Broadband Jobs

Broadband
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 189 682
Rank change year-on-year +58 +493 -246
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 1,203 1,547 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.31% 1.57% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.27% 11.35% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 585 254 169
10th Percentile - £22,750 £24,000
25th Percentile - £31,403 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,504 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.99% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £25,087 £61,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £25,267 £65,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £23,504 £47,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -50.52% +46.15% -35.00%

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 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
UK excluding London +176 1,187 £23,504 -50.52% 227
Work from Home +42 1,070 £23,504 -59.12% 123
England -27 741 £23,504 -50.52% 261
North of England +247 577 £23,504 -59.12% 75
North West +169 318 £23,504 -59.12% 39
Wales +117 259 £23,504 -44.70% 23
Scotland +210 184 £23,504 -59.12% 9
North East +106 168 £25,087 -56.37% 11
South West +171 112 £25,087 -49.83% 14
Yorkshire +110 91 £25,087 -47.19% 32
South East -178 22 £45,000 +28.57% 52
Northern Ireland - 17 £23,504 -
London -285 14 £80,000 +60.00% 75
Midlands +28 11 £25,267 -12.07% 41
East Midlands +9 9 £25,267 -23.69% 19
East of England +26 5 £42,500 -26.09% 26
West Midlands +43 2 - - 21

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 6 (0.50%) CMS
1 6 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.33%) Confluence
3 2 (0.17%) Drupal
4 1 (0.083%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.083%) Strapi
4 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (0.25%) InDesign
3 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (0.50%) GCP
1 6 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (0.33%) GitHub
3 3 (0.25%) AWS
3 3 (0.25%) Contentful
4 2 (0.17%) Azure
5 1 (0.083%) Asana
5 1 (0.083%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.083%) ClickUp
5 1 (0.083%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.083%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.75%) Internet
2 7 (0.58%) VoIP
3 6 (0.50%) 5G
3 6 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.42%) Firewall
4 5 (0.42%) Mobile Broadband
4 5 (0.42%) VPN
5 4 (0.33%) LAN
5 4 (0.33%) WAN
6 3 (0.25%) DHCP
6 3 (0.25%) DNS
6 3 (0.25%) GPON
6 3 (0.25%) Intranet
6 3 (0.25%) IPv4
6 3 (0.25%) IPv6
6 3 (0.25%) MPLS
6 3 (0.25%) Network Security
6 3 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.25%) VLAN
6 3 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.083%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.083%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (0.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.17%) GitLab
3 1 (0.083%) Git
3 1 (0.083%) gulp
3 1 (0.083%) Yeoman
General
1 1,060 (88.11%) Banking
2 557 (46.30%) Games
3 36 (2.99%) Telecoms
4 32 (2.66%) Billing
5 29 (2.41%) Retail
6 18 (1.50%) Social Skills
7 12 (1.00%) Finance
8 10 (0.83%) Legal
9 9 (0.75%) Marketing
10 4 (0.33%) Back Office
11 3 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.25%) Publishing
12 2 (0.17%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.083%) Advertising
13 1 (0.083%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.083%) French Language
13 1 (0.083%) German Language
13 1 (0.083%) Law
Job Titles
1 622 (51.70%) Customer Service Advisor
2 56 (4.66%) Sales Representative
3 54 (4.49%) Customer Service Representative
4 22 (1.83%) Technical Advisor
5 8 (0.67%) Developer
5 8 (0.67%) Senior
6 7 (0.58%) Account Manager
7 6 (0.50%) Analyst
7 6 (0.50%) Client Account Manager
7 6 (0.50%) Sales Executive
8 4 (0.33%) 1st Line Engineer
8 4 (0.33%) Applications Developer
8 4 (0.33%) Network Engineer
9 3 (0.25%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (0.25%) Pricing Analyst
9 3 (0.25%) Security Manager
9 3 (0.25%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (0.25%) Senior Pricing Analyst
9 3 (0.25%) Service Desk Support
9 3 (0.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.25%) React
1 3 (0.25%) Vue
2 2 (0.17%) .NET
2 2 (0.17%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.17%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.17%) CSS
2 2 (0.17%) CSS3
2 2 (0.17%) HTML
2 2 (0.17%) HTML5
2 2 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.17%) Node.js
2 2 (0.17%) REST
3 1 (0.083%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.083%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.083%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.083%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.083%) jQuery
3 1 (0.083%) JSON
3 1 (0.083%) KnockoutJS
3 1 (0.083%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 9 (0.75%) Driving Licence
2 8 (0.67%) Learning Management System
3 7 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (0.50%) Social Media
5 4 (0.33%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.33%) Smartphone
6 3 (0.25%) Handset
6 3 (0.25%) NHS
6 3 (0.25%) SCADA
7 2 (0.17%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.17%) W3C
8 1 (0.083%) BYOD
8 1 (0.083%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.083%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.25%) Windows
1 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.083%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 708 (58.85%) Customer Service
2 567 (47.13%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (1.08%) Collaborative Culture
4 12 (1.00%) Agile
5 11 (0.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (0.75%) B2B
6 9 (0.75%) Budget Management
6 9 (0.75%) Business Development
7 8 (0.67%) Lead Generation
8 7 (0.58%) B2B Sales
8 7 (0.58%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (0.58%) Service Delivery
8 7 (0.58%) Telesales
9 6 (0.50%) Business Strategy
9 6 (0.50%) Contract Negotiation
9 6 (0.50%) Line Management
9 6 (0.50%) Performance Metrics
9 6 (0.50%) Project Management
10 5 (0.42%) Decision-Making
10 5 (0.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (0.58%) Python
2 6 (0.50%) SQL
3 4 (0.33%) Bash
4 3 (0.25%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.17%) C#
5 2 (0.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.083%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.083%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (0.58%) Degree
2 3 (0.25%) JNCIS
2 3 (0.25%) Master's Degree
2 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.17%) CCNA
3 2 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.083%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.083%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.083%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.42%) GDPR
1 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.25%) QA
3 1 (0.083%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (0.083%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (0.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.42%) Terraform
2 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.083%) Ansible
3 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,122 (93.27%) BT
2 25 (2.08%) Sun
3 17 (1.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (0.33%) Juniper
5 3 (0.25%) Adobe
5 3 (0.25%) Google
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.083%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.083%) Cisco
7 1 (0.083%) F5
7 1 (0.083%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.083%) Sage
7 1 (0.083%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.083%) Xero