Broadband Job Trends in England

Broadband
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Broadband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 440 424
Rank change year-on-year +210 -16 +268
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 493 248 269
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.94% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.59% 3.84% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 275 35 217
10th Percentile £21,620 £25,500 £21,250
25th Percentile - £30,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +50.94% -51.82%
75th Percentile £26,500 £52,500 £30,000
90th Percentile £31,000 £56,500 £49,250
UK median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -56.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,813 6,462 6,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.77% 13.47% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,421 3,379 5,607
10th Percentile £25,875 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -4.76%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Broadband relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Broadband job vacancy trend in England

Broadband
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Broadband in England

Broadband
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
North of England +179 259 £25,087 -39.18% 70
Yorkshire +78 136 £25,087 -28.32% 38
London +1 100 £30,000 -33.33% 210
North West +101 80 £25,087 -3.51% 23
North East +43 43 £25,087 -49.83% 20
Midlands +58 41 £27,500 -1.79% 36
South West +34 40 £26,294 -15.86% 68
South East +12 23 £26,000 -48.00% 157
East of England +44 22 £35,000 - 80
West Midlands +41 21 £27,000 -3.57% 8
East Midlands +7 20 £28,742 - 26
Broadband
UK

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.41%) CMS
1 2 (0.41%) Confluence
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 26 (5.27%) AWS
2 19 (3.85%) Azure
3 15 (3.04%) Entra ID
4 13 (2.64%) Pulumi
5 12 (2.43%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.03%) Figma
7 9 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.62%) Serverless
9 7 (1.42%) GCP
10 6 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.01%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (1.01%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.41%) npm
14 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.20%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.20%) Contentsquare
14 1 (0.20%) GitHub
14 1 (0.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 63 (12.78%) Internet
2 30 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (4.67%) Ethernet
4 21 (4.26%) VoIP
5 19 (3.85%) MPLS
6 17 (3.45%) BGP
6 17 (3.45%) Firewall
7 16 (3.25%) WAN
8 12 (2.43%) 4G
8 12 (2.43%) SD-WAN
8 12 (2.43%) WPA
9 11 (2.23%) LAN
10 10 (2.03%) ADSL
10 10 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
10 10 (2.03%) Ethernet VPN
10 10 (2.03%) IOS XR
10 10 (2.03%) VPN
11 9 (1.83%) DHCP
11 9 (1.83%) DNS
11 9 (1.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.25%) NoSQL
2 13 (2.64%) RDBMS
2 13 (2.64%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.42%) MySQL
4 5 (1.01%) Big Data
4 5 (1.01%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.41%) Metadata
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (4.87%) Jenkins
2 22 (4.46%) TeamCity
3 13 (2.64%) Jaeger
4 12 (2.43%) Git
5 5 (1.01%) JIRA
6 4 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.41%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.41%) Mocha
7 2 (0.41%) webpack
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Jasmine
General
1 100 (20.28%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.58%) Telecoms
3 52 (10.55%) Games
4 40 (8.11%) Banking
5 30 (6.09%) Finance
5 30 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.87%) Marketing
8 20 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.64%) Billing
10 11 (2.23%) Legal
11 7 (1.42%) Retail
12 6 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.81%) Advertising
14 2 (0.41%) Local Government
14 2 (0.41%) Multimedia
15 1 (0.20%) Back Office
15 1 (0.20%) Electronics
15 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (11.76%) Senior
2 49 (9.94%) Customer Service Advisor
3 35 (7.10%) Sales Executive
4 30 (6.09%) Lead
5 25 (5.07%) Development Manager
5 25 (5.07%) Sales Representative
6 23 (4.67%) Business Development Manager
7 22 (4.46%) Business Manager
