Broadband Job Trends

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Broadband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 386 322
Rank change year-on-year +183 -64 +365
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 706 351 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 0.66% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.33% 4.91% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 413 41 467
10th Percentile £21,620 £25,250 -
25th Percentile - £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -58.33%
75th Percentile £25,684 £52,500 £28,000
90th Percentile £30,000 £63,750 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -44.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,634 7,151 8,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.80% 13.41% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,893 3,718 6,684
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,375 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.64% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the UK

Broadband
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
UK excluding London +225 593 £25,087 -37.28% 276
England +207 497 £25,087 -40.97% 263
North of England +166 252 £25,087 -48.54% 74
Work from Home +75 249 £25,087 -42.98% 153
Yorkshire +71 130 £25,087 -47.19% 35
Scotland +24 124 £25,087 - 35
London +8 103 £30,000 -33.33% 67
North West +94 80 £25,087 -3.51% 30
Wales +59 80 £25,087 -0.15% 15
North East +43 42 £25,087 -49.83% 20
South West +33 42 £27,500 -12.00% 30
Midlands +51 40 £27,500 -1.79% 24
South East +23 27 £26,000 -48.00% 77
East of England +44 24 £35,000 - 28
West Midlands +48 20 £27,000 -3.57% 5
East Midlands +7 20 £28,742 - 18
Northern Ireland -7 5 £31,500 - 3

