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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 190 50
Rank change year-on-year +7 -140 +419
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 347 270 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.63% 4.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.57% 15.31% 31.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35 114 28
10th Percentile £13,929 £25,084 £23,825
25th Percentile £24,975 - £37,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -49.83% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £26,968 £74,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £37,500
% change year-on-year +29.55% -33.10% +50.00%

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 2,229 1,764 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 10.65% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 994 1,540
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -1.56%

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 28 September 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 13 (3.75%) Confluence
2 10 (2.88%) CMS
3 7 (2.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.73%) SAS
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (10.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (6.92%) UserZoom
3 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) Houdini
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) NUKE
4 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (8.07%) Workfront
2 13 (3.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (3.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (15.27%) AWS
2 50 (14.41%) Adobe Analytics
3 35 (10.09%) Contentsquare
3 35 (10.09%) iPaaS
4 33 (9.51%) GCP
5 26 (7.49%) Figma
6 14 (4.03%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.88%) Azure
7 10 (2.88%) SaaS
8 6 (1.73%) Cloud Functions
8 6 (1.73%) Cloud Run
9 5 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.15%) Slack
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.58%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.58%) Serverless
12 1 (0.29%) Miro
12 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.59%) 5G
2 5 (1.44%) SSL
2 5 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.15%) SSH
4 3 (0.86%) DNS
4 3 (0.86%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.86%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.86%) WAN
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) LTE
5 1 (0.29%) MPLS
5 1 (0.29%) NGN
5 1 (0.29%) SMS
5 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.29%) VoIP
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) VSAT
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.12%) Metadata
2 37 (10.66%) MongoDB
3 28 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.61%) BigQuery
5 15 (4.32%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (4.32%) Tableau
6 14 (4.03%) Power BI
7 13 (3.75%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.75%) MySQL
8 12 (3.46%) SAP BW
9 7 (2.02%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.15%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.29%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 15 (4.32%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.46%) Git
3 11 (3.17%) GitLab
4 7 (2.02%) JIRA
5 6 (1.73%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.73%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 107 (30.84%) Games
2 88 (25.36%) Social Skills
3 58 (16.71%) Banking
4 57 (16.43%) Marketing
5 41 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.20%) Finance
7 24 (6.92%) Telecoms
8 19 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (4.03%) Legal
10 4 (1.15%) Advertising
10 4 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Back Office
12 1 (0.29%) Electronics
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (18.16%) Lead
2 55 (15.85%) Senior
3 29 (8.36%) Product Owner
4 27 (7.78%) Developer
5 26 (7.49%) Analyst
6 23 (6.63%) Architect
7 21 (6.05%) Customer Service Advisor
8 13 (3.75%) Campaign Manager
8 13 (3.75%) Product Manager
9 12 (3.46%) Python Developer
10 10 (2.88%) Designer
10 10 (2.88%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.59%) Senior Python Developer
11 9 (2.59%) Software Engineer
11 9 (2.59%) User Experience Researcher
11 9 (2.59%) User Researcher
12 8 (2.31%) Lead Designer
12 8 (2.31%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.02%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.80%) RESTful
2 21 (6.05%) Node.js
3 12 (3.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.46%) PyTorch
3 12 (3.46%) TensorFlow
4 9 (2.59%) React
5 6 (1.73%) Leaflet
5 6 (1.73%) Playwright
5 6 (1.73%) Streamlit
6 5 (1.44%) .NET
7 4 (1.15%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.15%) PySpark
7 4 (1.15%) REST
7 4 (1.15%) TFX
8 3 (0.86%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.86%) SOAP
8 3 (0.86%) Terraform
9 2 (0.58%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.58%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 139 (40.06%) Social Media
2 59 (17.00%) Product Ownership
3 54 (15.56%) Over-the-Top Content
4 52 (14.99%) Cloud Native
5 50 (14.41%) Marketing Technology
6 38 (10.95%) Distributed Systems
7 37 (10.66%) Video\Live Streaming
8 24 (6.92%) Low-Code
9 20 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (5.76%) Cyberattack
10 14 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (3.75%) AI Agents
12 12 (3.46%) Data Structures
13 11 (3.17%) Algorithms
14 9 (2.59%) Onboarding
15 6 (1.73%) Clustering
16 4 (1.15%) PKI
16 4 (1.15%) Replication
16 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
17 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.44%) Linux
2 3 (0.86%) Windows
3 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (39.48%) AI
2 133 (38.33%) Roadmaps
3 120 (34.58%) Agile
4 117 (33.72%) Customer Experience
5 83 (23.92%) Decision-Making
6 79 (22.77%) CI/CD
7 75 (21.61%) Analytics
8 62 (17.87%) Personalization
9 56 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (15.56%) Sprint Planning
10 54 (15.56%) Test Automation
11 53 (15.27%) Machine Learning
12 51 (14.70%) Observability
12 51 (14.70%) User Stories
13 50 (14.41%) Mentoring
13 50 (14.41%) Product Roadmap
13 50 (14.41%) Product Vision
14 49 (14.12%) Digital Marketing
14 49 (14.12%) Product Backlog
14 49 (14.12%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 72 (20.75%) Python
2 30 (8.65%) SQL
3 27 (7.78%) Go
4 13 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.59%) C#
6 5 (1.44%) Java
6 5 (1.44%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.86%) Bash
7 3 (0.86%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.58%) PHP
9 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 7 (2.02%) Degree
2 5 (1.44%) CCA
2 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.58%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.58%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.29%) HNC
5 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.29%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (14.41%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.61%) QA
4 15 (4.32%) GDPR
5 10 (2.88%) WCAG
6 8 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.02%) NIST
8 4 (1.15%) SLA
9 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.86%) NCSC
9 3 (0.86%) PERC
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (5.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.73%) Podman
3 4 (1.15%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 102 (29.39%) Adobe
2 58 (16.71%) BT
3 13 (3.75%) Oracle
3 13 (3.75%) SAP
4 8 (2.31%) Google
4 8 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.44%) Microsoft
6 4 (1.15%) Databricks
6 4 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.15%) Thales
7 3 (0.86%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco
8 2 (0.58%) Meraki
8 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.58%) Veeam
9 1 (0.29%) Ariba
9 1 (0.29%) DoubleClick
9 1 (0.29%) Foundry
9 1 (0.29%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.29%) VMware