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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 241 353
Rank change year-on-year +172 +112 +195
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 582 165 202
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.45% 1.22% 0.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.24% 9.71% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 52 64 160
10th Percentile - - £21,250
25th Percentile £25,087 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,708 £23,504 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -59.12% -28.13%
75th Percentile £35,000 £25,267 £61,250
90th Percentile £57,250 £64,125 -
UK median annual salary £25,087 £23,504 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.74% -21.65% -50.00%

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 1,805 1,699 3,983
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.70% 12.59% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,183 3,462
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,419 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -7.62%

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 18 March 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 14 (2.41%) Confluence
2 12 (2.06%) CMS
3 7 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
Applications
1 22 (3.78%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (2.23%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (1.72%) Workfront
3 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (20.62%) Adobe Analytics
2 88 (15.12%) AWS
3 74 (12.71%) Azure
4 65 (11.17%) Figma
5 62 (10.65%) Entra ID
6 61 (10.48%) GCP
7 57 (9.79%) Google Workspace
8 32 (5.50%) Contentsquare
9 19 (3.26%) Pulumi
10 17 (2.92%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
11 7 (1.20%) Vertex AI
12 6 (1.03%) Cloud Composer
12 6 (1.03%) Cloud Functions
12 6 (1.03%) Cloud Run
12 6 (1.03%) Dagster
12 6 (1.03%) dbt
12 6 (1.03%) Serverless
13 5 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (2.41%) 4G
3 13 (2.23%) Ethernet
4 12 (2.06%) MPLS
5 11 (1.89%) BGP
5 11 (1.89%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (1.89%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (1.89%) IOS XR
6 5 (0.86%) DHCP
7 4 (0.69%) 5G
7 4 (0.69%) Internet
7 4 (0.69%) VoIP
7 4 (0.69%) WAN
8 3 (0.52%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.52%) DSL
8 3 (0.52%) IPv4
8 3 (0.52%) IPv6
8 3 (0.52%) PPP
8 3 (0.52%) RTP
8 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.67%) Metadata
2 28 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 19 (3.26%) RDBMS
3 19 (3.26%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.06%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.69%) Big Data
8 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 69 (11.86%) Jenkins
2 42 (7.22%) GitLab
3 41 (7.04%) SonarQube
4 23 (3.95%) TeamCity
5 19 (3.26%) Jaeger
6 13 (2.23%) Git
7 8 (1.37%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.20%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.03%) JIRA
10 2 (0.34%) Postman
11 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.17%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.17%) Mocha
11 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 282 (48.45%) Games
2 140 (24.05%) Social Skills
3 87 (14.95%) Marketing
4 83 (14.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (11.68%) Organisational Skills
6 55 (9.45%) Telecoms
7 38 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (4.47%) Banking
9 12 (2.06%) Legal
10 6 (1.03%) Law
11 4 (0.69%) Advertising
11 4 (0.69%) Finance
12 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.34%) Retail
13 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 153 (26.29%) Lead
2 109 (18.73%) Senior
3 76 (13.06%) Architect
4 55 (9.45%) Developer
5 48 (8.25%) Designer
6 39 (6.70%) Salesforce Architect
7 38 (6.53%) Lead Designer
8 36 (6.19%) Scala Engineer
9 33 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
10 29 (4.98%) Digital Designer
11 28 (4.81%) Development Manager
12 27 (4.64%) Senior Developer
13 25 (4.30%) Customer Service Advisor
14 24 (4.12%) Software Engineer
15 22 (3.78%) IAM Developer
