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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 172 37
Rank change year-on-year +21 -135 +430
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 406 292 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 1.80% 5.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.14% 16.23% 36.78%
Number of salaries quoted 33 132 30
10th Percentile £13,929 £23,504 £29,050
25th Percentile £24,500 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +99.31% -49.83% +1.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £26,968 £73,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -37.28% +60.00%

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 2,238 1,799 3,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.34% 11.11% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 1,040 1,614
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 £68,813 £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% -1.93%

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 15 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 18 (4.43%) Confluence
2 15 (3.69%) CMS
3 8 (1.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.48%) SAS
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (9.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 25 (6.16%) UserZoom
3 14 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) Houdini
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) NUKE
4 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (7.14%) Workfront
2 21 (5.17%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (2.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (18.97%) Adobe Analytics
2 65 (16.01%) AWS
3 43 (10.59%) GCP
4 41 (10.10%) Contentsquare
5 38 (9.36%) Figma
6 37 (9.11%) iPaaS
7 14 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.46%) Azure
8 10 (2.46%) SaaS
9 7 (1.72%) Cloud Functions
9 7 (1.72%) Cloud Run
10 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.23%) Slack
11 4 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.74%) Serverless
13 2 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.49%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
14 1 (0.25%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.22%) 5G
2 5 (1.23%) SSL
3 4 (0.99%) SSH
3 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.74%) DNS
4 3 (0.74%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.74%) NGN
4 3 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.74%) WAN
5 1 (0.25%) DHCP
5 1 (0.25%) HTTP
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) LTE
5 1 (0.25%) MPLS
5 1 (0.25%) MVNO
5 1 (0.25%) SMS
5 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) VoIP
5 1 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.25%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.56%) Metadata
2 39 (9.61%) MongoDB
3 29 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.94%) BigQuery
5 15 (3.69%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (3.69%) Tableau
6 14 (3.45%) Power BI
7 13 (3.20%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.20%) MySQL
8 12 (2.96%) SAP BW
9 8 (1.97%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.99%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
14 1 (0.25%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 22 (5.42%) Jenkins
2 18 (4.43%) GitLab
3 12 (2.96%) Git
4 7 (1.72%) CircleCI
4 7 (1.72%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.72%) JIRA
4 7 (1.72%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 141 (34.73%) Games
2 93 (22.91%) Social Skills
3 76 (18.72%) Marketing
4 57 (14.04%) Banking
5 43 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (5.91%) Finance
7 24 (5.91%) Telecoms
8 21 (5.17%) Legal
9 5 (1.23%) Advertising
10 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.49%) Retail
12 1 (0.25%) Back Office
12 1 (0.25%) Electronics
12 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (19.70%) Lead
2 62 (15.27%) Senior
3 31 (7.64%) Architect
3 31 (7.64%) Developer
3 31 (7.64%) Product Owner
4 26 (6.40%) Analyst
5 21 (5.17%) Campaign Manager
5 21 (5.17%) Product Manager
6 20 (4.93%) Customer Service Advisor
7 19 (4.68%) Designer
8 15 (3.69%) Lead Designer
9 13 (3.20%) Digital Designer
9 13 (3.20%) Python Developer
9 13 (3.20%) Software Engineer
10 12 (2.96%) Senior Manager
11 11 (2.71%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.46%) Senior Campaign Manager
12 10 (2.46%) Senior Python Developer
12 10 (2.46%) User Researcher
13 9 (2.22%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.37%) RESTful
2 22 (5.42%) Node.js
3 13 (3.20%) PyTorch
3 13 (3.20%) TensorFlow
4 12 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (2.96%) REST
5 10 (2.46%) React
5 10 (2.46%) SOAP
6 9 (2.22%) gRPC
7 8 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (1.72%) Leaflet
8 7 (1.72%) Playwright
8 7 (1.72%) Visualforce
9 6 (1.48%) Streamlit
10 5 (1.23%) .NET
10 5 (1.23%) TFX
11 4 (0.99%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.99%) PySpark
12 3 (0.74%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 174 (42.86%) Social Media
2 78 (19.21%) Product Ownership
3 75 (18.47%) Over-the-Top Content
4 61 (15.02%) Marketing Technology
5 52 (12.81%) Cloud Native
6 48 (11.82%) Video\Live Streaming
7 47 (11.58%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (6.16%) Low-Code
9 20 (4.93%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (4.93%) Cyberattack
10 14 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (3.20%) AI Agents
11 13 (3.20%) Algorithms
12 12 (2.96%) Data Structures
13 9 (2.22%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.48%) Clustering
15 4 (0.99%) PKI
15 4 (0.99%) Replication
15 4 (0.99%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.74%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.23%) Linux
2 3 (0.74%) Windows
3 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (44.33%) Roadmaps
2 167 (41.13%) AI
3 159 (39.16%) Agile
4 157 (38.67%) Customer Experience
5 112 (27.59%) Analytics
6 99 (24.38%) Decision-Making
7 96 (23.65%) CI/CD
8 83 (20.44%) Personalization
9 79 (19.46%) Product Roadmap
10 76 (18.72%) Storytelling
11 75 (18.47%) Digital Customer Experience
11 75 (18.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 73 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 65 (16.01%) Machine Learning
13 65 (16.01%) Sprint Planning
14 63 (15.52%) Product Vision
15 62 (15.27%) User Stories
16 61 (15.02%) Software Engineering
17 60 (14.78%) Digital Marketing
17 60 (14.78%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 85 (20.94%) Python
2 37 (9.11%) Go
3 30 (7.39%) SQL
4 14 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.46%) C#
6 9 (2.22%) Scala
7 8 (1.97%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.97%) SOQL
8 7 (1.72%) SOSL
9 5 (1.23%) Java
9 5 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 3 (0.74%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (1.72%) Degree
2 5 (1.23%) CCA
2 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.49%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.49%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.25%) HNC
5 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.25%) MCT
5 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (18.97%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.68%) QA
2 19 (4.68%) WCAG
3 17 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.19%) GDPR
4 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.72%) NIST
5 5 (1.23%) PERC
6 4 (0.99%) SLA
7 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (6.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.72%) Podman
3 5 (1.23%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.25%) Ansible
5 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 140 (34.48%) Adobe
2 57 (14.04%) BT
3 16 (3.94%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.20%) Oracle
4 13 (3.20%) SAP
5 10 (2.46%) Google
6 9 (2.22%) Typelevel
7 7 (1.72%) Splunk
8 5 (1.23%) Microsoft
9 4 (0.99%) Databricks
9 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.99%) Thales
10 3 (0.74%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco
11 2 (0.49%) Meraki
11 2 (0.49%) Veeam
12 1 (0.25%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.25%) Foundry
12 1 (0.25%) VMware