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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 405 628
Rank change year-on-year +111 +223 -184
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 357 258 272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 0.67% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.84% 5.83% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 260 205 236
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £44,875
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,563 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -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 5,219 4,423 8,544
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.48% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,299 5,138
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
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 2 June 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 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.92%) IIS
3 8 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 138 (38.66%) Azure
2 71 (19.89%) AWS
3 63 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (6.16%) Entra ID
5 21 (5.88%) GCP
6 10 (2.80%) IaaS
6 10 (2.80%) PaaS
7 8 (2.24%) Mimecast
7 8 (2.24%) Nutanix
8 6 (1.68%) SaaS
9 5 (1.40%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.56%) Datadog
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.56%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.28%) OCI
12 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 337 (94.40%) WAN
2 149 (41.74%) LAN
3 148 (41.46%) Firewall
4 91 (25.49%) Wi-Fi
5 75 (21.01%) MPLS
6 70 (19.61%) BGP
7 61 (17.09%) Wireless
8 58 (16.25%) OSPF
9 57 (15.97%) Network Security
10 45 (12.61%) VPN
11 40 (11.20%) WLAN
12 39 (10.92%) Cisco Firepower
12 39 (10.92%) DNS
13 37 (10.36%) DHCP
14 36 (10.08%) VLAN
15 29 (8.12%) SAN
16 26 (7.28%) TCP/IP
17 21 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (3.64%) VoIP
19 12 (3.36%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (13.73%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.24%) Finance
3 16 (4.48%) Public Sector
4 13 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.80%) Retail
6 8 (2.24%) Law
7 7 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.12%) Japanese Language
8 4 (1.12%) Publishing
8 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.84%) Marketing
9 3 (0.84%) 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
1 115 (32.21%) Architect
2 97 (27.17%) Senior
3 76 (21.29%) Network Engineer
4 64 (17.93%) Security Architect
5 52 (14.57%) Senior Architect
6 45 (12.61%) Cisco Architect
6 45 (12.61%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 41 (11.48%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (10.36%) Analyst
9 36 (10.08%) Senior Security Architect
10 35 (9.80%) Lead
11 33 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (8.40%) Cisco Security Architect
12 30 (8.40%) Senior Network Engineer
13 27 (7.56%) Lead Architect
13 27 (7.56%) Lead Security Architect
13 27 (7.56%) Network Analyst
14 25 (7.00%) IP Architect
14 25 (7.00%) Network Operations Analyst
14 25 (7.00%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.40%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.40%) XMPP
2 1 (0.28%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.28%) OAuth
2 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 84 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 35 (9.80%) Management Information System
3 33 (9.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (5.32%) Public Cloud
5 18 (5.04%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.36%) PMI
7 8 (2.24%) GNSS
8 7 (1.96%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.12%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.84%) IVR
11 3 (0.84%) PKI
11 3 (0.84%) 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%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.45%) Windows
2 28 (7.84%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.72%) Linux
4 15 (4.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.84%) 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 90 (25.21%) Presales
2 79 (22.13%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 55 (15.41%) Time Management
5 53 (14.85%) Customer Engagement
6 45 (12.61%) Software Licensing
7 36 (10.08%) Information Security
8 35 (9.80%) Analytics
8 35 (9.80%) Project Delivery
9 34 (9.52%) Identity Management
9 34 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (9.24%) Application Security
10 33 (9.24%) OWASP
10 33 (9.24%) Secure Coding
10 33 (9.24%) Security Architecture
11 30 (8.40%) ITIL
12 28 (7.84%) CI/CD
13 27 (7.56%) Business Development
14 26 (7.28%) Mentoring
15 25 (7.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.24%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.68%) SQL
3 2 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 154 (43.14%) Cisco Certification
2 108 (30.25%) CCNP
3 97 (27.17%) CCNA
4 63 (17.65%) Degree
5 41 (11.48%) AWS Certification
6 34 (9.52%) Azure Certification
6 34 (9.52%) CCSP
6 34 (9.52%) Security Cleared
7 33 (9.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 33 (9.24%) CCSK
7 33 (9.24%) CISM
7 33 (9.24%) CISSP
8 29 (8.12%) CCIE
9 28 (7.84%) CCDP
9 28 (7.84%) SC Cleared
10 13 (3.64%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.52%) CCSA
12 5 (1.40%) MCSE
12 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.80%) NIST
2 18 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.48%) SLA
4 10 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 60 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 34 (9.52%) Docker
3 30 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.84%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.08%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
3 30 (8.40%) Stealthwatch
4 28 (7.84%) FortiGate
5 19 (5.32%) WSUS
6 17 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (4.20%) CASB
8 12 (3.36%) Opsgenie
8 12 (3.36%) VxRail
8 12 (3.36%) ZABBIX
9 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.68%) SCCM
11 5 (1.40%) Terraform
12 4 (1.12%) BMC PATROL
13 3 (0.84%) Nagios
13 3 (0.84%) OfficeScan
13 3 (0.84%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.56%) Rundeck
14 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 210 (58.82%) Cisco
2 123 (34.45%) Meraki
3 115 (32.21%) Microsoft
4 92 (25.77%) Fortinet
5 45 (12.61%) Adobe
5 45 (12.61%) Apple
6 44 (12.32%) VMware
7 40 (11.20%) Juniper
8 34 (9.52%) SolarWinds
9 28 (7.84%) Aruba
10 23 (6.44%) CheckPoint
11 18 (5.04%) Palo Alto
12 15 (4.20%) Dell
12 15 (4.20%) NetApp
13 8 (2.24%) Draytek
14 6 (1.68%) HP
14 6 (1.68%) Nasuni
14 6 (1.68%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.12%) Zscaler
16 3 (0.84%) Centreon