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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 292 274
Rank change year-on-year +55 -18 +134
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 146 142 275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.89% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.68% 6.90% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 80 84 226
10th Percentile £51,757 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,938 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +31.30% -12.21%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £71,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,250 £84,919
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +31.82% -0.90%

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 1,508 2,059 3,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.47% 12.94% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,180 3,224
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,192 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.23% +0.35% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 February 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 17 (11.64%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.11%) IIS
4 2 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.05%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 84 (57.53%) Azure
2 28 (19.18%) AWS
2 28 (19.18%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.27%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.90%) OneDrive
5 10 (6.85%) AWS Direct Connect
6 9 (6.16%) SaaS
7 7 (4.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (4.11%) Azure Storage
8 6 (4.11%) GCP
9 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.37%) OCI
11 1 (0.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.68%) IaaS
11 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 132 (90.41%) WAN
2 78 (53.42%) Firewall
3 76 (52.05%) LAN
4 48 (32.88%) VPN
4 48 (32.88%) Wireless
5 32 (21.92%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (18.49%) Wireshark
7 26 (17.81%) Network Security
8 22 (15.07%) BGP
9 21 (14.38%) TCP/IP
10 20 (13.70%) DNS
10 20 (13.70%) MPLS
11 19 (13.01%) DHCP
11 19 (13.01%) OSPF
12 18 (12.33%) Cisco ISE
13 17 (11.64%) VLAN
14 16 (10.96%) WLAN
15 13 (8.90%) Cisco Wireless
16 12 (8.22%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (8.22%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
General
1 54 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 50 (34.25%) Finance
3 31 (21.23%) Telecoms
4 13 (8.90%) Retail
5 8 (5.48%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Law
6 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 55 (37.67%) Network Engineer
2 26 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (17.12%) Senior
4 13 (8.90%) Analyst
4 13 (8.90%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.53%) Architect
5 11 (7.53%) Cisco Engineer
5 11 (7.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (7.53%) Network Manager
6 9 (6.16%) IT Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Network Operations Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (5.48%) Network Analyst
7 8 (5.48%) Network Support
7 8 (5.48%) Network Support Analyst
7 8 (5.48%) Technical Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Firewall Engineer
8 7 (4.79%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 57 (39.04%) Data Centre
2 31 (21.23%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.48%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.79%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.11%) CMDB
5 6 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.74%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.74%) GNSS
7 4 (2.74%) iPad
7 4 (2.74%) iPhone
7 4 (2.74%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.74%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.74%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.74%) Self-Driving Car
7 4 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.44%) Windows
2 22 (15.07%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.90%) Windows 10
4 12 (8.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.40%) Problem Management
2 33 (22.60%) Change Management
3 30 (20.55%) Capacity Planning
3 30 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (19.86%) Coaching
4 29 (19.86%) Customer Service
4 29 (19.86%) Load Balancing
5 26 (17.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (17.81%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (17.81%) Network Virtualisation
6 25 (17.12%) Mentoring
7 24 (16.44%) Asset Management
7 24 (16.44%) ITIL
7 24 (16.44%) Network Planning
7 24 (16.44%) Service Delivery
7 24 (16.44%) Zero Trust
8 22 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (14.38%) Service Management
10 20 (13.70%) Migration
10 20 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.90%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.16%) Python
2 9 (6.16%) SQL
3 3 (2.05%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (21.23%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (19.18%) CCNP
3 14 (9.59%) Degree
4 11 (7.53%) CCIE
5 10 (6.85%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.79%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.79%) CCNA
7 6 (4.11%) Master's Degree
7 6 (4.11%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.11%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.74%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.74%) PMP
9 2 (1.37%) CCDE
9 2 (1.37%) CCSA
9 2 (1.37%) CCSE
9 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.59%) SLA
2 5 (3.42%) NIST
3 4 (2.74%) QA
4 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.37%) PMO
6 1 (0.68%) Basel III
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.68%) MiFID
6 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (14.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.53%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.79%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.11%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.74%) Firmware
6 4 (2.74%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.37%) Docker
8 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (14.38%) Terraform
2 20 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (8.22%) FortiGate
4 8 (5.48%) Ansible
5 5 (3.42%) Autotask
5 5 (3.42%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 92 (63.01%) Cisco
2 44 (30.14%) Palo Alto
3 41 (28.08%) Meraki
4 38 (26.03%) SolarWinds
5 36 (24.66%) CheckPoint
5 36 (24.66%) Fortinet
6 30 (20.55%) Microsoft
7 25 (17.12%) VMware
8 9 (6.16%) Dynatrace
9 7 (4.79%) F5
9 7 (4.79%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.11%) Aruba
10 6 (4.11%) Extreme Networks
10 6 (4.11%) SonicWALL
11 5 (3.42%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.74%) Avaya
12 4 (2.74%) Google
13 3 (2.05%) Dell
13 3 (2.05%) EMC
13 3 (2.05%) Juniper