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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 287 226
Rank change year-on-year +33 -61 +172
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 17 31 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.30% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 2.06% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 39
10th Percentile - £25,500 -
25th Percentile - £28,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £44,000 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +95.56% -35.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,188 £33,750
90th Percentile - £63,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £25,087 £36,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year -31.27% +37.74% -51.82%

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 1,355 1,505 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.84% 14.47% 16.64%
Number of salaries quoted 714 778 1,000
10th Percentile £27,040 £30,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +4.85% -1.90%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025. 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 +9 14 £26,000 -51.85% 38
Buckinghamshire - 8 £26,000 - 5
Oxfordshire +19 5 £65,000 +42.86% 24
Surrey +3 1 - - 9
Berkshire -2 1 £90,000 +44.00% 11
Kent - 1 - - 38
Middlesex - 1 - - 6
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) CMS
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (5.88%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) 5G
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile Broadband
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Cucumber
1 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.88%) Jasmine
General
1 5 (29.41%) Legal
1 5 (29.41%) Marketing
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (17.65%) Games
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 3 (17.65%) Retail Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Field Sales Executive
1 3 (17.65%) Pricing Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Sales Executive
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Coordinator
2 2 (11.76%) Sales Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Account Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Content Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Financial Accountant
3 1 (5.88%) Incident Manager
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Sales Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Digital Content Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Jest
1 1 (5.88%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Learning Management System
2 2 (11.76%) Social Media
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Handset
3 1 (5.88%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (17.65%) AI
2 3 (17.65%) B2B
2 3 (17.65%) Business Case
2 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
2 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
2 3 (17.65%) Economics
2 3 (17.65%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (17.65%) Financial Modelling
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Revenue Management
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Insight
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ACCA
2 1 (5.88%) CIMA
2 1 (5.88%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GAAP
1 1 (5.88%) IFRS
1 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe
1 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow