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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 170 42
Rank change year-on-year +78 -128 +441
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 636 335 1,280
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.86% 2.03% 5.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.05% 16.87% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 34 159 37
10th Percentile £25,087 - £35,500
25th Percentile £26,584 £23,504 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -49.83% -20.00%
75th Percentile £64,188 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £31,738 £72,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +27.56% -37.28% -18.37%

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 2,351 1,986 3,831
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.56% 12.03% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,296 1,215 2,063
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

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 4 August 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 (4.72%) Confluence
2 25 (3.93%) CMS
3 14 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.94%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.94%) SAS
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (8.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 43 (6.76%) UserZoom
3 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) Houdini
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) NUKE
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (6.13%) Workfront
2 34 (5.35%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 168 (26.42%) Adobe Analytics
2 115 (18.08%) AWS
3 90 (14.15%) GCP
4 71 (11.16%) Figma
5 68 (10.69%) Contentsquare
6 53 (8.33%) iPaaS
7 28 (4.40%) Azure
8 13 (2.04%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.89%) Cloud Functions
9 12 (1.89%) Cloud Run
10 11 (1.73%) Entra ID
11 10 (1.57%) SaaS
12 7 (1.10%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (1.10%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.10%) Vertex AI
13 6 (0.94%) Cloud Composer
13 6 (0.94%) Dagster
13 6 (0.94%) dbt
13 6 (0.94%) Slack
14 5 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.26%) 5G
2 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.79%) NGN
3 5 (0.79%) SSL
4 4 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.63%) SSH
4 4 (0.63%) WAN
5 3 (0.47%) DNS
5 3 (0.47%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.31%) MPLS
6 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) DHCP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.16%) VoIP
7 1 (0.16%) VSAT
7 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (12.11%) Metadata
2 50 (7.86%) MongoDB
3 35 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.46%) BigQuery
5 15 (2.36%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.20%) Tableau
7 13 (2.04%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.04%) MySQL
7 13 (2.04%) Power BI
8 12 (1.89%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.89%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.63%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (7.08%) Jenkins
2 37 (5.82%) GitLab
3 26 (4.09%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.89%) CircleCI
4 12 (1.89%) Cypress.io
4 12 (1.89%) Git
5 9 (1.42%) JIRA
6 3 (0.47%) Postman
General
1 287 (45.13%) Games
2 130 (20.44%) Marketing
3 120 (18.87%) Social Skills
4 60 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (5.97%) Banking
7 31 (4.87%) Legal
8 23 (3.62%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.30%) Finance
10 11 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.94%) Law
12 5 (0.79%) Advertising
13 2 (0.31%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.16%) Back Office
14 1 (0.16%) Electronics
14 1 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (23.74%) Lead
2 102 (16.04%) Senior
3 57 (8.96%) Architect
4 49 (7.70%) Developer
5 46 (7.23%) Product Owner
6 43 (6.76%) Designer
7 36 (5.66%) Product Manager
8 35 (5.50%) Lead Designer
9 34 (5.35%) Campaign Manager
10 30 (4.72%) Digital Designer
11 26 (4.09%) Analyst
11 26 (4.09%) Salesforce Architect
12 25 (3.93%) Software Engineer
13 24 (3.77%) Scala Engineer
14 20 (3.14%) Data Engineer
15 19 (2.99%) Customer Service Advisor
16 18 (2.83%) Senior Manager
16 18 (2.83%) User Researcher
17 16 (2.52%) Senior Campaign Manager
17 16 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.60%) REST
2 36 (5.66%) gRPC
3 35 (5.50%) SOAP
4 34 (5.35%) RESTful
5 27 (4.25%) Lightning Web Components
5 27 (4.25%) Node.js
6 26 (4.09%) Visualforce
7 22 (3.46%) PyTorch
8 19 (2.99%) React
9 18 (2.83%) TensorFlow
10 12 (1.89%) Leaflet
10 12 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (1.89%) Playwright
11 9 (1.42%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.10%) LangChain
12 7 (1.10%) LDAP
12 7 (1.10%) OAuth
12 7 (1.10%) OpenID
12 7 (1.10%) SAML
13 6 (0.94%) TFX
Miscellaneous
1 292 (45.91%) Social Media
2 134 (21.07%) Product Ownership
3 132 (20.75%) Over-the-Top Content
4 90 (14.15%) Marketing Technology
5 86 (13.52%) Video\Live Streaming
6 76 (11.95%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (8.81%) Cloud Native
8 34 (5.35%) Cyber Threat
8 34 (5.35%) Cyberattack
9 31 (4.87%) Low-Code
10 26 (4.09%) Onboarding
11 20 (3.14%) Algorithms
12 18 (2.83%) Data Structures
13 16 (2.52%) Mobile App
14 13 (2.04%) AI Agents
15 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.10%) Public Cloud
17 6 (0.94%) Anti-Piracy
17 6 (0.94%) Clustering
18 4 (0.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.52%) Android
1 16 (2.52%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.42%) Linux
3 3 (0.47%) Windows
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (55.66%) Roadmaps
2 326 (51.26%) Agile
3 305 (47.96%) AI
4 285 (44.81%) Customer Experience
5 223 (35.06%) Analytics
6 172 (27.04%) Product Roadmap
7 169 (26.57%) CI/CD
8 168 (26.42%) Decision-Making
8 168 (26.42%) Storytelling
9 167 (26.26%) Digital Customer Experience
9 167 (26.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 144 (22.64%) Personalization
11 142 (22.33%) User Research
12 121 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 120 (18.87%) Machine Learning
14 115 (18.08%) Mentoring
15 110 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
16 106 (16.67%) Software Engineering
17 94 (14.78%) Sprint Planning
18 93 (14.62%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 158 (24.84%) Python
2 70 (11.01%) Go
3 42 (6.60%) Scala
4 41 (6.45%) SQL
5 27 (4.25%) Apex Code
5 27 (4.25%) SOQL
6 26 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.09%) SOSL
7 22 (3.46%) Java
8 17 (2.67%) C#
9 11 (1.73%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.42%) Bash
11 7 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.94%) C++
13 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (2.04%) Degree
2 11 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (1.10%) PhD
4 5 (0.79%) Master's Degree
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.31%) CCA
5 2 (0.31%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.31%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.16%) HNC
6 1 (0.16%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (28.77%) Accessibility
2 54 (8.49%) WCAG
3 25 (3.93%) QA
4 18 (2.83%) GDPR
5 16 (2.52%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.04%) NIST
7 11 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.42%) NCSC
9 6 (0.94%) PERC
10 4 (0.63%) SLA
11 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 60 (9.43%) Docker
2 9 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.89%) Podman
3 9 (1.42%) Grafana
4 6 (0.94%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.47%) Terraform
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 259 (40.72%) Adobe
2 38 (5.97%) BT
3 36 (5.66%) Typelevel
4 34 (5.35%) Salesforce
5 26 (4.09%) Splunk
6 25 (3.93%) Google
7 13 (2.04%) SAP
8 12 (1.89%) Oracle
9 11 (1.73%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.42%) Microsoft
11 8 (1.26%) Foundry
12 6 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.63%) Databricks
13 4 (0.63%) Thales
14 2 (0.31%) Cisco
14 2 (0.31%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.31%) Facebook
14 2 (0.31%) Meraki
14 2 (0.31%) Veeam
15 1 (0.16%) DoubleClick