SDH Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SDH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SDH over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 584 636
Rank change year-on-year +124 +52 +198
Permanent jobs citing SDH 1 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.005% 0.003% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.022% 0.019% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £40,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +68.75% -50.00% +77.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SDH 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 4,629 5,192 4,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.28% 15.39% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,702 3,338 3,394
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £89,522
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

SDH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SDH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDH trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SDH
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SDH.

SDH salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDH
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared