Software-Defined Networking Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Software-Defined Networking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Software-Defined Networking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 574 599
Rank change year-on-year +165 +25 +184
Permanent jobs citing Software-Defined Networking 4 15 72
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.044% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.28% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 43
10th Percentile £42,200 £36,050 £49,281
25th Percentile £49,625 £39,375 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -37.50% +39.13%
75th Percentile £77,188 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,875 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -34.38% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Software-Defined Networking 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 2,511 5,296 4,779
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.78% 15.65% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,610 3,434 3,543
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,300
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% +1.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,500
90th Percentile £78,075 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.48% -4.29%

Software-Defined Networking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Software-Defined Networking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software-Defined Networking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software-Defined Networking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Software-Defined Networking over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Software-Defined Networking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software-Defined Networking
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) TACACS
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Converged Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software-Defined Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Meraki
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto