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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 293 419
Rank change year-on-year -31 +126 +192
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 93 346 270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 1.02% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.69% 6.54% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 61 263 218
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,513
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -17.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,919 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.70%

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 2,518 5,288 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.60% 15.63% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,427 3,537
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +0.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

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 3 May 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 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 59 (63.44%) Azure
2 21 (22.58%) AWS
3 16 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (6.45%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (4.30%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.30%) GitHub
7 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.30%) Route 53
8 3 (3.23%) IaaS
9 2 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.15%) SaaS
10 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (92.47%) WAN
2 61 (65.59%) Firewall
3 40 (43.01%) VPN
4 39 (41.94%) LAN
5 31 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (23.66%) BGP
7 17 (18.28%) MPLS
7 17 (18.28%) Network Security
8 16 (17.20%) OSPF
9 14 (15.05%) 5G
9 14 (15.05%) Wireless
10 13 (13.98%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (13.98%) WLAN
11 12 (12.90%) IPsec
12 9 (9.68%) DNS
13 8 (8.60%) VLAN
14 7 (7.53%) BIG-IP
14 7 (7.53%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (7.53%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (7.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.08%) MySQL
1 1 (1.08%) Power BI
1 1 (1.08%) QGIS
1 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (9.68%) Git
2 8 (8.60%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.30%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (4.30%) Subversion
General
1 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.68%) Marketing
4 7 (7.53%) Finance
5 6 (6.45%) Local Government
6 5 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.08%) Automotive
9 1 (1.08%) Military
9 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (30.11%) Network Engineer
2 22 (23.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (13.98%) Cisco Engineer
3 13 (13.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) Support Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) Senior
6 8 (8.60%) C Software Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) C++ Software Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) Embedded C Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) Software Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Architect
7 7 (7.53%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Consultant
7 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Support
7 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.68%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (30.11%) Data Centre
2 14 (15.05%) GNSS
2 14 (15.05%) Self-Driving Car
3 11 (11.83%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (11.83%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (9.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.38%) Algorithms
5 5 (5.38%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.30%) FPGA
6 4 (4.30%) MicroBlaze
6 4 (4.30%) Security Posture
6 4 (4.30%) Tandem
7 3 (3.23%) Podcast
7 3 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.15%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (1.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (24.73%) Linux
2 22 (23.66%) Windows
3 12 (12.90%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.30%) Unix
6 3 (3.23%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (20.43%) Change Management
2 19 (20.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
3 17 (18.28%) Migration
3 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (16.13%) B2B
5 14 (15.05%) Cloud Security
5 14 (15.05%) Test Automation
6 13 (13.98%) Business Continuity
6 13 (13.98%) Test Assurance
7 12 (12.90%) ITIL
7 12 (12.90%) Load Balancing
7 12 (12.90%) Zero Trust
8 10 (10.75%) Customer Service
8 10 (10.75%) Network Architecture
9 9 (9.68%) Computer Science
9 9 (9.68%) Data Protection
9 9 (9.68%) Statistics
9 9 (9.68%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.28%) Python
2 14 (15.05%) C++
3 12 (12.90%) C
4 10 (10.75%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.30%) Bash
5 4 (4.30%) Perl
6 2 (2.15%) MATLAB
6 2 (2.15%) SQL
7 1 (1.08%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (26.88%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (20.43%) CCNP
3 14 (15.05%) Degree
4 10 (10.75%) CCNA
5 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (6.45%) CCIE
6 6 (6.45%) Security Cleared
7 5 (5.38%) Azure Certification
8 4 (4.30%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.15%) CISSP
10 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.60%) PMO
2 3 (3.23%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.08%) GDPR
4 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 20 (21.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (13.98%) Firmware
3 9 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (7.53%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (4.30%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (2.15%) Hyper-V
8 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Ansible
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (6.45%) Terraform
2 5 (5.38%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.30%) ZENworks
4 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (52.69%) Cisco
2 37 (39.78%) Microsoft
3 25 (26.88%) Meraki
4 23 (24.73%) Palo Alto
5 16 (17.20%) CheckPoint
5 16 (17.20%) SolarWinds
6 14 (15.05%) Fortinet
7 11 (11.83%) Citrix
8 10 (10.75%) VMware
9 7 (7.53%) F5
10 6 (6.45%) Dynatrace
10 6 (6.45%) Infoblox
11 5 (5.38%) Zscaler
12 4 (4.30%) Aruba
12 4 (4.30%) Intel
13 3 (3.23%) Juniper
13 3 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
14 2 (2.15%) ForeScout
14 2 (2.15%) Okta
14 2 (2.15%) OneLogin