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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 294 255
Rank change year-on-year +49 -39 +198
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 131 174 241
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.91% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.72% 7.25% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75 106 196
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,125 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +31.94% -16.92%
75th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.86% +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 1,348 2,400 2,877
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.80% 12.59% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 934 1,388 2,447
10th Percentile £27,012 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £86,086
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.64% +6.60% -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 4 December 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 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.58%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) AutoCAD
1 6 (4.58%) MS Visio
1 6 (4.58%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.29%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 72 (54.96%) Azure
2 24 (18.32%) AWS
3 21 (16.03%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.34%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.58%) Azure Storage
6 5 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.82%) GCP
7 4 (3.05%) IaaS
7 4 (3.05%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.29%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.29%) OCI
9 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.53%) OVHcloud
9 2 (1.53%) SaaS
10 1 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 113 (86.26%) WAN
2 76 (58.02%) Firewall
2 76 (58.02%) LAN
3 47 (35.88%) Wireless
4 38 (29.01%) VPN
5 33 (25.19%) Wireshark
6 26 (19.85%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (17.56%) Network Security
8 20 (15.27%) BGP
9 16 (12.21%) OSPF
10 15 (11.45%) VoIP
11 14 (10.69%) TCP/IP
11 14 (10.69%) VLAN
12 12 (9.16%) MPLS
13 11 (8.40%) HSRP
14 10 (7.63%) 5G
14 10 (7.63%) EIGRP
15 9 (6.87%) Cisco Wireless
16 8 (6.11%) DHCP
16 8 (6.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) QGIS
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 42 (32.06%) Finance
3 34 (25.95%) Telecoms
4 15 (11.45%) Retail
5 7 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Law
7 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.29%) Military
8 3 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.53%) Marketing
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (30.53%) Network Engineer
2 15 (11.45%) Network Manager
2 15 (11.45%) Senior
3 13 (9.92%) Analyst
4 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (9.16%) Support Analyst
5 9 (6.87%) Architect
5 9 (6.87%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Lead
6 8 (6.11%) Network Analyst
6 8 (6.11%) Network Support
6 8 (6.11%) Network Support Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) GNSS Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Hardware Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.34%) Head of IT Operations
7 7 (5.34%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.34%) RF Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (38.17%) Data Centre
2 24 (18.32%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.63%) Self-Driving Car
4 9 (6.87%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.34%) GNSS
5 7 (5.34%) Operational Technology
5 7 (5.34%) Public Cloud
6 6 (4.58%) CMDB
7 5 (3.82%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.82%) Virtual Team
8 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
8 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.05%) iPad
8 4 (3.05%) iPhone
8 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.05%) Private Cloud
8 4 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.29%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.03%) Windows
2 17 (12.98%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.82%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.05%) Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.48%) Problem Management
2 34 (25.95%) Load Balancing
3 30 (22.90%) Capacity Planning
3 30 (22.90%) Change Management
4 28 (21.37%) Customer Service
4 28 (21.37%) ITIL
5 27 (20.61%) Coaching
6 26 (19.85%) Network Monitoring
7 25 (19.08%) Network Virtualisation
8 24 (18.32%) Asset Management
8 24 (18.32%) Network Planning
9 23 (17.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (16.79%) Service Delivery
10 22 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (15.27%) Migration
12 19 (14.50%) High Availability
13 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (12.98%) Mentoring
15 15 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.27%) Python
2 15 (11.45%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.11%) SQL
4 6 (4.58%) C++
4 6 (4.58%) MATLAB
5 3 (2.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (27.48%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (24.43%) CCNP
3 23 (17.56%) Degree
4 15 (11.45%) CCIE
5 14 (10.69%) Azure Certification
6 11 (8.40%) AWS Certification
7 9 (6.87%) Master's Degree
8 7 (5.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.34%) PMI Certification
8 7 (5.34%) PMP
8 7 (5.34%) SC Cleared
8 7 (5.34%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.29%) CCNA
10 2 (1.53%) CCDE
10 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.76%) CISSP
11 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) NIST
1 10 (7.63%) SLA
2 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.53%) PMO
3 2 (1.53%) QA
4 1 (0.76%) Basel III
4 1 (0.76%) MiFID
4 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (10.69%) Active Directory
1 14 (10.69%) Hyper-V
2 11 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.34%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.58%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (3.05%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.76%) Docker
7 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (18.32%) Terraform
2 15 (11.45%) Ansible
3 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (7.63%) FortiGate
5 4 (3.05%) Autotask
5 4 (3.05%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.29%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 89 (67.94%) Cisco
2 51 (38.93%) Palo Alto
3 35 (26.72%) SolarWinds
4 33 (25.19%) Meraki
5 28 (21.37%) CheckPoint
6 26 (19.85%) Microsoft
7 19 (14.50%) VMware
8 16 (12.21%) Fortinet
9 13 (9.92%) Aruba
10 12 (9.16%) F5
11 8 (6.11%) Extreme Networks
12 6 (4.58%) Avaya
12 6 (4.58%) SonicWALL
13 4 (3.05%) Juniper
13 4 (3.05%) Zscaler
14 3 (2.29%) Blue Coat
14 3 (2.29%) Dell
14 3 (2.29%) EMC
14 3 (2.29%) Google
15 2 (1.53%) Salesforce