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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 198 65
Rank change year-on-year +145 -133 +455
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 784 275 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.09% 1.88% 4.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.95% 14.64% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 39 131 145
10th Percentile £24,970 - £40,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £25,087 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.60% -56.37% -28.13%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £61,250
90th Percentile £62,950 £31,738 -
UK median annual salary £28,000 £25,087 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -49.83% -9.09%

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 2,122 1,879 5,067
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 12.83% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 1,130 3,330
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%

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 29 May 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 29 (3.70%) Confluence
2 26 (3.32%) CMS
3 14 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.77%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
Applications
1 54 (6.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 38 (4.85%) UserZoom
3 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (4.97%) Workfront
2 34 (4.34%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (1.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 185 (23.60%) Adobe Analytics
2 129 (16.45%) AWS
3 101 (12.88%) Figma
4 95 (12.12%) GCP
5 67 (8.55%) Azure
6 63 (8.04%) Contentsquare
7 53 (6.76%) Entra ID
7 53 (6.76%) iPaaS
8 52 (6.63%) Google Workspace
9 19 (2.42%) Pulumi
10 13 (1.66%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.53%) Cloud Functions
11 12 (1.53%) Cloud Run
12 7 (0.89%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (0.89%) Slack
12 7 (0.89%) Vertex AI
13 6 (0.77%) Cloud Composer
13 6 (0.77%) Dagster
13 6 (0.77%) dbt
13 6 (0.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.79%) 4G
1 14 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (1.53%) MPLS
3 11 (1.40%) BGP
3 11 (1.40%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (1.40%) IOS XR
4 10 (1.28%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.15%) 5G
6 4 (0.51%) NGN
6 4 (0.51%) SSH
6 4 (0.51%) SSL
7 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.26%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) DNS
8 1 (0.13%) Internet
8 1 (0.13%) LAN
8 1 (0.13%) VoIP
8 1 (0.13%) VPN
8 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (10.59%) Metadata
2 41 (5.23%) MongoDB
3 31 (3.95%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.19%) Relational Database
5 22 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (2.42%) BigQuery
7 18 (2.30%) RDBMS
8 14 (1.79%) Tableau
9 13 (1.66%) Data Lake
9 13 (1.66%) Power BI
10 12 (1.53%) SAP BW
11 11 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
12 8 (1.02%) MySQL
13 2 (0.26%) Big Data
13 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 71 (9.06%) Jenkins
2 41 (5.23%) GitLab
3 34 (4.34%) SonarQube
4 22 (2.81%) TeamCity
5 20 (2.55%) Git
6 18 (2.30%) Jaeger
7 12 (1.53%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.53%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.38%) JIRA
8 3 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 351 (44.77%) Games
2 183 (23.34%) Social Skills
3 137 (17.47%) Marketing
4 85 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
6 59 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
7 53 (6.76%) Telecoms
8 33 (4.21%) Legal
9 31 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.68%) Finance
11 20 (2.55%) Banking
12 6 (0.77%) Advertising
12 6 (0.77%) Law
13 2 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.13%) Back Office
14 1 (0.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 213 (27.17%) Lead
2 135 (17.22%) Senior
3 84 (10.71%) Architect
4 65 (8.29%) Designer
4 65 (8.29%) Developer
5 52 (6.63%) Lead Designer
6 45 (5.74%) Product Owner
7 42 (5.36%) Scala Engineer
