Hybrid/Remote Broadband Job Trends

Broadband
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Broadband skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 176 60
Rank change year-on-year +104 -116 +447
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 753 330 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.55% 2.00% 4.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.76% 16.83% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 38 165 131
10th Percentile £25,087 - £40,000
25th Percentile £26,278 £23,504 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -56.37% -28.13%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £31,738 -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £25,087 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.58% -49.83% -0.99%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,371 1,961 4,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.17% 11.91% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,199 3,051
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Broadband job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Broadband
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Broadband
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Broadband over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Broadband salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Broadband
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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (3.98%) Confluence
2 25 (3.32%) CMS
3 14 (1.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.80%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
Applications
1 55 (7.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 46 (6.11%) UserZoom
3 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Houdini
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) NUKE
5 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (5.18%) Workfront
2 34 (4.52%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 190 (25.23%) Adobe Analytics
2 136 (18.06%) AWS
3 100 (13.28%) GCP
4 92 (12.22%) Figma
5 71 (9.43%) Contentsquare
6 53 (7.04%) iPaaS
7 44 (5.84%) Azure
8 28 (3.72%) Entra ID
8 28 (3.72%) Google Workspace
9 13 (1.73%) Power Platform
9 13 (1.73%) Pulumi
10 12 (1.59%) Cloud Functions
10 12 (1.59%) Cloud Run
11 10 (1.33%) SaaS
12 8 (1.06%) Slack
13 7 (0.93%) Azure Machine Learning
13 7 (0.93%) Vertex AI
14 6 (0.80%) Cloud Composer
14 6 (0.80%) Dagster
14 6 (0.80%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.59%) 4G
2 11 (1.46%) MPLS
3 10 (1.33%) 5G
4 9 (1.20%) BGP
4 9 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (1.20%) Ethernet VPN
4 9 (1.20%) IOS XR
5 7 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.66%) NGN
6 5 (0.66%) SSL
7 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.53%) SSH
7 4 (0.53%) WAN
8 3 (0.40%) DNS
8 3 (0.40%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.27%) VPN
10 1 (0.13%) DHCP
10 1 (0.13%) HTTP
10 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.89%) Metadata
2 50 (6.64%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 23 (3.05%) BigQuery
6 18 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.99%) Semantic Layer
8 14 (1.86%) Tableau
9 13 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 13 (1.73%) MySQL
9 13 (1.73%) Power BI
10 12 (1.59%) SAP BW
11 11 (1.46%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.53%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.13%) Big Data
14 1 (0.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 63 (8.37%) Jenkins
2 45 (5.98%) GitLab
3 34 (4.52%) SonarQube
4 22 (2.92%) Git
5 12 (1.59%) CircleCI
5 12 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.46%) Jaeger
7 10 (1.33%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.20%) JIRA
9 3 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 343 (45.55%) Games
2 157 (20.85%) Social Skills
3 138 (18.33%) Marketing
4 79 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (5.05%) Telecoms
7 32 (4.25%) Legal
7 32 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.19%) Banking
9 21 (2.79%) Finance
10 15 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.80%) Advertising
11 6 (0.80%) Law
12 2 (0.27%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.13%) Back Office
13 1 (0.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 209 (27.76%) Lead
