14.81%) NHS
5 12 (11.11%) Algorithms
5 12 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (9.26%) Management Information System
7 8 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (6.48%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.70%) FPGA
9 4 (3.70%) MicroBlaze
9 4 (3.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (3.70%) Tandem
10 3 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.85%) Clustering
11 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
12 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.44%) Windows
2 20 (18.52%) Linux
3 14 (12.96%) Windows Server
4 7 (6.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.70%) Unix
6 3 (2.78%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.89%) B2B
2 29 (26.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (25.93%) Migration
4 26 (24.07%) Test Automation
5 22 (20.37%) ITIL
6 21 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (18.52%) Service Management
8 19 (17.59%) Agile
8 19 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (17.59%) TOGAF
9 18 (16.67%) Analytics
9 18 (16.67%) DevOps
9 18 (16.67%) Log Analytics
9 18 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
9 18 (16.67%) Project Management
9 18 (16.67%) Roadmaps
10 17 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (14.81%) Data Integration
11 16 (14.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.93%) Python
2 26 (24.07%) C++
3 25 (23.15%) PowerShell
4 17 (15.74%) SQL
5 16 (14.81%) Bicep
5 16 (14.81%) MATLAB
6 10 (9.26%) C
7 2 (1.85%) Bash
7 2 (1.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (25.00%) Degree
2 21 (19.44%) Azure Certification
3 17 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (14.81%) DBS Check
5 14 (12.96%) CCNP
6 8 (7.41%) CCIE
7 7 (6.48%) SC Cleared
7 7 (6.48%) Security Cleared
8 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.63%) AWS Certification
10 4 (3.70%) CCNA
10 4 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (2.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) PMO
2 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.85%) NIST
2 2 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
System Software
1 22 (20.37%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (19.44%) Active Directory
3 10 (9.26%) Firmware
4 9 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (6.48%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (3.70%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (5.56%) Ansible
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.56%) Terraform
3 4 (3.70%) ZENworks
4 3 (2.78%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (34.26%) Cisco
2 35 (32.41%) Meraki
3 32 (29.63%) Microsoft
4 16 (14.81%) Databricks
4 16 (14.81%) SolarWinds
5 15 (13.89%) CheckPoint
6 14 (12.96%) Palo Alto
7 12 (11.11%) Fortinet
7 12 (11.11%) VMware
8 11 (10.19%) Citrix
9 10 (9.26%) Dynatrace
9 10 (9.26%) Infoblox
10 7 (6.48%) Aruba
11 4 (3.70%) Intel
12 2 (1.85%) F5
12 2 (1.85%) Nimble Storage
12 2 (1.85%) Okta
13 1 (0.93%) Extreme Networks
13 1 (0.93%) OneLogin
13 1 (0.93%) Zscaler