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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 286 245
Rank change year-on-year +44 -41 +178
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 136 154 234
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 0.89% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.11% 6.77% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 82 96 191
10th Percentile £50,200 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £56,971 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +34.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.41% +31.82% -4.35%

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 1,345 2,276 2,785
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.79% 13.15% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 920 1,327 2,358
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +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 21 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 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.15%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.41%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.41%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 78 (57.35%) Azure
2 26 (19.12%) AWS
3 24 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.15%) GCP
5 7 (5.15%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.41%) Azure Storage
7 5 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.94%) SaaS
9 3 (2.21%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (2.21%) IaaS
9 3 (2.21%) Nutanix
9 3 (2.21%) OCI
10 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.47%) OVHcloud
10 2 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 119 (87.50%) WAN
2 81 (59.56%) Firewall
2 81 (59.56%) LAN
3 50 (36.76%) Wireless
4 46 (33.82%) VPN
5 33 (24.26%) Wireshark
6 27 (19.85%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (19.12%) Network Security
8 21 (15.44%) BGP
9 17 (12.50%) OSPF
9 17 (12.50%) TCP/IP
10 16 (11.76%) MPLS
10 16 (11.76%) VoIP
11 15 (11.03%) VLAN
12 13 (9.56%) Cisco Wireless
12 13 (9.56%) WLAN
13 11 (8.09%) DHCP
13 11 (8.09%) DNS
13 11 (8.09%) HSRP
14 9 (6.62%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
General
1 47 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 45 (33.09%) Finance
3 35 (25.74%) Telecoms
4 14 (10.29%) Retail
5 6 (4.41%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Law
7 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.47%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (32.35%) Network Engineer
2 20 (14.71%) Senior
3 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (11.76%) Network Manager
4 14 (10.29%) Analyst
5 13 (9.56%) Support Analyst
6 11 (8.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (6.62%) Architect
8 8 (5.88%) Network Analyst
8 8 (5.88%) Network Support
8 8 (5.88%) Network Support Analyst
9 7 (5.15%) Head of IT
9 7 (5.15%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (5.15%) Head of Operations
10 6 (4.41%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) Network Architect
11 5 (3.68%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (38.24%) Data Centre
2 26 (19.12%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.88%) Public Cloud
4 7 (5.15%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.41%) CMDB
5 6 (4.41%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.68%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.94%) GNSS
7 4 (2.94%) iPad
7 4 (2.94%) iPhone
7 4 (2.94%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.94%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.94%) Self-Driving Car
7 4 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.18%) Windows
2 18 (13.24%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.15%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.41%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.94%) Linux
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.94%) Problem Management
2 34 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 33 (24.26%) Change Management
4 30 (22.06%) Capacity Planning
4 30 (22.06%) Coaching
4 30 (22.06%) ITIL
5 29 (21.32%) Customer Service
6 26 (19.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (19.12%) Network Monitoring
6 26 (19.12%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (17.65%) Asset Management
7 24 (17.65%) Network Planning
8 23 (16.91%) Mentoring
8 23 (16.91%) Service Delivery
9 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (14.71%) Migration
12 19 (13.97%) High Availability
12 19 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.29%) Python
3 9 (6.62%) SQL
4 3 (2.21%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (25.74%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (22.79%) CCNP
3 17 (12.50%) Degree
4 15 (11.03%) Azure Certification
5 14 (10.29%) CCIE
6 11 (8.09%) AWS Certification
7 9 (6.62%) Master's Degree
8 7 (5.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.15%) PMI Certification
8 7 (5.15%) PMP
8 7 (5.15%) SC Cleared
8 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.21%) CCNA
10 2 (1.47%) CCDE
10 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.74%) CISSP
11 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.56%) SLA
2 9 (6.62%) NIST
3 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.47%) PMO
4 2 (1.47%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) Basel III
5 1 (0.74%) MiFID
5 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.29%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.41%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.94%) Firmware
6 4 (2.94%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.47%) Docker
8 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (17.65%) Terraform
2 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (11.03%) Ansible
4 13 (9.56%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.68%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.94%) Autotask
7 3 (2.21%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.74%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 94 (69.12%) Cisco
2 51 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 36 (26.47%) SolarWinds
4 35 (25.74%) Meraki
5 30 (22.06%) CheckPoint
6 29 (21.32%) Microsoft
7 20 (14.71%) Fortinet
7 20 (14.71%) VMware
8 12 (8.82%) F5
9 10 (7.35%) Aruba
10 8 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (4.41%) Avaya
11 6 (4.41%) SonicWALL
12 4 (2.94%) Google
12 4 (2.94%) Juniper
12 4 (2.94%) Zscaler
13 3 (2.21%) Blue Coat
13 3 (2.21%) Dell
13 3 (2.21%) EMC
14 2 (1.47%) Salesforce