2 126 (16.73%) Senior
3 75 (9.96%) Architect
4 61 (8.10%) Developer
5 59 (7.84%) Designer
6 48 (6.37%) Lead Designer
7 46 (6.11%) Product Owner
8 38 (5.05%) Digital Designer
9 36 (4.78%) Product Manager
9 36 (4.78%) Scala Engineer
10 34 (4.52%) Campaign Manager
11 33 (4.38%) Salesforce Architect
12 32 (4.25%) Software Engineer
13 28 (3.72%) Analyst
14 25 (3.32%) Systems Engineer
15 24 (3.19%) Data Engineer
16 21 (2.79%) User Researcher
17 20 (2.66%) Senior Developer
18 19 (2.52%) Scala Software Engineer
18 19 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (9.16%) REST
2 62 (8.23%) SOAP
3 45 (5.98%) gRPC
4 34 (4.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 34 (4.52%) RESTful
4 34 (4.52%) Visualforce
5 28 (3.72%) GraphQL
5 28 (3.72%) LDAP
5 28 (3.72%) OAuth
5 28 (3.72%) OpenID
5 28 (3.72%) PyTorch
5 28 (3.72%) SAML
6 27 (3.59%) Node.js
7 24 (3.19%) TensorFlow
8 20 (2.66%) React
9 12 (1.59%) Leaflet
9 12 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.59%) Playwright
10 11 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
10 11 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 326 (43.29%) Social Media
2 153 (20.32%) Over-the-Top Content
3 142 (18.86%) Product Ownership
4 112 (14.87%) Video\Live Streaming
5 90 (11.95%) Marketing Technology
6 86 (11.42%) Distributed Systems
7 61 (8.10%) Cyber Threat
7 61 (8.10%) Cyberattack
8 56 (7.44%) Cloud Native
9 37 (4.91%) Mobile App
10 31 (4.12%) Low-Code
10 31 (4.12%) Onboarding
11 22 (2.92%) Algorithms
12 18 (2.39%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.59%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (0.93%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.80%) Anti-Piracy
15 6 (0.80%) Clustering
16 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.05%) Android
1 23 (3.05%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.79%) Linux
3 11 (1.46%) Unix
4 2 (0.27%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (58.30%) Roadmaps
2 401 (53.25%) Agile
3 339 (45.02%) AI
4 327 (43.43%) Customer Experience
5 258 (34.26%) Analytics
6 199 (26.43%) CI/CD
7 194 (25.76%) Product Roadmap
8 190 (25.23%) Storytelling
9 189 (25.10%) Digital Customer Experience
9 189 (25.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 178 (23.64%) Decision-Making
10 178 (23.64%) User Research
11 172 (22.84%) Mentoring
12 159 (21.12%) Personalization
13 139 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 139 (18.46%) Software Engineering
14 136 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
15 134 (17.80%) Machine Learning
16 95 (12.62%) Data Science
17 94 (12.48%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 194 (25.76%) Python
2 90 (11.95%) Go
3 62 (8.23%) Scala
4 51 (6.77%) SQL
5 40 (5.31%) Bash
6 37 (4.91%) JavaScript
7 34 (4.52%) Apex Code
7 34 (4.52%) SOQL
7 34 (4.52%) SOSL
8 33 (4.38%) Java
9 28 (3.72%) PowerShell
9 28 (3.72%) T-SQL
10 17 (2.26%) C#
11 6 (0.80%) C++
12 4 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (1.86%) Degree
2 11 (1.46%) AWS Certification
2 11 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (0.93%) PhD
4 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.27%) CCA
7 1 (0.13%) MCT
7 1 (0.13%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (28.42%) Accessibility
2 56 (7.44%) WCAG
3 32 (4.25%) NIST
4 28 (3.72%) NCSC
5 24 (3.19%) QA
6 18 (2.39%) GDPR
6 18 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (2.26%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.80%) PERC
9 4 (0.53%) SLA
10 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 90 (11.95%) Docker
2 28 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.99%) Terraform
3 12 (1.59%) Ansible
3 12 (1.59%) Podman
4 11 (1.46%) Argo
4 11 (1.46%) Kustomize
4 11 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.20%) Grafana
6 8 (1.06%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 295 (39.18%) Adobe
2 45 (5.98%) Typelevel
3 41 (5.44%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.78%) Google
5 34 (4.52%) Splunk
6 24 (3.19%) BT
7 13 (1.73%) SAP
8 12 (1.59%) Oracle
8 12 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.20%) Cisco
10 8 (1.06%) Foundry
10 8 (1.06%) Microsoft
11 6 (0.80%) Checkmarx
11 6 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.53%) Databricks
12 4 (0.53%) Thales
13 2 (0.27%) Facebook
14 1 (0.13%) DoubleClick
14 1 (0.13%) HP
14 1 (0.13%) VMware