Hybrid/Remote ADSL Job Trends

Assymetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring ADSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 438 444
Rank change year-on-year +73 +6 +245
Permanent jobs citing ADSL 3 4 33
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.024% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% 0.18% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 33
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £65,000 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -57.69% +188.89% -35.71%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £23,750
90th Percentile - - £44,625
UK median annual salary £27,750 £30,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -7.50% +33.33% -30.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

ADSL 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,368 2,203 2,872
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.09% 13.26% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 892 1,242 2,428
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,225 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ADSL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ADSL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ADSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ADSL

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Query
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Advertising
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Report Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Asset Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Huawei
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Polycom