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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 407 615
Rank change year-on-year +110 +208 -204
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 354 253 263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 0.64% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.80% 5.64% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 261 200 227
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £44,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,208 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +7.53% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 5,208 4,488 8,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.12% 11.32% 11.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,324 3,309 5,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 29 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 19 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.95%) IIS
3 8 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 140 (39.55%) Azure
2 71 (20.06%) AWS
3 63 (17.80%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.21%) Entra ID
5 21 (5.93%) GCP
6 11 (3.11%) IaaS
7 10 (2.82%) PaaS
8 8 (2.26%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.26%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.69%) SaaS
10 5 (1.41%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.56%) Datadog
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.56%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.28%) OCI
13 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 334 (94.35%) WAN
2 150 (42.37%) LAN
3 145 (40.96%) Firewall
4 91 (25.71%) Wi-Fi
5 77 (21.75%) MPLS
6 73 (20.62%) BGP
7 63 (17.80%) Wireless
8 61 (17.23%) OSPF
9 55 (15.54%) Network Security
10 46 (12.99%) VPN
11 41 (11.58%) WLAN
12 40 (11.30%) DNS
13 37 (10.45%) DHCP
13 37 (10.45%) VLAN
14 34 (9.60%) Cisco Firepower
15 29 (8.19%) SAN
16 26 (7.34%) TCP/IP
17 22 (6.21%) Cisco ISE
18 12 (3.39%) Ethernet
18 12 (3.39%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (13.84%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.89%) Finance
3 16 (4.52%) Public Sector
4 13 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.82%) Retail
6 8 (2.26%) Law
7 7 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.13%) Japanese Language
8 4 (1.13%) Publishing
8 4 (1.13%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.85%) Marketing
9 3 (0.85%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.56%) Billing
10 2 (0.56%) Legal
10 2 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.28%) Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (31.64%) Architect
2 93 (26.27%) Senior
3 78 (22.03%) Network Engineer
4 61 (17.23%) Security Architect
5 49 (13.84%) Senior Architect
6 42 (11.86%) Cisco Architect
6 42 (11.86%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 41 (11.58%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (11.02%) Analyst
9 35 (9.89%) Lead
10 34 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 33 (9.32%) Senior Security Architect
12 31 (8.76%) Senior Network Engineer
13 29 (8.19%) Network Analyst
14 27 (7.63%) Cisco Security Architect
14 27 (7.63%) Lead Architect
14 27 (7.63%) Lead Security Architect
14 27 (7.63%) Network Operations Analyst
14 27 (7.63%) Operations Analyst
15 25 (7.06%) IP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.69%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.41%) XMPP
3 1 (0.28%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.28%) OAuth
3 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 81 (22.88%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.89%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (5.37%) Public Cloud
5 18 (5.08%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.39%) PMI
7 8 (2.26%) GNSS
8 7 (1.98%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.13%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.85%) IVR
11 3 (0.85%) PKI
11 3 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.56%) Clustering
12 2 (0.56%) Life Science
12 2 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.28%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.56%) Windows
2 28 (7.91%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.78%) Linux
4 15 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.58%) Presales
2 76 (21.47%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (17.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (14.69%) Time Management
5 50 (14.12%) Customer Engagement
6 42 (11.86%) Software Licensing
7 36 (10.17%) Information Security
8 35 (9.89%) Project Delivery
9 34 (9.60%) Identity Management
9 34 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (9.32%) Application Security
10 33 (9.32%) OWASP
10 33 (9.32%) Secure Coding
10 33 (9.32%) Security Architecture
11 32 (9.04%) Analytics
12 31 (8.76%) ITIL
13 28 (7.91%) CI/CD
14 27 (7.63%) Business Development
15 26 (7.34%) Mentoring
16 25 (7.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.26%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.69%) SQL
3 2 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 152 (42.94%) Cisco Certification
2 106 (29.94%) CCNP
3 96 (27.12%) CCNA
4 60 (16.95%) Degree
5 41 (11.58%) AWS Certification
6 34 (9.60%) Azure Certification
6 34 (9.60%) CCSP
6 34 (9.60%) Security Cleared
7 33 (9.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (9.32%) CCSK
7 33 (9.32%) CISM
7 33 (9.32%) CISSP
8 30 (8.47%) CCIE
9 29 (8.19%) CCDP
10 28 (7.91%) SC Cleared
11 13 (3.67%) PMI Certification
12 9 (2.54%) CCSA
13 5 (1.41%) MCSE
13 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.89%) NIST
2 18 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.52%) SLA
4 10 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 59 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 34 (9.60%) Docker
3 30 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (5.93%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.85%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.60%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (7.63%) Stealthwatch
4 26 (7.34%) FortiGate
5 19 (5.37%) WSUS
6 17 (4.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (4.24%) CASB
8 12 (3.39%) Opsgenie
8 12 (3.39%) VxRail
8 12 (3.39%) ZABBIX
9 10 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.69%) SCCM
11 5 (1.41%) Terraform
12 4 (1.13%) BMC PATROL
13 3 (0.85%) Nagios
13 3 (0.85%) OfficeScan
13 3 (0.85%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.56%) Backup Exec
14 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 205 (57.91%) Cisco
2 118 (33.33%) Meraki
3 113 (31.92%) Microsoft
4 89 (25.14%) Fortinet
5 44 (12.43%) VMware
6 42 (11.86%) Adobe
6 42 (11.86%) Apple
7 41 (11.58%) Juniper
8 34 (9.60%) SolarWinds
9 28 (7.91%) Aruba
10 23 (6.50%) CheckPoint
11 18 (5.08%) Palo Alto
12 15 (4.24%) Dell
12 15 (4.24%) NetApp
13 8 (2.26%) Draytek
14 6 (1.69%) HP
14 6 (1.69%) Nasuni
14 6 (1.69%) Rapid7
15 5 (1.41%) Zscaler
16 4 (1.13%) F5