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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 175 45
Rank change year-on-year -1 -130 +432
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 366 280 1,163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 1.71% 5.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.35% 15.70% 33.15%
Number of salaries quoted 34 118 28
10th Percentile £13,929 £23,504 £27,150
25th Percentile £24,738 - £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +109.27% -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 £38,750
% change year-on-year +29.55% -35.26% +55.00%

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 2,239 1,784 3,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.09% 10.91% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 1,018 1,559
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 £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -2.91%

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 24 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 15 (4.10%) Confluence
2 12 (3.28%) CMS
3 7 (1.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.64%) SAS
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (10.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 25 (6.83%) UserZoom
3 14 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.27%) Houdini
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) NUKE
4 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (7.65%) Workfront
2 20 (5.46%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (3.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (16.94%) AWS
2 53 (14.48%) Adobe Analytics
3 42 (11.48%) GCP
4 38 (10.38%) Contentsquare
5 35 (9.56%) iPaaS
6 28 (7.65%) Figma
7 14 (3.83%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.73%) Azure
8 10 (2.73%) SaaS
9 6 (1.64%) Cloud Functions
9 6 (1.64%) Cloud Run
10 5 (1.37%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.09%) Slack
12 2 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.55%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.55%) Serverless
13 1 (0.27%) Miro
13 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.46%) 5G
2 5 (1.37%) SSL
2 5 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.09%) SSH
4 3 (0.82%) DNS
4 3 (0.82%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.82%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.82%) WAN
5 1 (0.27%) DHCP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) LTE
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) NGN
5 1 (0.27%) SMS
5 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) VoIP
5 1 (0.27%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) VSAT
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.39%) Metadata
2 37 (10.11%) MongoDB
3 28 (7.65%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.37%) BigQuery
5 15 (4.10%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (4.10%) Tableau
6 14 (3.83%) Power BI
7 13 (3.55%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.55%) MySQL
8 12 (3.28%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.91%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.09%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.27%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 15 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.28%) Git
3 11 (3.01%) GitLab
4 7 (1.91%) JIRA
5 6 (1.64%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 110 (30.05%) Games
2 89 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 64 (17.49%) Marketing
4 58 (15.85%) Banking
5 41 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.56%) Finance
6 24 (6.56%) Telecoms
7 19 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.64%) Legal
9 4 (1.09%) Advertising
9 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.55%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.55%) Retail
11 1 (0.27%) Back Office
11 1 (0.27%) Electronics
11 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (17.76%) Lead
2 59 (16.12%) Senior
3 30 (8.20%) Developer
4 29 (7.92%) Product Owner
5 26 (7.10%) Analyst
6 23 (6.28%) Architect
7 21 (5.74%) Customer Service Advisor
8 20 (5.46%) Campaign Manager
9 18 (4.92%) Product Manager
10 12 (3.28%) Python Developer
10 12 (3.28%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.01%) Designer
11 11 (3.01%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.73%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.73%) User Researcher
13 9 (2.46%) Senior Campaign Manager
13 9 (2.46%) Senior Python Developer
13 9 (2.46%) User Experience Researcher
14 8 (2.19%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.19%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.29%) RESTful
2 21 (5.74%) Node.js
3 12 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.28%) PyTorch
3 12 (3.28%) TensorFlow
4 9 (2.46%) gRPC
4 9 (2.46%) React
5 6 (1.64%) Leaflet
5 6 (1.64%) Playwright
5 6 (1.64%) Streamlit
6 5 (1.37%) .NET
7 4 (1.09%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.09%) PySpark
7 4 (1.09%) REST
7 4 (1.09%) TFX
8 3 (0.82%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.82%) SOAP
8 3 (0.82%) Terraform
9 2 (0.55%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.55%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 147 (40.16%) Social Media
2 70 (19.13%) Over-the-Top Content
3 66 (18.03%) Product Ownership
4 57 (15.57%) Marketing Technology
5 52 (14.21%) Cloud Native
6 47 (12.84%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (12.57%) Video\Live Streaming
8 24 (6.56%) Low-Code
9 20 (5.46%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (5.46%) Cyberattack
10 13 (3.55%) AI Agents
10 13 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.28%) Data Structures
12 11 (3.01%) Algorithms
13 9 (2.46%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.64%) Clustering
15 4 (1.09%) PKI
15 4 (1.09%) Replication
15 4 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.82%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.37%) Linux
2 3 (0.82%) Windows
3 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (39.07%) Roadmaps
2 140 (38.25%) AI
3 127 (34.70%) Customer Experience
4 123 (33.61%) Agile
5 92 (25.14%) Decision-Making
6 88 (24.04%) CI/CD
7 85 (23.22%) Analytics
8 78 (21.31%) Personalization
9 62 (16.94%) Machine Learning
10 61 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
11 58 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (15.85%) Software Engineering
11 58 (15.85%) User Stories
12 57 (15.57%) Product Vision
13 56 (15.30%) Digital Marketing
13 56 (15.30%) Product Backlog
14 55 (15.03%) Ideation Sessions
14 55 (15.03%) Product Requirements
15 54 (14.75%) Test Automation
16 53 (14.48%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 81 (22.13%) Python
2 36 (9.84%) Go
3 30 (8.20%) SQL
4 13 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.46%) C#
5 9 (2.46%) Scala
6 5 (1.37%) Java
6 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.82%) Bash
7 3 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.55%) PHP
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 7 (1.91%) Degree
2 5 (1.37%) CCA
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.27%) HNC
5 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.27%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.48%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.64%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.37%) QA
4 15 (4.10%) GDPR
5 12 (3.28%) WCAG
6 7 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.91%) NIST
7 4 (1.09%) SLA
8 3 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.82%) NCSC
8 3 (0.82%) PERC
System Software
1 27 (7.38%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.64%) Podman
3 4 (1.09%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 112 (30.60%) Adobe
2 58 (15.85%) BT
3 13 (3.55%) Oracle
3 13 (3.55%) SAP
4 9 (2.46%) Typelevel
5 8 (2.19%) Google
5 8 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.37%) Microsoft
7 4 (1.09%) Databricks
7 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.09%) Thales
8 3 (0.82%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.55%) Cisco
9 2 (0.55%) Meraki
9 2 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.55%) Veeam
10 1 (0.27%) Ariba
10 1 (0.27%) Facebook
10 1 (0.27%) Foundry
10 1 (0.27%) Optimizely