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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 183 42
Rank change year-on-year +13 -141 +436
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 382 271 1,163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 1.68% 5.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.97% 15.37% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 34 119 30
10th Percentile £13,929 £23,504 £29,050
25th Percentile £24,738 - £43,750
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 £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 2,251 1,763 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 10.92% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 1,008 1,564
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% -1.96%

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 22 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 (4.71%) Confluence
2 15 (3.93%) CMS
3 7 (1.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.57%) SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (9.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 25 (6.54%) UserZoom
3 14 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Houdini
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) NUKE
4 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (7.59%) Workfront
2 20 (5.24%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (3.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (16.23%) AWS
2 59 (15.45%) Adobe Analytics
3 42 (10.99%) GCP
4 41 (10.73%) Contentsquare
5 36 (9.42%) iPaaS
6 31 (8.12%) Figma
7 14 (3.66%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.62%) Azure
8 10 (2.62%) SaaS
9 6 (1.57%) Cloud Functions
9 6 (1.57%) Cloud Run
10 5 (1.31%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.31%) Slack
11 4 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.52%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.52%) Serverless
13 1 (0.26%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.36%) 5G
2 5 (1.31%) SSL
2 5 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.05%) SSH
4 3 (0.79%) DNS
4 3 (0.79%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.79%) WAN
5 2 (0.52%) NGN
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) HTTP
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) LTE
6 1 (0.26%) MPLS
6 1 (0.26%) SMS
6 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) VSAT
6 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.09%) Metadata
2 37 (9.69%) MongoDB
3 28 (7.33%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.19%) BigQuery
5 15 (3.93%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (3.93%) Tableau
6 14 (3.66%) Power BI
7 13 (3.40%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.40%) MySQL
8 12 (3.14%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.83%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.05%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.26%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 21 (5.50%) Jenkins
2 17 (4.45%) GitLab
3 12 (3.14%) Git
4 7 (1.83%) JIRA
5 6 (1.57%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.57%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 122 (31.94%) Games
2 92 (24.08%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.11%) Marketing
4 58 (15.18%) Banking
5 43 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (6.28%) Finance
7 24 (6.28%) Telecoms
8 21 (5.50%) Legal
9 5 (1.31%) Advertising
10 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.52%) Retail
12 1 (0.26%) Back Office
12 1 (0.26%) Electronics
12 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (18.06%) Lead
2 59 (15.45%) Senior
3 31 (8.12%) Product Owner
4 30 (7.85%) Architect
4 30 (7.85%) Developer
5 26 (6.81%) Analyst
6 21 (5.50%) Customer Service Advisor
7 20 (5.24%) Campaign Manager
8 18 (4.71%) Product Manager
9 13 (3.40%) Designer
10 12 (3.14%) Python Developer
10 12 (3.14%) Software Engineer
11 11 (2.88%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.62%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.62%) User Researcher
13 9 (2.36%) Lead Designer
13 9 (2.36%) Senior Campaign Manager
13 9 (2.36%) Senior Python Developer
13 9 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.36%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.90%) RESTful
2 21 (5.50%) Node.js
3 13 (3.40%) PyTorch
3 13 (3.40%) TensorFlow
4 12 (3.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (2.62%) REST
6 9 (2.36%) gRPC
6 9 (2.36%) React
6 9 (2.36%) SOAP
7 7 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (1.57%) Leaflet
8 6 (1.57%) Playwright
8 6 (1.57%) Streamlit
8 6 (1.57%) Visualforce
9 5 (1.31%) .NET
9 5 (1.31%) TFX
10 4 (1.05%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.05%) PySpark
11 3 (0.79%) GraphQL
11 3 (0.79%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 153 (40.05%) Social Media
2 74 (19.37%) Product Ownership
3 73 (19.11%) Over-the-Top Content
4 59 (15.45%) Marketing Technology
5 52 (13.61%) Cloud Native
6 47 (12.30%) Distributed Systems
6 47 (12.30%) Video\Live Streaming
7 24 (6.28%) Low-Code
8 20 (5.24%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (5.24%) Cyberattack
9 13 (3.40%) AI Agents
9 13 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.14%) Algorithms
10 12 (3.14%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.36%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.57%) Clustering
13 4 (1.05%) PKI
13 4 (1.05%) Replication
13 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.31%) Linux
2 3 (0.79%) Windows
3 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (41.36%) Roadmaps
2 147 (38.48%) AI
3 137 (35.86%) Agile
4 136 (35.60%) Customer Experience
5 96 (25.13%) Decision-Making
6 94 (24.61%) CI/CD
7 92 (24.08%) Analytics
8 81 (21.20%) Personalization
9 69 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 63 (16.49%) Machine Learning
10 63 (16.49%) Sprint Planning
11 60 (15.71%) Product Roadmap
11 60 (15.71%) Product Vision
11 60 (15.71%) User Stories
12 58 (15.18%) Digital Marketing
12 58 (15.18%) Product Backlog
12 58 (15.18%) Software Engineering
12 58 (15.18%) Storytelling
13 57 (14.92%) Product Requirements
13 57 (14.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 82 (21.47%) Python
2 36 (9.42%) Go
3 30 (7.85%) SQL
4 13 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.36%) C#
5 9 (2.36%) Scala
6 7 (1.83%) Apex Code
6 7 (1.83%) SOQL
7 6 (1.57%) SOSL
8 5 (1.31%) Java
8 5 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.79%) Bash
9 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (1.83%) Degree
2 5 (1.31%) CCA
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) HNC
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.26%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.45%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.45%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.45%) QA
3 16 (4.19%) GDPR
4 15 (3.93%) WCAG
5 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.83%) NIST
6 4 (1.05%) PERC
6 4 (1.05%) SLA
7 3 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (7.07%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.57%) Podman
3 5 (1.31%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 120 (31.41%) Adobe
2 58 (15.18%) BT
3 15 (3.93%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.40%) Oracle
4 13 (3.40%) SAP
5 9 (2.36%) Google
5 9 (2.36%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.57%) Splunk
7 5 (1.31%) Microsoft
8 4 (1.05%) Databricks
8 4 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.05%) Thales
9 3 (0.79%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco
10 2 (0.52%) Meraki
10 2 (0.52%) Veeam
11 1 (0.26%) Ariba
11 1 (0.26%) DoubleClick
11 1 (0.26%) Foundry