Broadband Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Broadband
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 298 431
Rank change year-on-year +7 +133 +130
Contract jobs citing Broadband 13 47 46
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 2.92% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 27
10th Percentile £463 £272 £392
25th Percentile £464 £273 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £295 £525
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -43.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £515 £497 £638
90th Percentile £538 £556 £710
UK median daily rate £480 £488 £538
% change year-on-year -1.54% -9.30% +4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.35 £28.41
25th Percentile - £23.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £13.78 £24.00 £64.25
Median % change year-on-year -42.58% -62.65% +133.64%
75th Percentile - £24.50 £66.94
90th Percentile - £24.65 £67.28
UK median hourly rate £13.81 £24.00 £64.50
% change year-on-year -42.46% -62.79% +126.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Broadband falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Broadband
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Broadband trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband.

Broadband daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband.

Broadband hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) IPv6
2 8 (61.54%) BGP
2 8 (61.54%) MPLS
2 8 (61.54%) Multicast
2 8 (61.54%) OSPF
2 8 (61.54%) VPN
3 6 (46.15%) Firewall
3 6 (46.15%) GPON
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (15.38%) 802.11
5 2 (15.38%) DOCSIS
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.69%) Bluetooth
6 1 (7.69%) DHCP
6 1 (7.69%) DSL
6 1 (7.69%) IPv4
6 1 (7.69%) PPP
6 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.69%) VoIP
6 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 2 (15.38%) Banking
1 2 (15.38%) Games
2 1 (7.69%) Billing
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
1 8 (61.54%) Principal Engineer
1 8 (61.54%) Principal Network Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Implementation Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Service Advisor
4 2 (15.38%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Principal Security Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Automation Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Core Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Digital TV
1 1 (7.69%) IoT
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Smart Home
1 1 (7.69%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Migration
1 8 (61.54%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (46.15%) Project Delivery
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
5 1 (7.69%) Data Science
5 1 (7.69%) Network Design
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CCIE
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (38.46%) CCIE Service Provider
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) ZABBIX
2 3 (23.08%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco
1 8 (61.54%) SolarWinds
2 5 (38.46%) Nokia
3 3 (23.08%) BT
4 1 (7.69%) Openreach
4 1 (7.69%) Virgin Media