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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 169 40
Rank change year-on-year +70 -129 +447
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 603 325 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 1.96% 5.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.34% 16.55% 34.14%
Number of salaries quoted 32 151 36
10th Percentile £24,559 - £35,000
25th Percentile £25,980 £23,504 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -49.83% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,063 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £31,738 £72,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -37.28% +23.08%

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 2,380 1,964 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.47% 11.82% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,318 1,199 2,013
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -4.76%

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 13 August 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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 25 (4.15%) CMS
3 14 (2.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.00%) SAS
5 5 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (9.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 43 (7.13%) UserZoom
3 13 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Houdini
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) NUKE
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (6.47%) Workfront
2 34 (5.64%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (1.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (26.37%) Adobe Analytics
2 106 (17.58%) AWS
3 80 (13.27%) GCP
4 69 (11.44%) Figma
5 68 (11.28%) Contentsquare
6 53 (8.79%) iPaaS
7 21 (3.48%) Azure
8 13 (2.16%) Power Platform
9 12 (1.99%) Cloud Functions
9 12 (1.99%) Cloud Run
10 10 (1.66%) SaaS
11 7 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
11 7 (1.16%) Vertex AI
12 6 (1.00%) Slack
13 5 (0.83%) Cloud Composer
13 5 (0.83%) Dagster
13 5 (0.83%) dbt
13 5 (0.83%) Serverless
14 4 (0.66%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.16%) 5G
2 5 (0.83%) SSL
3 4 (0.66%) NGN
3 4 (0.66%) SSH
4 3 (0.50%) DNS
4 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.50%) WAN
4 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) DHCP
5 1 (0.17%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) LTE
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) MVNO
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) VoIP
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.60%) Metadata
2 50 (8.29%) MongoDB
3 35 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.48%) BigQuery
5 15 (2.49%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.32%) Tableau
7 13 (2.16%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.16%) MySQL
7 13 (2.16%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.16%) Power BI
8 12 (1.99%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.16%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.66%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.17%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 39 (6.47%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.14%) GitLab
3 20 (3.32%) SonarQube
4 12 (1.99%) CircleCI
4 12 (1.99%) Cypress.io
4 12 (1.99%) Git
5 8 (1.33%) JIRA
6 2 (0.33%) Postman
General
1 267 (44.28%) Games
2 122 (20.23%) Marketing
3 117 (19.40%) Social Skills
4 59 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (6.63%) Banking
5 40 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (5.14%) Legal
7 21 (3.48%) Finance
7 21 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 5 (0.83%) Advertising
8 5 (0.83%) Law
8 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.33%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.17%) Back Office
10 1 (0.17%) Electronics
10 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 142 (23.55%) Lead
2 97 (16.09%) Senior
3 48 (7.96%) Architect
4 45 (7.46%) Developer
4 45 (7.46%) Product Owner
5 38 (6.30%) Designer
6 36 (5.97%) Product Manager
7 34 (5.64%) Campaign Manager
8 31 (5.14%) Lead Designer
9 27 (4.48%) Analyst
10 25 (4.15%) Digital Designer
11 22 (3.65%) Software Engineer
12 20 (3.32%) Salesforce Architect
13 19 (3.15%) Customer Service Advisor
14 18 (2.99%) Scala Engineer
14 18 (2.99%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.99%) User Researcher
15 17 (2.82%) Data Engineer
16 16 (2.65%) Senior Campaign Manager
17 15 (2.49%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.64%) RESTful
2 30 (4.98%) REST
3 27 (4.48%) gRPC
3 27 (4.48%) Node.js
4 22 (3.65%) PyTorch
4 22 (3.65%) SOAP
5 21 (3.48%) Lightning Web Components
6 20 (3.32%) Visualforce
7 19 (3.15%) React
8 18 (2.99%) TensorFlow
9 12 (1.99%) Leaflet
9 12 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.99%) Playwright
10 7 (1.16%) LangChain
11 6 (1.00%) Kafka
11 6 (1.00%) Streamlit
11 6 (1.00%) TFX
12 5 (0.83%) .NET
13 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.66%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 283 (46.93%) Social Media
2 127 (21.06%) Product Ownership
3 123 (20.40%) Over-the-Top Content
4 90 (14.93%) Marketing Technology
5 77 (12.77%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (11.44%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (9.29%) Cloud Native
8 31 (5.14%) Low-Code
9 27 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (4.48%) Cyberattack
10 24 (3.98%) Onboarding
11 20 (3.32%) Algorithms
12 17 (2.82%) Data Structures
13 14 (2.32%) Mobile App
14 13 (2.16%) AI Agents
14 13 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
16 6 (1.00%) Clustering
17 5 (0.83%) Anti-Piracy
18 4 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.32%) Android
1 14 (2.32%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.49%) Linux
3 3 (0.50%) Windows
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (54.89%) Roadmaps
2 308 (51.08%) Agile
3 294 (48.76%) AI
4 277 (45.94%) Customer Experience
5 214 (35.49%) Analytics
6 168 (27.86%) Decision-Making
7 162 (26.87%) Product Roadmap
8 158 (26.20%) Storytelling
9 157 (26.04%) Digital Customer Experience
9 157 (26.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 155 (25.70%) CI/CD
11 135 (22.39%) Personalization
12 132 (21.89%) User Research
13 117 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 112 (18.57%) Machine Learning
15 106 (17.58%) Mentoring
16 101 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
17 98 (16.25%) Software Engineering
18 94 (15.59%) Sprint Planning
19 93 (15.42%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 149 (24.71%) Python
2 61 (10.12%) Go
3 35 (5.80%) SQL
4 32 (5.31%) Scala
5 26 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.65%) Java
7 21 (3.48%) Apex Code
7 21 (3.48%) SOQL
8 20 (3.32%) SOSL
9 18 (2.99%) C#
10 5 (0.83%) C++
11 4 (0.66%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.33%) Bash
13 2 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (1.99%) Degree
2 11 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (1.16%) PhD
4 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
4 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.50%) CCA
6 2 (0.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.17%) HNC
7 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (28.36%) Accessibility
2 54 (8.96%) WCAG
3 26 (4.31%) QA
4 18 (2.99%) GDPR
5 17 (2.82%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.00%) NIST
6 6 (1.00%) PERC
7 4 (0.66%) SLA
8 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (8.62%) Docker
2 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.99%) Podman
3 9 (1.49%) Grafana
4 6 (1.00%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.50%) Terraform
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 250 (41.46%) Adobe
2 40 (6.63%) BT
3 27 (4.48%) Salesforce
3 27 (4.48%) Typelevel
4 26 (4.31%) Google
5 20 (3.32%) Splunk
6 13 (2.16%) Oracle
6 13 (2.16%) SAP
7 11 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.49%) Microsoft
9 8 (1.33%) Foundry
10 4 (0.66%) Databricks
10 4 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.66%) Thales
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco
11 2 (0.33%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.33%) Meraki
11 2 (0.33%) Veeam
12 1 (0.17%) Ariba
12 1 (0.17%) DoubleClick