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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 37 467
Rank change year-on-year -136 +430 -85
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 292 1,352 49
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.80% 5.83% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.23% 36.78% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 132 30 30
10th Percentile £23,504 £29,050 £31,025
25th Percentile - £43,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +1.52% -14.35%
75th Percentile - £56,401 £80,625
90th Percentile £26,968 £73,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -57.26%

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 1,799 3,676 3,338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.12% 15.86% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 1,614 2,802
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

Broadband
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Broadband trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Broadband
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Broadband.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Broadband

Broadband
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Broadband over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Broadband salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.34%) CMS
2 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.82%) AWS
2 10 (3.42%) Serverless
3 9 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (2.05%) Azure
4 6 (2.05%) GCP
5 5 (1.71%) Amazon S3
5 5 (1.71%) AWS Step Functions
6 3 (1.03%) Figma
7 2 (0.68%) Asana
7 2 (0.68%) GitHub
7 2 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.68%) Miro
7 2 (0.68%) npm
7 2 (0.68%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.34%) Akamai
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.34%) Canva
8 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.42%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.71%) ADSL
2 5 (1.71%) ADSL2+
2 5 (1.71%) G.fast
2 5 (1.71%) PSTN
2 5 (1.71%) VoIP
3 4 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.03%) Internet
4 3 (1.03%) SSL
5 2 (0.68%) DVB
5 2 (0.68%) SSH
6 1 (0.34%) BGP
6 1 (0.34%) DNS
6 1 (0.34%) Firewall
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) LAN
6 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) WAN
6 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.40%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.71%) DynamoDB
2 5 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.68%) Big Data
4 2 (0.68%) Couchbase
4 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.68%) MySQL
4 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.68%) Tableau
5 1 (0.34%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.05%) JIRA
2 5 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.03%) Git
4 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.68%) GitLab
4 2 (0.68%) Jaeger
4 2 (0.68%) Mocha
4 2 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.68%) Spock
4 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 208 (71.23%) Banking
2 119 (40.75%) Games
3 36 (12.33%) Social Skills
4 20 (6.85%) Telecoms
5 15 (5.14%) Billing
6 10 (3.42%) Finance
7 7 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.05%) Marketing
9 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.37%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Analytical Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (39.04%) Customer Service Advisor
2 23 (7.88%) Senior
3 12 (4.11%) Lead
4 11 (3.77%) Developer
4 11 (3.77%) Sales Representative
5 9 (3.08%) Customer Service Representative
6 7 (2.40%) Business Development Manager
6 7 (2.40%) Business Manager
6 7 (2.40%) Development Manager
6 7 (2.40%) Senior Developer
7 6 (2.05%) Account Manager
7 6 (2.05%) Client Account Manager
7 6 (2.05%) Senior Manager
7 6 (2.05%) Team Leader
8 5 (1.71%) Analyst
8 5 (1.71%) AWS Developer
8 5 (1.71%) Engineering Manager
9 4 (1.37%) Architect
9 4 (1.37%) Senior Business Development Manager
9 4 (1.37%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.42%) React
2 9 (3.08%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.05%) Node.js
4 5 (1.71%) Redux
4 5 (1.71%) Serverless Framework
5 4 (1.37%) Middleware
5 4 (1.37%) REST
6 3 (1.03%) SOAP
7 2 (0.68%) .NET
7 2 (0.68%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.68%) D3.js
7 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.68%) Kafka
7 2 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.68%) pytest
7 2 (0.68%) RESTful
7 2 (0.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 2 (0.68%) Visualforce
7 2 (0.68%) Web Services
7 2 (0.68%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
1 12 (4.11%) Social Media
2 8 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.40%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.37%) Cyberattack
5 4 (1.37%) Over-the-Top Content
6 3 (1.03%) IoT
6 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.03%) Smart Home
7 2 (0.68%) Animation
7 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.68%) MPEG
7 2 (0.68%) PKI
7 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Linux
1 4 (1.37%) Unix
1 4 (1.37%) Windows
2 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (46.23%) Problem-Solving
2 134 (45.89%) Customer Service
3 30 (10.27%) Roadmaps
4 25 (8.56%) Mentoring
5 21 (7.19%) Agile
6 20 (6.85%) Product Management
7 17 (5.82%) CI/CD
8 16 (5.48%) Computer Science
9 15 (5.14%) High Availability
10 14 (4.79%) Broadcast Engineering
11 11 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (3.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (3.77%) Contract Negotiation
12 10 (3.42%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (3.08%) Incident Management
13 9 (3.08%) Performance Metrics
13 9 (3.08%) Service Delivery
14 8 (2.74%) Business Development
14 8 (2.74%) DevOps
15 7 (2.40%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.48%) Python
2 11 (3.77%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.74%) TypeScript
4 5 (1.71%) Java
5 4 (1.37%) SQL
6 3 (1.03%) Bash
6 3 (1.03%) Groovy
7 2 (0.68%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.68%) C#
7 2 (0.68%) Go
7 2 (0.68%) HLSL
7 2 (0.68%) R
7 2 (0.68%) SOQL
7 2 (0.68%) SOSL
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
8 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.34%) Scala
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (6.85%) Degree
2 16 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.74%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.34%) CCNA
4 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.34%) CISM
4 1 (0.34%) CISSP
4 1 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.34%) PhD
4 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.34%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.34%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.37%) NIST
2 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) NCSC
4 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 8 (2.74%) Docker
2 5 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.71%) Terraform
3 4 (1.37%) Ansible
3 4 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.68%) Argo
4 2 (0.68%) Grafana
4 2 (0.68%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.34%) Nmap
Vendors
1 208 (71.23%) BT
2 10 (3.42%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.74%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.40%) Google
5 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.68%) Cisco
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle
6 2 (0.68%) Splunk
6 2 (0.68%) Thales
7 1 (0.34%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.34%) F5
7 1 (0.34%) Juniper
7 1 (0.34%) Nokia
7 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.34%) Tenable