Broadband
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Broadband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Broadband over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 327 605 356
Rank change year-on-year +278 -249 +223
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 498 527 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 0.43% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.22% 3.45% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 441 296 774
10th Percentile - £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile - £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £64,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -61.24% -0.77% +52.94%
75th Percentile £27,250 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £30,000 £95,625 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +5.26% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Broadband is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,005 15,255 16,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.11% 12.42% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,279 10,353 11,511
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Broadband.

Salary trend for Broadband in the UK

Broadband
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +282 483 £25,000 -50.00% 113
Scotland +170 248 £25,000 -52.38% 12
England +159 245 £26,500 -51.82% 126
Midlands +203 125 £26,500 -44.21% 10
West Midlands +189 88 £26,500 -42.70% 6
Work from Home +52 84 £22,500 -65.38% 134
North of England +131 56 £26,500 -47.00% 30
South East +136 44 £22,500 -35.71% 35
Yorkshire +83 41 £28,500 -43.00% 14
East Midlands +64 37 £26,500 -44.21% 4
Wales +23 13 £25,000 -58.33% 5
London +125 10 £41,250 -46.77% 28
North West +120 9 £28,500 -26.45% 11
East of England +56 6 £64,550 +124.52% 10
North East - 6 £25,000 - 10
South West -4 2 £46,250 +6.32% 13
Channel Islands -2 1 £50,000 -50.00% 1

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 32 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 30 (6.02%) Oracle Payables
2 26 (5.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 40 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (0.40%) AWS
3 1 (0.20%) Azure
3 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (9.84%) LAN
1 49 (9.84%) WAN
2 44 (8.84%) Wireless
3 36 (7.23%) VLAN
4 34 (6.83%) 5G
5 30 (6.02%) ADSL
6 22 (4.42%) VPN
7 20 (4.02%) Firewall
8 16 (3.21%) Network Security
8 16 (3.21%) TCP/IP
9 13 (2.61%) MPLS
10 12 (2.41%) Internet
10 12 (2.41%) VoIP
11 11 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (2.01%) BGP
13 9 (1.81%) ISDN
13 9 (1.81%) Mobile Broadband
14 8 (1.61%) PSTN
15 6 (1.20%) DHCP
15 6 (1.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 426 (85.54%) Social Skills
2 410 (82.33%) Telecoms
3 357 (71.69%) Local Government
3 357 (71.69%) Retail
4 316 (63.45%) Games
5 32 (6.43%) Finance
6 31 (6.22%) Legal
7 30 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (5.62%) Law
9 11 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.60%) Electronics
10 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Back Office
11 1 (0.20%) Billing
11 1 (0.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 177 (35.54%) Business Development Manager
1 177 (35.54%) Business Manager
1 177 (35.54%) Consultant
1 177 (35.54%) Development Manager
1 177 (35.54%) Enterprise Consultant
2 50 (10.04%) Analyst
3 38 (7.63%) Network Engineer
4 32 (6.43%) Network Support
5 25 (5.02%) Operations Analyst
6 20 (4.02%) Support Engineer
7 19 (3.82%) Network Support Engineer
8 18 (3.61%) Network Analyst
8 18 (3.61%) Support Analyst
9 17 (3.41%) Network Support Analyst
10 15 (3.01%) IT Support
11 12 (2.41%) Help Desk Engineer
11 12 (2.41%) Help Desk Support
11 12 (2.41%) Help Desk Support Engineer
11 12 (2.41%) Senior
12 10 (2.01%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.40%) Django
2 2 (0.40%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) CSS
3 1 (0.20%) Flask
3 1 (0.20%) HTML
3 1 (0.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (2.01%) Handset
3 6 (1.20%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.80%) IoT
5 4 (0.80%) Smartphone
6 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.40%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.40%) BYOD
7 2 (0.40%) iPad
7 2 (0.40%) iPhone
7 2 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.20%) CMDB
8 1 (0.20%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.20%) EPoS
8 1 (0.20%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.20%) FMCG
8 1 (0.20%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.83%) Windows
2 30 (6.02%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.21%) Linux
4 9 (1.81%) Android
5 8 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.60%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (71.89%) Customer Experience
2 356 (71.49%) B2B
2 356 (71.49%) Collaborative Working
3 354 (71.08%) B2C
3 354 (71.08%) Decision-Making
4 180 (36.14%) Business Development
5 47 (9.44%) Customer Service
6 30 (6.02%) Accounts Payable
6 30 (6.02%) Knowledge Transfer
7 29 (5.82%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (5.22%) Accounts Receivable
9 25 (5.02%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (2.21%) Network Monitoring
11 9 (1.81%) ITIL
12 8 (1.61%) Project Management
13 7 (1.41%) Incident Management
13 7 (1.41%) Network Design
13 7 (1.41%) Procure-to-Pay
14 6 (1.20%) Line Management
14 6 (1.20%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.20%) Python
2 4 (0.80%) Perl
2 4 (0.80%) SQL
3 3 (0.60%) Tcl
4 1 (0.20%) C#
4 1 (0.20%) C++
4 1 (0.20%) Go
4 1 (0.20%) Java
4 1 (0.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (8.63%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (7.63%) CCNA
3 37 (7.43%) Degree
4 26 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.02%) MCITP
5 25 (5.02%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (1.00%) CCNP
6 5 (1.00%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.60%) CCIE
8 2 (0.40%) CISA
8 2 (0.40%) CISM
8 2 (0.40%) CISSP
8 2 (0.40%) ISACA
8 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.40%) PMP
9 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.20%) CWNA
9 1 (0.20%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.40%) COBIT
2 2 (0.40%) COSO
2 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.20%) GDPR
3 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.20%) NIST
3 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (5.02%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.80%) Firmware
3 4 (0.80%) vSphere
4 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
1 2 (0.40%) Icinga
1 2 (0.40%) Nagios
1 2 (0.40%) ZABBIX
2 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 354 (71.08%) BT
2 43 (8.63%) Cisco
3 38 (7.63%) Microsoft
4 32 (6.43%) Virgin Media
5 30 (6.02%) Oracle
6 15 (3.01%) Juniper
7 8 (1.61%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.41%) Meraki
8 7 (1.41%) VMware
9 6 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.00%) Huawei
11 4 (0.80%) Aruba
11 4 (0.80%) Avaya
11 4 (0.80%) Cadence
11 4 (0.80%) Polycom
12 3 (0.60%) Motorola
12 3 (0.60%) Nokia
12 3 (0.60%) Samsung
12 3 (0.60%) TP-LINK
12 3 (0.60%) ZyXEL