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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 269 283
Rank change year-on-year -22 +14 +242
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 133 254 261
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 1.08% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.36% 6.81% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 64 132 213
10th Percentile £42,075 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +28.10% -19.23%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -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 1,807 3,729 3,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 15.91% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,618 2,743
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -0.50% -4.29%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SD-WAN

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 18 September 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 4 (3.01%) IIS
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.02%) Blender
2 6 (4.51%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.51%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.01%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (58.65%) Azure
2 44 (33.08%) AWS
3 23 (17.29%) Entra ID
4 21 (15.79%) IaaS
5 19 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (13.53%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (12.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (12.03%) Azure AI
8 16 (12.03%) Azure Key Vault
8 16 (12.03%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (12.03%) PaaS
8 16 (12.03%) Power Automate
8 16 (12.03%) Power Platform
8 16 (12.03%) SaaS
9 15 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (7.52%) AWS Direct Connect
11 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (3.01%) Azure Storage
13 3 (2.26%) GCP
13 3 (2.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 119 (89.47%) WAN
2 93 (69.92%) Firewall
3 63 (47.37%) LAN
4 59 (44.36%) VPN
5 34 (25.56%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (23.31%) Wireless
7 25 (18.80%) BGP
8 24 (18.05%) Wireshark
9 23 (17.29%) OSPF
10 20 (15.04%) DNS
11 17 (12.78%) Network Security
11 17 (12.78%) WLAN
12 16 (12.03%) 5G
12 16 (12.03%) MPLS
13 13 (9.77%) VoIP
14 12 (9.02%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (9.02%) HSRP
14 12 (9.02%) IPsec
14 12 (9.02%) VLAN
15 11 (8.27%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.03%) Data Lake
1 16 (12.03%) MySQL
1 16 (12.03%) Power BI
2 8 (6.02%) QGIS
3 2 (1.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (12.03%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (33.83%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.05%) Finance
3 25 (18.80%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.77%) Retail
5 9 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.02%) Military
7 7 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.26%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Law
10 2 (1.50%) Marketing
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (27.07%) Network Engineer
2 24 (18.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (15.79%) Architect
4 17 (12.78%) Cloud Architect
5 14 (10.53%) Lead
6 9 (6.77%) Analyst
6 9 (6.77%) GNSS Engineer
6 9 (6.77%) Network Manager
7 8 (6.02%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Network Analyst
7 8 (6.02%) Network Support
7 8 (6.02%) Network Support Analyst
7 8 (6.02%) Professional Services Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) RF Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Support Analyst
7 8 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.50%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 58 (43.61%) Data Centre
2 26 (19.55%) Management Information System
3 16 (12.03%) NHS
3 16 (12.03%) Self-Driving Car
4 9 (6.77%) GNSS
4 9 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (6.02%) Algorithms
5 8 (6.02%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.51%) Operational Technology
6 6 (4.51%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (3.01%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.01%) CMDB
7 4 (3.01%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.26%) Clustering
9 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.75%) Social Media
10 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.79%) Windows
2 17 (12.78%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.02%) Linux
4 6 (4.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.07%) ITIL
2 33 (24.81%) B2B
2 33 (24.81%) Network Virtualisation
3 29 (21.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (21.05%) Change Management
4 28 (21.05%) Migration
5 26 (19.55%) DevOps
5 26 (19.55%) Load Balancing
5 26 (19.55%) Problem Management
6 25 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (18.80%) Service Management
7 23 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (17.29%) Project Management
8 21 (15.79%) Capacity Planning
9 20 (15.04%) Cloud Security
9 20 (15.04%) Customer Service
9 20 (15.04%) Roadmaps
10 19 (14.29%) High Availability
10 19 (14.29%) TOGAF
11 18 (13.53%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 27 (20.30%) Python
3 20 (15.04%) SQL
4 16 (12.03%) Bicep
4 16 (12.03%) C++
4 16 (12.03%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (21.05%) Azure Certification
1 28 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (18.80%) CCNP
3 24 (18.05%) Degree
4 16 (12.03%) DBS Check
5 15 (11.28%) CCIE
6 9 (6.77%) AWS Certification
7 6 (4.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.51%) Master's Degree
7 6 (4.51%) PMI Certification
7 6 (4.51%) PMP
7 6 (4.51%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.51%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.26%) CCNA
8 3 (2.26%) CISSP
9 2 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.75%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.02%) NIST
2 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.50%) SLA
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.75%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 20 (15.04%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (13.53%) Active Directory
3 12 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (7.52%) Hyper-V
5 7 (5.26%) Firmware
6 6 (4.51%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (2.26%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 16 (12.03%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (11.28%) Terraform
3 13 (9.77%) Ansible
4 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.01%) FortiGate
5 4 (3.01%) ZENworks
6 3 (2.26%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.50%) Autotask
7 2 (1.50%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 72 (54.14%) Cisco
2 51 (38.35%) Meraki
3 37 (27.82%) SolarWinds
4 33 (24.81%) Palo Alto
5 29 (21.80%) CheckPoint
6 28 (21.05%) Microsoft
7 17 (12.78%) VMware
8 16 (12.03%) Databricks
9 12 (9.02%) Aruba
10 11 (8.27%) Fortinet
11 10 (7.52%) Dynatrace
11 10 (7.52%) Infoblox
12 8 (6.02%) F5
13 6 (4.51%) Avaya
13 6 (4.51%) Extreme Networks
14 4 (3.01%) SonicWALL
15 3 (2.26%) Citrix
15 3 (2.26%) Juniper
15 3 (2.26%) Nimble Storage
15 3 (2.26%) Zscaler