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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 312 281
Rank change year-on-year -61 -31 +24
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 94 121 261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.73% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.96% 6.23% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 67 62 161
10th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.16% -9.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £74,688 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,150 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% +9.09%

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 2,376 1,941 3,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.29% 11.71% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 1,168 1,948
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.95% -8.26%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,125 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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 23 August 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 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 54 (57.45%) Azure
2 31 (32.98%) AWS
3 12 (12.77%) GCP
4 8 (8.51%) OCI
5 6 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.32%) IaaS
6 5 (5.32%) PaaS
7 4 (4.26%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (4.26%) SaaS
8 3 (3.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.13%) Datadog
10 1 (1.06%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 88 (93.62%) WAN
2 64 (68.09%) Firewall
3 56 (59.57%) LAN
4 43 (45.74%) Network Security
5 32 (34.04%) VPN
6 30 (31.91%) MPLS
7 27 (28.72%) BGP
8 24 (25.53%) Wireless
9 21 (22.34%) VLAN
10 18 (19.15%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (18.09%) OSPF
11 17 (18.09%) WLAN
12 16 (17.02%) DHCP
12 16 (17.02%) DNS
13 15 (15.96%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (14.89%) IPsec
15 13 (13.83%) HTTP
16 11 (11.70%) SNMP
17 10 (10.64%) FTP
17 10 (10.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.77%) Telecoms
3 11 (11.70%) Finance
4 8 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.38%) Banking
5 6 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.32%) Marketing
7 4 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Legal
8 3 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Retail
9 2 (2.13%) French Language
9 2 (2.13%) German Language
10 1 (1.06%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.06%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Police
10 1 (1.06%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (40.43%) Architect
2 31 (32.98%) Network Architect
3 28 (29.79%) Network Engineer
4 17 (18.09%) Senior
5 14 (14.89%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (11.70%) Security Architect
7 10 (10.64%) Network Security Architect
8 8 (8.51%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.38%) IT Manager
9 6 (6.38%) Presales Solution Architect
10 5 (5.32%) Lead
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
11 4 (4.26%) Network Manager
11 4 (4.26%) Senior Architect
11 4 (4.26%) Senior Network Architect
11 4 (4.26%) Technical Manager
12 3 (3.19%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 3 (3.19%) Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.64%) OAuth
1 10 (10.64%) SAML
1 10 (10.64%) Terraform
2 6 (6.38%) 802.1X
3 3 (3.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 32 (34.04%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (9.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 8 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (3.19%) Replication
5 3 (3.19%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.13%) PKI
6 2 (2.13%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.13%) Social Media
6 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.47%) Zero Trust
2 22 (23.40%) Presales
3 17 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (15.96%) Network Segmentation
6 13 (13.83%) Network Architecture
6 13 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.83%) Project Delivery
7 12 (12.77%) Roadmaps
7 12 (12.77%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (11.70%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (11.70%) High Availability
9 10 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (10.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (9.57%) Service Management
11 8 (8.51%) Agile
11 8 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) Python
2 3 (3.19%) Bicep
2 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.13%) Bash
4 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.06%) Ruby
4 1 (1.06%) SQL
4 1 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (31.91%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (23.40%) CCNP
3 15 (15.96%) CCIE
4 9 (9.57%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.45%) Degree
6 6 (6.38%) CCNA
7 4 (4.26%) JNCIE
7 4 (4.26%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.19%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.19%) CCIE Security
8 3 (3.19%) CCSA
8 3 (3.19%) CCSE
8 3 (3.19%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.13%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.13%) PMP
9 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.06%) CISSP
10 1 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (14.89%) NIST
3 4 (4.26%) GDPR
3 4 (4.26%) GRC
3 4 (4.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (2.13%) QA
5 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.06%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.06%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.19%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.13%) Firmware
2 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (19.15%) FortiGate
2 14 (14.89%) CASB
3 11 (11.70%) Ansible
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.13%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.06%) Check_MK
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.06%) SCCM
Vendors
1 79 (84.04%) Cisco
2 44 (46.81%) Palo Alto
3 23 (24.47%) Fortinet
3 23 (24.47%) Microsoft
4 21 (22.34%) Meraki
5 14 (14.89%) Juniper
6 13 (13.83%) CheckPoint
7 11 (11.70%) SolarWinds
8 9 (9.57%) Zscaler
9 7 (7.45%) Netskope
10 6 (6.38%) F5
11 5 (5.32%) Aruba
11 5 (5.32%) VMware
12 4 (4.26%) Dynatrace
13 3 (3.19%) Citrix
13 3 (3.19%) Huawei
14 2 (2.13%) Avaya
14 2 (2.13%) EMC
14 2 (2.13%) Sophos
14 2 (2.13%) Ubiquiti