Broadband Job Trends in the North of England

Broadband
England > North of England

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 65 265
Rank change year-on-year -31 +200 +21
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 381 406 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.62% 4.32% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.81% 22.25% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 100 283 22
10th Percentile £19,800 £21,620 -
25th Percentile £27,505 - £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,087 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +79.38% -39.18% +39.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £52,500
90th Percentile £100,000 - £72,500
England median annual salary £30,222 £25,087 £35,750
% change year-on-year +20.47% -29.83% +27.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,421 1,825 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.06% 19.40% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 880 830 784
10th Percentile £27,225 £24,950 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,938 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,108 £30,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.06% -32.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -3.85%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the North of England

Broadband
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Broadband in the North of England

Broadband
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Yorkshire -15 182 £28,000 +11.61% 21
North East -34 104 £27,835 +10.95% 22
North West -32 95 £45,000 +79.38% 20
Broadband
England

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
1 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (17.06%) Internet
2 22 (5.77%) Wireless
3 8 (2.10%) LAN
3 8 (2.10%) WAN
4 7 (1.84%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (1.84%) Cisco Wireless
4 7 (1.84%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.84%) VoIP
4 7 (1.84%) WebEx
4 7 (1.84%) WLAN
5 5 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.26%) ADSL
6 1 (0.26%) Firewall
6 1 (0.26%) ISDN
6 1 (0.26%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.26%) Power BI
General
1 138 (36.22%) Retail
2 48 (12.60%) Banking
3 31 (8.14%) Telecoms
4 26 (6.82%) Social Skills
5 22 (5.77%) Finance
6 19 (4.99%) Games
7 11 (2.89%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.31%) Marketing
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (9.71%) Customer Service Advisor
2 29 (7.61%) Sales Representative
3 27 (7.09%) Sales Executive
4 25 (6.56%) Customer Service Representative
5 22 (5.77%) Field Sales Executive
6 14 (3.67%) Lead
7 13 (3.41%) Designer
7 13 (3.41%) Network Designer
8 11 (2.89%) Solutions Designer
9 8 (2.10%) Design Engineer
9 8 (2.10%) Network Design Engineer
9 8 (2.10%) Network Engineer
9 8 (2.10%) Sales Manager
10 7 (1.84%) Administrator
10 7 (1.84%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 5 (1.31%) Telecoms Administrator
11 5 (1.31%) Telesales Manager
12 4 (1.05%) Direct Sales Executive
12 4 (1.05%) Fibre Engineer
12 4 (1.05%) Installations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.46%) Smart Home
2 13 (3.41%) Driving Licence
3 5 (1.31%) Fibre Optics
3 5 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.52%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.52%) Social Media
5 1 (0.26%) CCTV
5 1 (0.26%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.26%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (0.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.26%) Android
1 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (23.36%) Customer Service
2 24 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (3.94%) CRM
4 14 (3.67%) Telesales
5 12 (3.15%) Customer Experience
5 12 (3.15%) Network Design
6 11 (2.89%) Coaching
7 9 (2.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (2.10%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (1.84%) Customer Retention
9 7 (1.84%) Migration
9 7 (1.84%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (1.84%) Thought Leadership
9 7 (1.84%) Validation
10 6 (1.57%) Time Management
11 5 (1.31%) B2B
11 5 (1.31%) Commercial Awareness
11 5 (1.31%) Decision-Making
12 4 (1.05%) Customer Acquisition
12 4 (1.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.26%) C#
1 1 (0.26%) C++
1 1 (0.26%) Objective-C
1 1 (0.26%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (1.84%) Degree
2 4 (1.05%) CCA
3 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.84%) GDPR
2 2 (0.52%) QA
Vendors
1 222 (58.27%) BT
2 21 (5.51%) Aruba
2 21 (5.51%) Cisco
2 21 (5.51%) Fortinet
3 11 (2.89%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.62%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.84%) Juniper
6 3 (0.79%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe
7 1 (0.26%) Openreach