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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 319 289
Rank change year-on-year -1 -30 +75
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 114 108 355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.69% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.04% 5.63% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 75 52 247
10th Percentile £52,914 - £41,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.39% -14.58% -0.05%
75th Percentile £83,750 £66,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £84,919
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 2,260 1,918 5,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 12.26% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 1,155 3,249
10th Percentile £29,663 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 June 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 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 59 (51.75%) Azure
2 34 (29.82%) AWS
3 12 (10.53%) AWS Direct Connect
3 12 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 10 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 10 (8.77%) SaaS
5 9 (7.89%) GCP
6 6 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.39%) OCI
8 3 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.75%) Datadog
9 2 (1.75%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) PaaS
10 1 (0.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 107 (93.86%) WAN
2 69 (60.53%) Firewall
3 62 (54.39%) LAN
4 48 (42.11%) VPN
5 39 (34.21%) Network Security
6 35 (30.70%) MPLS
7 32 (28.07%) BGP
8 27 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (22.81%) WLAN
10 24 (21.05%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (21.05%) Wireless
11 23 (20.18%) DNS
11 23 (20.18%) OSPF
12 22 (19.30%) DHCP
13 20 (17.54%) IPsec
13 20 (17.54%) VLAN
14 17 (14.91%) VXLAN
15 15 (13.16%) TCP/IP
16 14 (12.28%) Cisco ASA
16 14 (12.28%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.30%) Finance
3 10 (8.77%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.51%) Banking
6 3 (2.63%) Legal
6 3 (2.63%) Marketing
6 3 (2.63%) Retail
7 2 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.88%) French Language
8 1 (0.88%) German Language
8 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.88%) Police
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (37.72%) Network Engineer
2 40 (35.09%) Architect
3 31 (27.19%) Network Architect
4 27 (23.68%) Senior
5 19 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (14.91%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (7.89%) IT Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Network Operations Engineer
9 8 (7.02%) Network Security Architect
9 8 (7.02%) Presales Solution Architect
9 8 (7.02%) Security Architect
10 7 (6.14%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (6.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 7 (6.14%) Firewall Engineer
11 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
11 6 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
12 5 (4.39%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.02%) OAuth
1 8 (7.02%) SAML
2 3 (2.63%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.63%) Replication
6 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.63%) Social Media
7 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.75%) PKI
7 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 6 (5.26%) Windows
1 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
1 6 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.93%) Zero Trust
2 23 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (18.42%) Presales
4 20 (17.54%) Network Segmentation
5 19 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.91%) Network Architecture
6 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (13.16%) Service Management
8 13 (11.40%) Collaborative Culture
8 13 (11.40%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (9.65%) Service Delivery
11 10 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (8.77%) Mentoring
11 10 (8.77%) Migration
12 9 (7.89%) High Availability
12 9 (7.89%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.40%) Python
2 3 (2.63%) Bicep
2 3 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (28.95%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (22.81%) CCNP
3 19 (16.67%) CCIE
4 10 (8.77%) Azure Certification
5 9 (7.89%) Degree
6 8 (7.02%) CCNA
7 6 (5.26%) Security Cleared
8 5 (4.39%) CCSA
8 5 (4.39%) CCSE
9 4 (3.51%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.63%) CCIE Security
10 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.63%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.88%) PMP
12 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.02%) NIST
3 4 (3.51%) QA
4 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.88%) NCSC
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (9.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.75%) Firmware
3 2 (1.75%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (14.04%) FortiGate
2 10 (8.77%) Terraform
3 9 (7.89%) Ansible
4 8 (7.02%) CASB
5 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.75%) Autotask
6 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.75%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.88%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (75.44%) Cisco
2 38 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 34 (29.82%) Palo Alto
4 29 (25.44%) Meraki
5 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
6 20 (17.54%) SolarWinds
7 17 (14.91%) CheckPoint
8 15 (13.16%) Juniper
9 12 (10.53%) Dynatrace
10 11 (9.65%) VMware
11 7 (6.14%) Zscaler
12 6 (5.26%) Aruba
12 6 (5.26%) ServiceNow
13 5 (4.39%) F5
14 3 (2.63%) Avaya
14 3 (2.63%) Huawei
14 3 (2.63%) Netskope
15 2 (1.75%) Arista
15 2 (1.75%) EMC
15 2 (1.75%) Ubiquiti