Broadband
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Broadband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Broadband over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 690 444
Rank change year-on-year +499 -246 +154
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 1,542 312 1,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 0.31% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.43% 1.97% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 250 167 705
10th Percentile £23,000 £24,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,125 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £32,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +46.15% -35.00% +16.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Broadband 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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,494 15,801 20,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 15.56% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,406 8,018 11,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.64% +2.72%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Salary trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +508 1,499 £50,000 +2.04% 170
Work from Home +454 1,344 £57,500 -28.13% 134
UK excluding London +313 778 £47,500 +46.15% 83
London +463 738 £50,000 -37.50% 86
South East +276 497 £40,000 +23.08% 23
North of England +93 106 £57,500 +27.78% 26
Midlands +36 65 £32,468 +8.23% 14
North West +43 50 £57,500 +17.35% 8
East Midlands +28 50 £33,113 +43.97% 9
Yorkshire +94 49 £47,500 +25.00% 17
South West -4 38 £50,000 +66.67% 7
East of England +27 37 £57,500 +99.65% 4
Scotland -47 30 £57,500 -42.50% 11
West Midlands +3 9 £41,250 +35.25% 5
North East - 7 £57,500 - 3
Wales +11 4 £42,500 -15.00%
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 299 (19.39%) SAS
2 4 (0.26%) Confluence
2 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.19%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 511 (33.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 299 (19.39%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 311 (20.17%) Azure
2 221 (14.33%) Entra ID
3 74 (4.80%) Power Platform
4 39 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (0.71%) Google Workspace
6 8 (0.52%) AWS
6 8 (0.52%) GCP
6 8 (0.52%) SaaS
7 6 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.32%) OCI
9 3 (0.19%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 251 (16.28%) 5G
2 73 (4.73%) Internet
3 51 (3.31%) Wireless
4 40 (2.59%) Firewall
5 32 (2.08%) WAN
6 26 (1.69%) VoIP
7 21 (1.36%) LAN
8 18 (1.17%) DNS
9 16 (1.04%) WPA
10 15 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (0.91%) Mobile Broadband
11 14 (0.91%) VPN
12 13 (0.84%) ADSL
12 13 (0.84%) NAS
13 12 (0.78%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.71%) BGP
15 9 (0.58%) PBX
15 9 (0.58%) VLAN
16 7 (0.45%) DHCP
16 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 74 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
2 74 (4.80%) Power BI
3 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.26%) Tableau
4 3 (0.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (0.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.065%) Git
2 1 (0.065%) XCTest
General
1 979 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 851 (55.19%) Finance
3 730 (47.34%) Analytical Skills
4 449 (29.12%) Influencing Skills
5 273 (17.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 227 (14.72%) Marketing
7 186 (12.06%) Advertising
8 118 (7.65%) Telecoms
9 52 (3.37%) Retail
10 19 (1.23%) Billing
10 19 (1.23%) Games
11 12 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.71%) General Ledger
13 10 (0.65%) Legal
14 3 (0.19%) Local Government
15 2 (0.13%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.13%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.065%) Military
Job Titles
1 511 (33.14%) Analyst
2 398 (25.81%) Senior
3 306 (19.84%) Architect
4 300 (19.46%) Solutions Architect
5 251 (16.28%) Senior Analyst
6 210 (13.62%) Linux Specialist
6 210 (13.62%) Technical Specialist
7 192 (12.45%) Lead
8 129 (8.37%) Financial Analyst
9 127 (8.24%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 127 (8.24%) Senior Linux Specialist
9 127 (8.24%) Senior Technical Specialist