16 21 (3.61%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 21 (3.61%) Technical Architect
17 20 (3.44%) Scala Developer
17 20 (3.44%) Scala Software Engineer
18 18 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (18.21%) REST
2 100 (17.18%) SOAP
3 61 (10.48%) GraphQL
4 57 (9.79%) LDAP
4 57 (9.79%) OAuth
4 57 (9.79%) OpenID
4 57 (9.79%) SAML
5 41 (7.04%) Lightning Web Components
5 41 (7.04%) Visualforce
6 36 (6.19%) gRPC
7 23 (3.95%) Akka
8 19 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (3.26%) OpenTelemetry
9 16 (2.75%) PyTorch
10 15 (2.58%) TensorFlow
11 14 (2.41%) React
12 11 (1.89%) Jinja
12 11 (1.89%) NETCONF
12 11 (1.89%) YANG
13 8 (1.37%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 192 (32.99%) Social Media
2 93 (15.98%) Over-the-Top Content
3 81 (13.92%) Product Ownership
4 80 (13.75%) Video\Live Streaming
5 72 (12.37%) Cyber Threat
5 72 (12.37%) Cyberattack
6 46 (7.90%) Mobile App
7 42 (7.22%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (5.33%) Marketing Technology
9 27 (4.64%) Onboarding
10 13 (2.23%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.03%) Anti-Piracy
12 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.03%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.86%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
15 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
15 3 (0.52%) Management Information System
16 2 (0.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.98%) Linux
2 24 (4.12%) Android
3 23 (3.95%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.44%) Unix
5 5 (0.86%) Windows
6 3 (0.52%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (57.90%) Roadmaps
2 310 (53.26%) Agile
3 210 (36.08%) Customer Experience
4 193 (33.16%) AI
5 177 (30.41%) Analytics
6 173 (29.73%) Mentoring
7 140 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (22.34%) User Research
9 127 (21.82%) CI/CD
10 122 (20.96%) Product Roadmap
11 121 (20.79%) Storytelling
12 120 (20.62%) Digital Customer Experience
12 120 (20.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 107 (18.38%) Software Engineering
14 94 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 91 (15.64%) Decision-Making
16 79 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
16 79 (13.57%) Personalization
17 78 (13.40%) Continuous Delivery
18 76 (13.06%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 132 (22.68%) Python
2 80 (13.75%) Bash
3 66 (11.34%) Scala
4 62 (10.65%) Go
5 59 (10.14%) PowerShell
6 57 (9.79%) T-SQL
7 41 (7.04%) Apex Code
7 41 (7.04%) SOQL
7 41 (7.04%) SOSL
8 39 (6.70%) Java
9 38 (6.53%) SQL
10 36 (6.19%) JavaScript
11 10 (1.72%) C#
12 9 (1.55%) C++
13 4 (0.69%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.52%) C
15 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (3.61%) AWS Certification
2 10 (1.72%) Degree
3 7 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (1.20%) PhD
4 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.17%) CCA
6 1 (0.17%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (24.74%) Accessibility
2 59 (10.14%) NCSC
2 59 (10.14%) NIST
3 40 (6.87%) WCAG
4 25 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.41%) QA
6 3 (0.52%) GDPR
7 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.34%) PERC
7 2 (0.34%) SLA
8 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 86 (14.78%) Docker
2 60 (10.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.61%) Terraform
3 20 (3.44%) Ansible
3 20 (3.44%) Prometheus
4 19 (3.26%) Argo
4 19 (3.26%) Kustomize
5 10 (1.72%) Grafana
6 6 (1.03%) Podman
7 4 (0.69%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.17%) Icinga
8 1 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 173 (29.73%) Adobe
2 50 (8.59%) Salesforce
3 41 (7.04%) Splunk
4 38 (6.53%) Google
5 36 (6.19%) Typelevel
6 26 (4.47%) BT
7 11 (1.89%) Cisco
8 10 (1.72%) Microsoft
9 9 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.20%) Foundry
11 6 (1.03%) Checkmarx
12 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.52%) VMware
14 2 (0.34%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.34%) Datto
14 2 (0.34%) Dell
14 2 (0.34%) Facebook
14 2 (0.34%) HP
14 2 (0.34%) Veeam
15 1 (0.17%) Apple