8 41 (5.23%) Digital Designer
9 36 (4.59%) Product Manager
10 34 (4.34%) Campaign Manager
10 34 (4.34%) Systems Engineer
11 33 (4.21%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (3.95%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.19%) Analyst
13 25 (3.19%) Senior Developer
14 23 (2.93%) Data Engineer
14 23 (2.93%) Scala Software Engineer
15 22 (2.81%) Scala Developer
16 20 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.99%) REST
2 87 (11.10%) SOAP
3 53 (6.76%) GraphQL
4 52 (6.63%) LDAP
4 52 (6.63%) OAuth
4 52 (6.63%) OpenID
4 52 (6.63%) SAML
5 45 (5.74%) gRPC
6 34 (4.34%) Lightning Web Components
6 34 (4.34%) Visualforce
7 27 (3.44%) PyTorch
8 24 (3.06%) TensorFlow
9 23 (2.93%) Node.js
10 22 (2.81%) Akka
11 19 (2.42%) React
11 19 (2.42%) RESTful
12 18 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (2.30%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (1.53%) Leaflet
13 12 (1.53%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 323 (41.20%) Social Media
2 164 (20.92%) Over-the-Top Content
3 142 (18.11%) Product Ownership
4 114 (14.54%) Video\Live Streaming
5 90 (11.48%) Marketing Technology
6 76 (9.69%) Cyber Threat
6 76 (9.69%) Cyberattack
7 72 (9.18%) Distributed Systems
8 44 (5.61%) Mobile App
9 41 (5.23%) Cloud Native
10 30 (3.83%) Onboarding
11 22 (2.81%) Algorithms
11 22 (2.81%) Low-Code
12 18 (2.30%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.77%) AI Agents
14 6 (0.77%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (0.77%) Clustering
15 5 (0.64%) Public Cloud
16 4 (0.51%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.93%) Android
1 23 (2.93%) Apple iOS
1 23 (2.93%) Linux
2 18 (2.30%) Unix
3 2 (0.26%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (59.69%) Roadmaps
2 422 (53.83%) Agile
3 338 (43.11%) Customer Experience
4 311 (39.67%) AI
5 267 (34.06%) Analytics
6 200 (25.51%) Mentoring
7 189 (24.11%) Product Roadmap
8 186 (23.72%) Storytelling
9 185 (23.60%) Digital Customer Experience
9 185 (23.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 180 (22.96%) User Research
11 177 (22.58%) CI/CD
12 170 (21.68%) Decision-Making
13 158 (20.15%) Personalization
14 144 (18.37%) Software Engineering
15 138 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
16 126 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 125 (15.94%) Machine Learning
18 97 (12.37%) Data Science
19 96 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 183 (23.34%) Python
2 87 (11.10%) Go
3 74 (9.44%) Scala
4 72 (9.18%) Bash
5 54 (6.89%) SQL
6 53 (6.76%) PowerShell
7 52 (6.63%) T-SQL
8 40 (5.10%) Java
9 38 (4.85%) JavaScript
10 34 (4.34%) Apex Code
10 34 (4.34%) SOQL
10 34 (4.34%) SOSL
11 13 (1.66%) C#
12 6 (0.77%) C++
13 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (2.30%) AWS Certification
2 11 (1.40%) Degree
3 7 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (0.89%) PhD
4 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.26%) CCA
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.13%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (26.79%) Accessibility
2 58 (7.40%) WCAG
3 57 (7.27%) NIST
4 53 (6.76%) NCSC
5 28 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (3.57%) QA
6 13 (1.66%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.53%) GDPR
8 5 (0.64%) PERC
9 4 (0.51%) SLA
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 105 (13.39%) Docker
2 52 (6.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.55%) Terraform
3 18 (2.30%) Ansible
3 18 (2.30%) Argo
3 18 (2.30%) Kustomize
3 18 (2.30%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.53%) Podman
5 9 (1.15%) Grafana
6 7 (0.89%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 297 (37.88%) Adobe
2 45 (5.74%) Typelevel
3 43 (5.48%) Google
4 40 (5.10%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.34%) Splunk
6 20 (2.55%) BT
7 13 (1.66%) SAP
8 12 (1.53%) Oracle
9 11 (1.40%) Cisco
10 9 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.89%) Foundry
11 7 (0.89%) Microsoft
12 6 (0.77%) Checkmarx
13 5 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.51%) Thales
15 2 (0.26%) Dell
15 2 (0.26%) Facebook
15 2 (0.26%) HP
16 1 (0.13%) Apple
16 1 (0.13%) Ariba