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (0.28%) CMS
1 2 (0.28%) Confluence
1 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (7.08%) Azure
2 37 (5.24%) Entra ID
3 32 (4.53%) Google Workspace
4 30 (4.25%) AWS
5 17 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (1.84%) Pulumi
7 12 (1.70%) Figma
8 8 (1.13%) Adobe Analytics
8 8 (1.13%) Serverless
9 7 (0.99%) GCP
10 6 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.71%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.71%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.28%) Contentsquare
13 2 (0.28%) npm
14 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.14%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.14%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 65 (9.21%) Internet
2 32 (4.53%) Wi-Fi
3 27 (3.82%) Ethernet
4 21 (2.97%) MPLS
5 20 (2.83%) VoIP
6 16 (2.27%) Firewall
7 15 (2.12%) BGP
7 15 (2.12%) WAN
8 14 (1.98%) 4G
9 12 (1.70%) WPA
10 11 (1.56%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.42%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
11 10 (1.42%) IOS XR
11 10 (1.42%) Wireless
12 9 (1.27%) DHCP
12 9 (1.27%) DNS
12 9 (1.27%) LAN
13 8 (1.13%) ADSL
13 8 (1.13%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.27%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.84%) RDBMS
2 13 (1.84%) Relational Database
3 7 (0.99%) MySQL
4 5 (0.71%) Big Data
4 5 (0.71%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.28%) Metadata
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (5.52%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.12%) TeamCity
3 16 (2.27%) GitLab
4 15 (2.12%) SonarQube
5 13 (1.84%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.70%) Git
7 5 (0.71%) JIRA
8 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.28%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.28%) Mocha
9 2 (0.28%) webpack
10 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
General
1 151 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 132 (18.70%) Games
3 96 (13.60%) Telecoms
4 69 (9.77%) Marketing
5 65 (9.21%) Finance
6 50 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (6.52%) Banking
8 42 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
11 24 (3.40%) Retail
12 23 (3.26%) Billing
13 12 (1.70%) Legal
14 6 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.71%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.57%) Advertising
17 2 (0.28%) Local Government
17 2 (0.28%) Multimedia
18 1 (0.14%) Back Office
18 1 (0.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 71 (10.06%) Customer Service Advisor
2 70 (9.92%) Senior
3 41 (5.81%) Architect
4 38 (5.38%) Sales Representative
5 36 (5.10%) Lead
6 35 (4.96%) Sales Executive
7 31 (4.39%) Developer
8 25 (3.54%) Development Manager
9 24 (3.40%) Senior Developer
10 23 (3.26%) Business Development Manager
11 22 (3.12%) Business Manager
11 22 (3.12%) Customer Service Representative
12 20 (2.83%) Analyst
13 16 (2.27%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.12%) IAM Developer
14 15 (2.12%) Support Analyst
15 14 (1.98%) Salesforce Architect
16 13 (1.84%) Systems Engineer
17 12 (1.70%) Coordinator
17 12 (1.70%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.94%) REST
1 49 (6.94%) SOAP
2 40 (5.67%) GraphQL
3 32 (4.53%) LDAP
3 32 (4.53%) OAuth
3 32 (4.53%) OpenID
3 32 (4.53%) SAML
4 26 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (3.12%) Akka
6 15 (2.12%) Visualforce
7 13 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
7 13 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (1.42%) Jinja
8 10 (1.42%) NETCONF
8 10 (1.42%) YANG
9 8 (1.13%) React
10 5 (0.71%) Serverless Framework
11 4 (0.57%) TensorFlow
12 3 (0.42%) Node.js
12 3 (0.42%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.65%) Social Media
2 35 (4.96%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (4.96%) Cyberattack
3 34 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (4.53%) Smart Home
5 25 (3.54%) Over-the-Top Content
5 25 (3.54%) Video\Live Streaming
6 21 (2.97%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.70%) NHS
9 11 (1.56%) Learning Management System
10 9 (1.27%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.13%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 5 (0.71%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.71%) Management Information System
14 4 (0.57%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.57%) Handset
14 4 (0.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.12%) Linux
2 15 (2.12%) Unix
3 9 (1.27%) Windows
4 4 (0.57%) Android
5 3 (0.42%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (23.65%) Customer Service
2 103 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (14.16%) Agile
4 93 (13.17%) Roadmaps
5 73 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 62 (8.78%) Customer Experience
7 46 (6.52%) CRM
8 44 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (5.67%) B2B
10 39 (5.52%) Scrum
10 39 (5.52%) Software Engineering
11 38 (5.38%) Analytics
12 35 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (4.96%) Programme Delivery
13 34 (4.82%) Continuous Integration
14 33 (4.67%) Business Development
15 32 (4.53%) Identity Access Management
15 32 (4.53%) Regulatory Compliance
15 32 (4.53%) Technology Roadmap
16 31 (4.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.80%) Bash
2 37 (5.24%) Python
3 34 (4.82%) PowerShell
4 32 (4.53%) T-SQL
5 22 (3.12%) Scala
6 21 (2.97%) JavaScript
7 16 (2.27%) SQL
8 15 (2.12%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.12%) Java
8 15 (2.12%) SOQL
8 15 (2.12%) SOSL
9 14 (1.98%) Go
10 7 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.42%) C
11 3 (0.42%) C++
12 2 (0.28%) R
13 1 (0.14%) C#
13 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (2.69%) AWS Certification
2 9 (1.27%) Degree
3 7 (0.99%) HND
4 5 (0.71%) ACCA
4 5 (0.71%) CIMA
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (0.57%) CCNA
5 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.28%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.28%) AAT
6 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.28%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.14%) CISM
7 1 (0.14%) CISSP
7 1 (0.14%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.96%) NIST
2 34 (4.82%) NCSC
3 13 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.99%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.99%) QA
5 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.42%) GDPR
5 3 (0.42%) SLA
5 3 (0.42%) WCAG
6 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.14%) GAAP
6 1 (0.14%) IFRS
6 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 43 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.24%) Docker
3 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.42%) Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.98%) Ansible
2 14 (1.98%) Prometheus
2 14 (1.98%) Terraform
3 13 (1.84%) Argo
3 13 (1.84%) Kustomize
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Icinga
6 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.14%) Nagios
6 1 (0.14%) Nmap
Vendors
1 342 (48.44%) BT
2 36 (5.10%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.82%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.97%) Cisco
5 19 (2.69%) Google
6 17 (2.41%) Adobe
7 15 (2.12%) Splunk
8 12 (1.70%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.42%) Meraki
10 6 (0.85%) Virgin Media
10 6 (0.85%) VMware
11 5 (0.71%) Aruba
11 5 (0.71%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.57%) Huawei
12 4 (0.57%) Juniper
12 4 (0.57%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.57%) Polycom
13 2 (0.28%) Progress
13 2 (0.28%) Sage