SD-WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SD-WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SD-WAN over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 416 608
Rank change year-on-year +117 +192 -183
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 343 264 231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 0.62% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.51% 5.54% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 261 212 197
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,850
25th Percentile £46,750 £52,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,063 £58,383
% change year-on-year -8.43% +2.88% -6.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SD-WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,268 4,762 7,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.59% 11.23% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,409 3,537 4,955
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,684
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,100
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.70% +8.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,191 £88,100
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

SD-WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SD-WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SD-WAN.

SD-WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SD-WAN over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.50%) IIS
3 5 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 141 (41.11%) Azure
2 69 (20.12%) AWS
3 61 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.41%) GCP
5 21 (6.12%) Entra ID
6 13 (3.79%) IaaS
7 11 (3.21%) PaaS
8 7 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 7 (2.04%) Nutanix
8 7 (2.04%) SaaS
9 5 (1.46%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.29%) CloudFront
10 1 (0.29%) Datadog
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.29%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 325 (94.75%) WAN
2 156 (45.48%) LAN
3 141 (41.11%) Firewall
4 93 (27.11%) Wi-Fi
5 78 (22.74%) BGP
6 77 (22.45%) MPLS
7 64 (18.66%) OSPF
8 60 (17.49%) Wireless
9 51 (14.87%) Network Security
10 48 (13.99%) WLAN
11 47 (13.70%) VPN
12 37 (10.79%) DNS
13 34 (9.91%) DHCP
14 33 (9.62%) VLAN
15 29 (8.45%) SAN
16 26 (7.58%) Cisco Firepower
16 26 (7.58%) TCP/IP
17 25 (7.29%) Cisco ISE
18 14 (4.08%) Ethernet
19 12 (3.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.29%) MySQL
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (13.41%) Social Skills
2 37 (10.79%) Finance
3 16 (4.66%) Public Sector
4 14 (4.08%) Retail
5 13 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.33%) Law
7 7 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.04%) Marketing
8 4 (1.17%) Japanese Language
8 4 (1.17%) Publishing
8 4 (1.17%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.87%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.58%) Billing
10 2 (0.58%) Legal
10 2 (0.58%) Military
11 1 (0.29%) Advertising
11 1 (0.29%) Banking
11 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (29.45%) Architect
2 82 (23.91%) Senior
3 75 (21.87%) Network Engineer
4 52 (15.16%) Security Architect
5 43 (12.54%) Analyst
6 40 (11.66%) Senior Architect
7 38 (11.08%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (10.20%) Lead
9 33 (9.62%) Cisco Architect
9 33 (9.62%) Network Analyst
9 33 (9.62%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 31 (9.04%) Network Operations Analyst
10 31 (9.04%) Operations Analyst
11 27 (7.87%) Lead Architect
11 27 (7.87%) Lead Security Architect
11 27 (7.87%) Senior Network Engineer
12 24 (7.00%) Network Manager
12 24 (7.00%) Presales Engineer
12 24 (7.00%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.46%) XMPP
3 1 (0.29%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.29%) JSON
3 1 (0.29%) OAuth
3 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 71 (20.70%) Data Centre
2 35 (10.20%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 22 (6.41%) Public Cloud
5 18 (5.25%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.50%) PMI
7 8 (2.33%) GNSS
8 7 (2.04%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.87%) IVR
11 3 (0.87%) PKI
11 3 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.58%) Clustering
12 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.29%) IoT
13 1 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.99%) Windows
2 28 (8.16%) Linux
3 26 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.58%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.32%) Presales
2 70 (20.41%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 41 (11.95%) Time Management
5 38 (11.08%) Customer Engagement
6 37 (10.79%) Information Security
7 35 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (9.91%) Identity Management
9 33 (9.62%) Application Security
9 33 (9.62%) OWASP
9 33 (9.62%) Secure Coding
9 33 (9.62%) Security Architecture
9 33 (9.62%) Software Licensing
10 32 (9.33%) ITIL
10 32 (9.33%) Project Delivery
11 30 (8.75%) Project Management
12 28 (8.16%) CI/CD
13 26 (7.58%) Business Development
14 24 (7.00%) Mentoring
14 24 (7.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.62%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.04%) Python
3 6 (1.75%) SQL
4 3 (0.87%) Bash
4 3 (0.87%) C++
4 3 (0.87%) Perl
Qualifications
1 142 (41.40%) Cisco Certification
2 96 (27.99%) CCNP
3 90 (26.24%) CCNA
4 48 (13.99%) Degree
5 41 (11.95%) AWS Certification
6 34 (9.91%) Azure Certification
6 34 (9.91%) CCSP
7 33 (9.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (9.62%) CCSK
7 33 (9.62%) CISM
7 33 (9.62%) CISSP
8 32 (9.33%) CCDP
8 32 (9.33%) CCIE
9 30 (8.75%) Security Cleared
10 27 (7.87%) SC Cleared
11 13 (3.79%) PMI Certification
12 8 (2.33%) CCSA
13 6 (1.75%) MCSE
13 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.20%) NIST
2 19 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.08%) SLA
4 10 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.87%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (16.62%) Active Directory
2 35 (10.20%) Docker
3 30 (8.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (6.41%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.87%) vSphere
6 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (10.79%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.91%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (7.87%) FortiGate
4 19 (5.54%) WSUS
5 18 (5.25%) Stealthwatch
6 17 (4.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (4.37%) CASB
8 12 (3.50%) Opsgenie
8 12 (3.50%) VxRail
8 12 (3.50%) ZABBIX
9 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.75%) Terraform
11 5 (1.46%) SCCM
12 4 (1.17%) BMC PATROL
13 3 (0.87%) Ansible
13 3 (0.87%) Nagios
13 3 (0.87%) OfficeScan
13 3 (0.87%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.58%) Rundeck
14 2 (0.58%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 189 (55.10%) Cisco
2 108 (31.49%) Meraki
3 102 (29.74%) Microsoft
4 85 (24.78%) Fortinet
5 45 (13.12%) VMware
6 39 (11.37%) Juniper
7 33 (9.62%) Adobe
7 33 (9.62%) Apple
7 33 (9.62%) SolarWinds
8 29 (8.45%) Aruba
9 22 (6.41%) CheckPoint
10 16 (4.66%) Palo Alto
11 14 (4.08%) NetApp
12 12 (3.50%) Dell
13 8 (2.33%) Draytek
14 6 (1.75%) F5
14 6 (1.75%) HP
15 5 (1.46%) Nasuni
15 5 (1.46%) Rapid7
16 4 (1.17%) Zscaler