9 127 (8.24%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
10 113 (7.33%) Commercial Analyst
11 74 (4.80%) DBA
11 74 (4.80%) SQL DBA
12 29 (1.88%) IT Technician
13 27 (1.75%) IT Support
14 24 (1.56%) Network Engineer
15 22 (1.43%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.91%) .NET
1 14 (0.91%) WPF
2 12 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
3 10 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.39%) OLE
5 4 (0.26%) CSS
5 4 (0.26%) GraphQL
5 4 (0.26%) HTML
5 4 (0.26%) Node.js
5 4 (0.26%) React
6 3 (0.19%) Kafka
6 3 (0.19%) LDAP
6 3 (0.19%) ODBC
6 3 (0.19%) REST
6 3 (0.19%) SOAP
7 1 (0.065%) Anaconda
Miscellaneous
1 235 (15.24%) Social Media
2 184 (11.93%) Marketing Technology
3 47 (3.05%) Driving Licence
4 31 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
6 16 (1.04%) NHS
7 14 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (0.91%) Management Information System
8 13 (0.84%) Onboarding
9 11 (0.71%) Fibre Optics
9 11 (0.71%) Smartphone
10 10 (0.65%) CCTV
11 7 (0.45%) Cyberattack
11 7 (0.45%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.39%) IoT
13 4 (0.26%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.19%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.19%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.19%) TM Forum
14 3 (0.19%) VLSI
Operating Systems
1 233 (15.11%) Linux
2 210 (13.62%) Ubuntu
3 74 (4.80%) VMS
4 47 (3.05%) Windows
5 20 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.065%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (53.44%) Agile
2 631 (40.92%) Business Case
3 486 (31.52%) Mentoring
4 467 (30.29%) Decision-Making
5 453 (29.38%) Actionable Insight
6 447 (28.99%) Budgeting
6 447 (28.99%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 329 (21.34%) Roadmaps
7 329 (21.34%) Strategic Roadmap
8 323 (20.95%) Data Management
9 309 (20.04%) ERP
10 299 (19.39%) Change Management
10 299 (19.39%) Enterprise Architecture
10 299 (19.39%) Performance Management
10 299 (19.39%) TOGAF
11 235 (15.24%) Cybersecurity
12 218 (14.14%) CRM
13 216 (14.01%) Artificial Intelligence
14 215 (13.94%) Matrix Organization
15 210 (13.62%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 221 (14.33%) Bash
2 80 (5.19%) SQL
3 74 (4.80%) T-SQL
4 15 (0.97%) Python
5 14 (0.91%) C#
6 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
7 4 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.26%) R
8 3 (0.19%) Perl
8 3 (0.19%) Tcl
9 2 (0.13%) Go
9 2 (0.13%) Java
9 2 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 478 (31.00%) ACCA
1 478 (31.00%) CIMA
2 94 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (4.41%) Degree
4 30 (1.95%) Master's Degree
4 30 (1.95%) MBA
5 17 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 15 (0.97%) CCNA
8 13 (0.84%) A+ Certification
9 7 (0.45%) MCITP
9 7 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (0.39%) CCNP
10 6 (0.39%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.26%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.19%) PMP
13 2 (0.13%) CISSP
13 2 (0.13%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.23%) SLA
2 13 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (0.71%) SOC 2
4 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.26%) PMO
5 3 (0.19%) GDPR
5 3 (0.19%) GRC
5 3 (0.19%) QA
6 2 (0.13%) COBIT
6 2 (0.13%) COSO
6 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 262 (16.99%) Active Directory
2 76 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 211 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (13.62%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.65%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.065%) Ansible
5 1 (0.065%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.065%) Puppet
5 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.065%) Terraform
Vendors
1 815 (52.85%) Microsoft
2 317 (20.56%) SAP
3 310 (20.10%) Oracle
4 299 (19.39%) Anaplan
4 299 (19.39%) Hyperion
5 210 (13.62%) CyberArk
5 210 (13.62%) Tanium
6 87 (5.64%) Virgin Media
7 27 (1.75%) Google
8 20 (1.30%) Openreach
9 19 (1.23%) Cisco
10 18 (1.17%) NEC
11 16 (1.04%) Salesforce
12 14 (0.91%) Juniper
13 12 (0.78%) VMware
14 11 (0.71%) Apple
14 11 (0.71%) CA
15 10 (0.65%) Draytek
16 6 (0.39%) BT
16 6 (0.39%) Meraki