8 21 (4.26%) Developer
9 16 (3.25%) Senior Developer
10 14 (2.84%) Network Engineer
11 13 (2.64%) Analyst
11 13 (2.64%) Architect
12 11 (2.23%) Scala Engineer
12 11 (2.23%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.23%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.23%) Support Analyst
13 10 (2.03%) Customer Service Representative
13 10 (2.03%) Senior Business Development Manager
13 10 (2.03%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.46%) Akka
2 18 (3.65%) GraphQL
3 13 (2.64%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (2.64%) OpenTelemetry
4 12 (2.43%) LDAP
4 12 (2.43%) OAuth
4 12 (2.43%) OpenID
4 12 (2.43%) REST
4 12 (2.43%) SAML
4 12 (2.43%) SOAP
5 11 (2.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.03%) Jinja
6 10 (2.03%) NETCONF
6 10 (2.03%) YANG
7 8 (1.62%) React
8 5 (1.01%) Serverless Framework
9 4 (0.81%) TensorFlow
10 3 (0.61%) Node.js
10 3 (0.61%) Redux
11 2 (0.41%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.14%) Social Media
2 31 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.07%) Over-the-Top Content
3 25 (5.07%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (4.46%) Smart Home
5 21 (4.26%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
6 13 (2.64%) Cyberattack
7 12 (2.43%) NHS
8 10 (2.03%) Learning Management System
9 8 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.22%) Handset
12 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.81%) IoT
13 3 (0.61%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.61%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.46%) Linux
2 15 (3.04%) Unix
3 6 (1.22%) Windows
4 3 (0.61%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.41%) Android
5 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (19.07%) Customer Service
2 75 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (14.00%) Agile
4 51 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 45 (9.13%) Customer Experience
6 41 (8.32%) Roadmaps
7 36 (7.30%) B2B
8 35 (7.10%) Analytics
9 32 (6.49%) Business Development
10 28 (5.68%) CRM
10 28 (5.68%) Open Source
11 26 (5.27%) Data Analytics
11 26 (5.27%) Software Engineering
11 26 (5.27%) TDD
12 23 (4.67%) Collaborative Culture
12 23 (4.67%) Kanban
12 23 (4.67%) Scrum
13 22 (4.46%) Acceptance Criteria
13 22 (4.46%) Pair Programming
14 20 (4.06%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.51%) Python
2 26 (5.27%) Bash
3 22 (4.46%) Scala
4 21 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.25%) SQL
6 15 (3.04%) Java
7 14 (2.84%) Go
8 12 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.43%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.42%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.61%) C
10 3 (0.61%) C++
11 2 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.20%) C#
12 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (3.85%) AWS Certification
2 7 (1.42%) HND
3 6 (1.22%) CCNA
3 6 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.01%) ACCA
4 5 (1.01%) CIMA
5 3 (0.61%) Degree
6 2 (0.41%) AAT
6 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.20%) CISM
7 1 (0.20%) CISSP
7 1 (0.20%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (2.64%) NIST
2 12 (2.43%) NCSC
3 6 (1.22%) QA
4 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.61%) GDPR
5 3 (0.61%) SLA
5 3 (0.61%) WCAG
6 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.20%) GAAP
6 1 (0.20%) IFRS
6 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (7.51%) Docker
2 22 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.61%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.84%) Ansible
2 14 (2.84%) Prometheus
2 14 (2.84%) Terraform
3 13 (2.64%) Argo
3 13 (2.64%) Kustomize
4 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.20%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Icinga
5 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.20%) Nagios
5 1 (0.20%) Nmap
Vendors
1 209 (42.39%) BT
2 25 (5.07%) Microsoft
3 19 (3.85%) Google
4 18 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.25%) Cisco
6 13 (2.64%) Adobe
7 9 (1.83%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.22%) Aruba
8 6 (1.22%) Huawei
8 6 (1.22%) Meraki
8 6 (1.22%) Polycom
8 6 (1.22%) VMware
9 5 (1.01%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.81%) Virgin Media
11 3 (0.61%) Juniper
12 2 (0.41%) Datto
12 2 (0.41%) Progress
12 2 (0.41%) Sage
12 2 (0.41%) Veeam
12 2 (0.41%) Xero