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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 233 383
Rank change year-on-year +82 +150 +149
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 273 224 126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.77% 1.37% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.09% 10.27% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 53 14 87
10th Percentile - £26,675 -
25th Percentile - £30,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £41,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% -2.94% -43.33%
75th Percentile £29,500 £52,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £35,000 £65,625 £68,750
UK median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -57.45%

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 1,430 2,182 3,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.27% 13.36% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 885 1,226 2,782
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,781 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 21 January 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 2 (0.73%) CMS
1 2 (0.73%) Confluence
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.37%) Apache
2 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.10%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.38%) Azure
2 40 (14.65%) Entra ID
3 35 (12.82%) Google Workspace
4 34 (12.45%) AWS
5 19 (6.96%) Figma
5 19 (6.96%) Pulumi
6 10 (3.66%) Adobe Analytics
7 8 (2.93%) Serverless
8 7 (2.56%) GCP
9 6 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.83%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
10 5 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.10%) Contentsquare
12 2 (0.73%) npm
12 2 (0.73%) Slack
13 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.37%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.37%) GitHub
13 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.33%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (5.86%) Ethernet
3 11 (4.03%) 4G
3 11 (4.03%) BGP
3 11 (4.03%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (4.03%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (4.03%) IOS XR
3 11 (4.03%) MPLS
4 5 (1.83%) DHCP
5 3 (1.10%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.10%) DSL
5 3 (1.10%) GPON
5 3 (1.10%) Internet
5 3 (1.10%) IPv4
5 3 (1.10%) IPv6
5 3 (1.10%) PPP
5 3 (1.10%) RTP
5 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.10%) VoIP
5 3 (1.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.42%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.96%) RDBMS
2 19 (6.96%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.20%) Big Data
4 5 (1.83%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.10%) Metadata
6 2 (0.73%) MySQL
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (14.65%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.42%) TeamCity
3 19 (6.96%) Jaeger
4 16 (5.86%) GitLab
5 15 (5.49%) SonarQube
6 14 (5.13%) Git
7 5 (1.83%) JIRA
8 4 (1.47%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.73%) Mocha
9 2 (0.73%) webpack
10 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
General
1 105 (38.46%) Games
2 90 (32.97%) Social Skills
3 54 (19.78%) Telecoms
4 53 (19.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (16.48%) Banking
6 42 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (12.45%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (8.79%) Marketing
9 12 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.47%) Advertising
10 4 (1.47%) Finance
11 3 (1.10%) Billing
12 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.73%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.73%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (25.27%) Senior
2 48 (17.58%) Lead
3 43 (15.75%) Architect
4 33 (12.09%) Developer
5 32 (11.72%) Customer Service Advisor
6 25 (9.16%) Development Manager
6 25 (9.16%) Senior Developer
7 23 (8.42%) Business Development Manager
8 22 (8.06%) Business Manager
9 16 (5.86%) IAM Developer
10 14 (5.13%) Salesforce Architect
10 14 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (4.76%) Designer
12 12 (4.40%) Scala Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Systems Architect
13 11 (4.03%) Network Engineer
14 10 (3.66%) Senior Business Manager
14 10 (3.66%) Senior Development Manager
14 10 (3.66%) Senior Manager
14 10 (3.66%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (19.05%) REST
1 52 (19.05%) SOAP
2 43 (15.75%) GraphQL
3 35 (12.82%) LDAP
3 35 (12.82%) OAuth
3 35 (12.82%) OpenID
3 35 (12.82%) SAML
4 23 (8.42%) Akka
5 19 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (6.96%) OpenTelemetry
6 15 (5.49%) Lightning Web Components
6 15 (5.49%) Visualforce
7 11 (4.03%) Jinja
7 11 (4.03%) NETCONF
7 11 (4.03%) YANG
8 9 (3.30%) React
9 5 (1.83%) Serverless Framework
9 5 (1.83%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.10%) Node.js
10 3 (1.10%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.88%) Social Media
2 38 (13.92%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (13.92%) Cyberattack
3 28 (10.26%) Video\Live Streaming
4 27 (9.89%) Over-the-Top Content
5 18 (6.59%) Product Ownership
6 16 (5.86%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.10%) IoT
9 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.10%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.37%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.37%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.37%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.52%) Linux
2 21 (7.69%) Unix
3 5 (1.83%) Windows
4 3 (1.10%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (40.29%) Agile
2 104 (38.10%) Roadmaps
3 83 (30.40%) Mentoring
4 67 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (19.78%) Customer Experience
6 44 (16.12%) Analytics
7 43 (15.75%) Software Engineering
8 42 (15.38%) Customer Service
9 40 (14.65%) Continuous Integration
9 40 (14.65%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (14.65%) Scrum
10 38 (13.92%) CRM
10 38 (13.92%) Programme Delivery
11 37 (13.55%) DevOps
12 35 (12.82%) Identity Access Management
12 35 (12.82%) Regulatory Compliance
13 32 (11.72%) Technology Roadmap
14 31 (11.36%) Business Development
14 31 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (10.99%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 58 (21.25%) Bash
2 46 (16.85%) Python
3 37 (13.55%) PowerShell
4 35 (12.82%) T-SQL
5 27 (9.89%) JavaScript
6 24 (8.79%) Scala
7 21 (7.69%) Java
8 20 (7.33%) Go
9 19 (6.96%) SQL
10 15 (5.49%) Apex Code
10 15 (5.49%) SOQL
10 15 (5.49%) SOSL
11 8 (2.93%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.10%) C
12 3 (1.10%) C++
13 2 (0.73%) R
14 1 (0.37%) C#
14 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 25 (9.16%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
2 2 (0.73%) Degree
3 1 (0.37%) CISM
3 1 (0.37%) CISSP
3 1 (0.37%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.92%) NIST
2 37 (13.55%) NCSC
3 15 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.20%) QA
6 4 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.47%) WCAG
7 2 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.37%) GDPR
8 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 44 (16.12%) Docker
2 38 (13.92%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.10%) Firmware
3 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (15.75%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.69%) Terraform
3 20 (7.33%) Ansible
3 20 (7.33%) Prometheus
4 19 (6.96%) Argo
4 19 (6.96%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.73%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Icinga
6 1 (0.37%) Nagios
6 1 (0.37%) Nmap
Vendors
1 45 (16.48%) BT
2 26 (9.52%) Adobe
3 23 (8.42%) Google
3 23 (8.42%) Salesforce
4 15 (5.49%) Splunk
5 11 (4.03%) Cisco
6 7 (2.56%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.10%) VMware
8 2 (0.73%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.73%) Datto
8 2 (0.73%) Dell
8 2 (0.73%) HP
8 2 (0.73%) Veeam
9 1 (0.37%) Apple
9 1 (0.37%) Tenable