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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 167 40
Rank change year-on-year +60 -127 +445
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 583 320 1,305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 1.94% 5.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.71% 16.50% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 36 145 35
10th Percentile £13,929 - £37,500
25th Percentile £24,940 £23,504 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +109.27% -49.83% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £31,738 £72,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +27.56% -37.28% +50.94%

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 2,359 1,939 3,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.30% 11.76% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,322 1,173 1,961
10th Percentile £29,083 £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 £87,375 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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 19 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 28 (4.80%) Confluence
2 25 (4.29%) CMS
3 14 (2.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.03%) SAS
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (9.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 42 (7.20%) UserZoom
3 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.34%) 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 (6.69%) Workfront
2 33 (5.66%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (2.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 151 (25.90%) Adobe Analytics
2 100 (17.15%) AWS
3 72 (12.35%) GCP
4 67 (11.49%) Contentsquare
5 62 (10.63%) Figma
6 53 (9.09%) iPaaS
7 18 (3.09%) Azure
8 13 (2.23%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.06%) Cloud Functions
9 12 (2.06%) Cloud Run
10 10 (1.72%) SaaS
11 6 (1.03%) Slack
12 4 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (0.69%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.69%) Serverless
12 4 (0.69%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.51%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.34%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.20%) 5G
2 5 (0.86%) SSL
3 4 (0.69%) NGN
3 4 (0.69%) SSH
3 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.51%) DNS
4 3 (0.51%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.51%) WAN
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 67 (11.49%) Metadata
2 50 (8.58%) MongoDB
3 35 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.74%) BigQuery
5 15 (2.57%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.40%) Tableau
7 13 (2.23%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.23%) MySQL
7 13 (2.23%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.23%) Power BI
8 12 (2.06%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.69%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.34%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.17%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 39 (6.69%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.32%) GitLab
3 20 (3.43%) SonarQube
4 12 (2.06%) CircleCI
4 12 (2.06%) Cypress.io
4 12 (2.06%) Git
5 7 (1.20%) JIRA
6 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 252 (43.22%) Games
2 120 (20.58%) Marketing
3 107 (18.35%) Social Skills
4 51 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.23%) Banking
6 39 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.32%) Legal
8 22 (3.77%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.60%) Finance
10 5 (0.86%) Advertising
11 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.34%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.17%) Back Office
13 1 (0.17%) Electronics
13 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 130 (22.30%) Lead
2 87 (14.92%) Senior
3 48 (8.23%) Architect
4 45 (7.72%) Developer
5 44 (7.55%) Product Owner
6 35 (6.00%) Product Manager
7 33 (5.66%) Campaign Manager
7 33 (5.66%) Designer
8 26 (4.46%) Analyst
8 26 (4.46%) Lead Designer
9 23 (3.95%) Digital Designer
10 22 (3.77%) Software Engineer
11 20 (3.43%) Salesforce Architect
12 19 (3.26%) Customer Service Advisor
13 18 (3.09%) Scala Engineer
14 17 (2.92%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.92%) User Researcher
15 15 (2.57%) Python Developer
15 15 (2.57%) Senior Campaign Manager
15 15 (2.57%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.83%) RESTful
2 30 (5.15%) REST
3 27 (4.63%) gRPC
3 27 (4.63%) Node.js
4 22 (3.77%) SOAP
5 21 (3.60%) Lightning Web Components
6 20 (3.43%) Visualforce
7 19 (3.26%) React
8 18 (3.09%) PyTorch
9 14 (2.40%) TensorFlow
10 12 (2.06%) Leaflet
10 12 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.06%) Playwright
11 6 (1.03%) Streamlit
11 6 (1.03%) TFX
12 5 (0.86%) .NET
13 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.69%) Django
13 4 (0.69%) scikit-learn
13 4 (0.69%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 268 (45.97%) Social Media
2 125 (21.44%) Product Ownership
3 122 (20.93%) Over-the-Top Content
4 89 (15.27%) Marketing Technology
5 73 (12.52%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (11.84%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (9.61%) Cloud Native
8 31 (5.32%) Low-Code
9 27 (4.63%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (4.63%) Cyberattack
10 20 (3.43%) Algorithms
11 19 (3.26%) Onboarding
12 13 (2.23%) AI Agents
12 13 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (2.06%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.54%) Mobile App
15 6 (1.03%) Clustering
16 4 (0.69%) PKI
16 4 (0.69%) Public Cloud
16 4 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.54%) Android
1 9 (1.54%) Apple iOS
1 9 (1.54%) Linux
2 3 (0.51%) Windows
3 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (53.17%) Roadmaps
2 289 (49.57%) Agile
3 273 (46.83%) AI
4 266 (45.63%) Customer Experience
5 198 (33.96%) Analytics
6 159 (27.27%) Decision-Making
7 154 (26.42%) Product Roadmap
8 150 (25.73%) Storytelling
9 149 (25.56%) Digital Customer Experience
9 149 (25.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 146 (25.04%) CI/CD
11 130 (22.30%) Personalization
12 124 (21.27%) User Research
13 116 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 104 (17.84%) Machine Learning
15 98 (16.81%) Software Engineering
16 94 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
17 93 (15.95%) Mentoring
17 93 (15.95%) Sprint Planning
18 92 (15.78%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 136 (23.33%) Python
2 61 (10.46%) Go
3 29 (4.97%) SQL
4 27 (4.63%) Scala
5 26 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.60%) Apex Code
6 21 (3.60%) SOQL
7 20 (3.43%) SOSL
8 18 (3.09%) C#
9 14 (2.40%) Java
10 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.34%) Bash
12 2 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (1.89%) Degree
1 11 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (1.03%) PhD
3 5 (0.86%) Master's Degree
3 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (0.69%) CCA
5 2 (0.34%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.34%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.17%) HNC
6 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (27.10%) Accessibility
2 53 (9.09%) WCAG
3 26 (4.46%) QA
4 18 (3.09%) GDPR
5 17 (2.92%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.03%) NIST
6 6 (1.03%) PERC
7 4 (0.69%) SLA
8 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (8.92%) Docker
2 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.06%) Podman
3 9 (1.54%) Grafana
4 6 (1.03%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.51%) Terraform
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 241 (41.34%) Adobe
2 48 (8.23%) BT
3 28 (4.80%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.63%) Typelevel
5 23 (3.95%) Google
6 20 (3.43%) Splunk
7 13 (2.23%) Oracle
7 13 (2.23%) SAP
8 11 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.03%) Microsoft
10 5 (0.86%) Foundry
11 4 (0.69%) Databricks
11 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.69%) Thales
12 2 (0.34%) Cisco
12 2 (0.34%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.34%) Meraki
12 2 (0.34%) Veeam
13 1 (0.17%) Ariba
13 1 (0.17%) DoubleClick