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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 292 265
Rank change year-on-year +55 -27 +134
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 143 146 229
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 0.88% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.45% 6.62% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 84 86 187
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,125 £37,000
25th Percentile £57,188 £61,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +38.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £83,438 £81,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,125 £80,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +31.82% -6.38%

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 1,369 2,205 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.02% 13.25% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 892 1,244 2,417
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 7 January 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 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.20%) IIS
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (4.90%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.20%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.20%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 82 (57.34%) Azure
2 28 (19.58%) AWS
2 28 (19.58%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (8.39%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.29%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.20%) Azure Storage
5 6 (4.20%) GCP
5 6 (4.20%) SaaS
6 5 (3.50%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.10%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.40%) IaaS
9 2 (1.40%) OCI
9 2 (1.40%) OVHcloud
10 1 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 126 (88.11%) WAN
2 82 (57.34%) LAN
3 78 (54.55%) Firewall
4 47 (32.87%) Wireless
5 46 (32.17%) VPN
6 30 (20.98%) Wi-Fi
6 30 (20.98%) Wireshark
7 25 (17.48%) Network Security
8 21 (14.69%) BGP
9 19 (13.29%) TCP/IP
10 18 (12.59%) MPLS
11 17 (11.89%) OSPF
12 16 (11.19%) VoIP
13 15 (10.49%) VLAN
14 14 (9.79%) DHCP
14 14 (9.79%) DNS
15 13 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
15 13 (9.09%) WLAN
16 11 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
16 11 (7.69%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
General
1 50 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 45 (31.47%) Finance
3 35 (24.48%) Telecoms
4 16 (11.19%) Retail
5 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.50%) Law
7 4 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.40%) Marketing
10 1 (0.70%) Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (34.97%) Network Engineer
2 21 (14.69%) Senior
3 20 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (10.49%) Network Manager
5 14 (9.79%) Analyst
6 13 (9.09%) Support Analyst
7 10 (6.99%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Architect
8 8 (5.59%) Cisco Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Network Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) Network Support
8 8 (5.59%) Network Support Analyst
9 7 (4.90%) Head of IT
9 7 (4.90%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (4.90%) Head of Operations
9 7 (4.90%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (37.76%) Data Centre
2 28 (19.58%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.59%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.90%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.20%) CMDB
5 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.50%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.80%) GNSS
7 4 (2.80%) iPad
7 4 (2.80%) iPhone
7 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.80%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.80%) Self-Driving Car
7 4 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.08%) Windows
2 19 (13.29%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.29%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.59%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.10%) Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (27.27%) Problem Management
2 33 (23.08%) Change Management
3 31 (21.68%) ITIL
3 31 (21.68%) Load Balancing
4 30 (20.98%) Capacity Planning
4 30 (20.98%) Coaching
5 29 (20.28%) Customer Service
6 27 (18.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (18.88%) Service Delivery
7 26 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
8 25 (17.48%) Mentoring
8 25 (17.48%) Network Monitoring
9 24 (16.78%) Asset Management
9 24 (16.78%) Network Planning
10 23 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (15.38%) Migration
12 21 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (13.29%) ITSM
13 19 (13.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.69%) Python
3 9 (6.29%) SQL
4 3 (2.10%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (20.28%) CCNP
3 16 (11.19%) Degree
4 14 (9.79%) Azure Certification
5 12 (8.39%) CCIE
6 10 (6.99%) AWS Certification
7 9 (6.29%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.90%) PMI Certification
8 7 (4.90%) PMP
9 5 (3.50%) SC Cleared
9 5 (3.50%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.10%) CCNA
11 2 (1.40%) CCDE
11 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.70%) CCSP
12 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.49%) SLA
2 8 (5.59%) NIST
3 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.40%) PMO
3 2 (1.40%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) Basel III
4 1 (0.70%) MiFID
4 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (13.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.09%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.20%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.80%) Firmware
6 4 (2.80%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.40%) Docker
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (15.38%) Terraform
2 19 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (9.09%) FortiGate
4 11 (7.69%) Ansible
5 6 (4.20%) Autotask
6 5 (3.50%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.10%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 94 (65.73%) Cisco
2 48 (33.57%) Palo Alto
3 37 (25.87%) Meraki
4 35 (24.48%) SolarWinds
5 32 (22.38%) CheckPoint
5 32 (22.38%) Microsoft
6 28 (19.58%) Fortinet
7 23 (16.08%) VMware
8 10 (6.99%) F5
9 9 (6.29%) Extreme Networks
10 7 (4.90%) Aruba
11 6 (4.20%) Avaya
11 6 (4.20%) SonicWALL
12 4 (2.80%) Dynatrace
12 4 (2.80%) Google
12 4 (2.80%) ServiceNow
12 4 (2.80%) Zscaler
13 3 (2.10%) Dell
13 3 (2.10%) EMC
13 3 (2.10%) Juniper