Broadband Job Trends in the South East

Broadband
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Broadband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 269 104
Rank change year-on-year +21 -165 +173
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 95 22 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.50% 0.24% 2.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.41% 1.76% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 73 11 7
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £48,550
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,400 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% -13.33% +30.43%
75th Percentile £49,000 £67,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £90,000 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £36,500
% change year-on-year +29.55% -31.27% +37.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,482 1,252 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.83% 13.87% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 717 871
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,950 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the South East

Broadband
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband in the South East over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Broadband in the South East

Broadband
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Thames Valley +30 45 £30,000 -53.85% 12
Buckinghamshire - 28 £30,000 - 2
West Sussex - 22 £55,000 - 11
Oxfordshire -25 14 £50,250 -22.69% 4
Hampshire - 12 £33,500 - 3
Surrey -20 9 £28,000 -12.64% 2
Kent -18 5 £35,000 - 3
Berkshire +2 3 £24,000 -60.00% 6
East Sussex - 2 £32,000 - 4
Broadband
England

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.16%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (3.16%) Figma
3 1 (1.05%) AWS
3 1 (1.05%) Contentsquare
3 1 (1.05%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (17.89%) 5G
2 13 (13.68%) VoIP
3 6 (6.32%) Unified Communications
3 6 (6.32%) Wireless
4 5 (5.26%) LAN
5 4 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (3.16%) 3G
6 3 (3.16%) 4G
6 3 (3.16%) DHCP
6 3 (3.16%) DNS
6 3 (3.16%) Ethernet
6 3 (3.16%) Firewall
6 3 (3.16%) MVNO
6 3 (3.16%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.16%) VLAN
6 3 (3.16%) WAN
7 2 (2.11%) VSAT
7 2 (2.11%) WLAN
8 1 (1.05%) SSH
8 1 (1.05%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.05%) Power BI
1 1 (1.05%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.05%) Tableau
General
1 42 (44.21%) Telecoms
2 23 (24.21%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.95%) Finance
4 13 (13.68%) Legal
5 12 (12.63%) Marketing
6 5 (5.26%) Games
7 4 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.21%) Retail
8 3 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Billing
9 2 (2.11%) Electronics
10 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (28.42%) Account Manager
2 14 (14.74%) Internal Account Manager
3 13 (13.68%) Corporate Account Manager
4 9 (9.47%) Lead
5 7 (7.37%) Account Executive
6 6 (6.32%) Business Development Executive
6 6 (6.32%) Sales Manager
7 5 (5.26%) Administrator
7 5 (5.26%) Sales Account Manager
7 5 (5.26%) Senior
8 4 (4.21%) Customer Service Assistant
8 4 (4.21%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) IT Support
8 4 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Marketing Administrator
8 4 (4.21%) Sales Executive
8 4 (4.21%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.21%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Lead Designer
9 3 (3.16%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) RESTful
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Learning Management System
1 13 (13.68%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (10.53%) Social Media
3 6 (6.32%) CCTV
3 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.26%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.16%) Handset
6 2 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.11%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.05%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.05%) PKI
7 1 (1.05%) Smart Home
7 1 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Windows
1 4 (4.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.26%) CRM
2 23 (24.21%) Customer Service
3 18 (18.95%) B2B
4 17 (17.89%) Customer Experience
5 11 (11.58%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (9.47%) Coaching
7 8 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (7.37%) Business Development
9 6 (6.32%) AI
9 6 (6.32%) B2C
9 6 (6.32%) Decision-Making
9 6 (6.32%) Product Roadmap
9 6 (6.32%) Roadmaps
10 5 (5.26%) B2B Sales
10 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (4.21%) Agile
11 4 (4.21%) Analytics
11 4 (4.21%) Customer Acquisition
11 4 (4.21%) Performance Management
12 3 (3.16%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.05%) Go
1 1 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (3.16%) CCNA
1 3 (3.16%) CCNP
1 3 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.11%) Degree
2 2 (2.11%) HNC
3 1 (1.05%) ACCA
3 1 (1.05%) CIMA
3 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.05%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.05%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.37%) ISO 14001
2 7 (7.37%) ISO 9001
3 4 (4.21%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.32%) Cisco
3 4 (4.21%) Adobe
3 4 (4.21%) BT
3 4 (4.21%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (3.16%) Citrix
4 3 (3.16%) Juniper
4 3 (3.16%) MikroTik
4 3 (3.16%) Sophos
4 3 (3.16%) Veeam
5 1 (1.05%) Google
5 1 (1.05%) Oracle
5 1 (1.05%) SAP
5 1 (1.05%) Thales