Broadband Job Trends in the West Midlands

Broadband
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Broadband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 194 97
Rank change year-on-year +37 -97 +159
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 21 4 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.40% 0.096% 2.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.71% 0.58% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 20 3 85
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £28,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +5.66% -22.06%
75th Percentile £28,500 £38,375 -
90th Percentile £42,500 £44,600 £27,850
England median annual salary £25,087 £41,250 £26,500
% change year-on-year -39.18% +55.66% -51.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,226 684 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.11% 16.48% 19.99%
Number of salaries quoted 240 304 669
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +11.11% -3.23%
75th Percentile £59,063 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,850 £74,144 £71,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Broadband
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Broadband in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Broadband in the West Midlands

Broadband
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Broadband within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Warwickshire - 10 £27,000 -
Shropshire -13 4 £27,500 - 2
Staffordshire - 4 £40,000 - 1
Birmingham +27 3 £43,000 +53.57% 3
Broadband
England

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) DNS
1 7 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 7 (33.33%) VoIP
2 5 (23.81%) WAN
2 5 (23.81%) Wireless
3 4 (19.05%) ADSL
3 4 (19.05%) DHCP
3 4 (19.05%) Firewall
3 4 (19.05%) Internet
3 4 (19.05%) VDSL
3 4 (19.05%) VPN
4 3 (14.29%) LAN
4 3 (14.29%) PSTN
5 2 (9.52%) MPLS
5 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.76%) 4G
6 1 (4.76%) 5G
6 1 (4.76%) Mobile Broadband
6 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (4.76%) WebEx
General
1 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Back Office
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Games
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Sales Executive
2 7 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Support
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (4.76%) Customer Service Advisor
5 1 (4.76%) Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Support
5 1 (4.76%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
3 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) BYOD
4 1 (4.76%) EPoS
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) B2B
1 10 (47.62%) B2B Sales
1 10 (47.62%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Customer Experience
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.76%) Agile
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.76%) ITIL
6 1 (4.76%) Market Research
6 1 (4.76%) Mathematics
6 1 (4.76%) Migration
6 1 (4.76%) Performance Management
6 1 (4.76%) Presales
6 1 (4.76%) Product Management
6 1 (4.76%) Project Management
6 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) BT
2 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Juniper
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) Remedy