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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 280 344
Rank change year-on-year +170 +64 +197
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 378 161 194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 1.03% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.26% 8.01% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 59 27 154
10th Percentile - - £21,250
25th Percentile - - £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £23,504 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -59.12% -23.33%
75th Percentile £31,188 £44,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £35,600 £76,250 -
UK median annual salary £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
% change year-on-year -19.72% +17.92% -54.89%

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 1,558 2,010 3,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.65% 12.81% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 915 1,168 3,216
10th Percentile £27,940 £30,588 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -0.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,253 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 February 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 3 (0.79%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.53%) CMS
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) UserZoom
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (16.93%) Azure
2 63 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 58 (15.34%) Google Workspace
4 49 (12.96%) AWS
5 38 (10.05%) Adobe Analytics
6 34 (8.99%) Figma
7 25 (6.61%) GCP
8 19 (5.03%) Pulumi
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.32%) Serverless
10 4 (1.06%) Contentsquare
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (0.79%) Slack
12 2 (0.53%) npm
13 1 (0.26%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.26%) dbt
13 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.26%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.82%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (3.97%) Ethernet
3 14 (3.70%) 4G
4 12 (3.17%) MPLS
5 11 (2.91%) BGP
5 11 (2.91%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (2.91%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (2.91%) IOS XR
6 5 (1.32%) DHCP
7 4 (1.06%) 5G
7 4 (1.06%) Internet
7 4 (1.06%) VoIP
7 4 (1.06%) WAN
8 3 (0.79%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.79%) DSL
8 3 (0.79%) IPv4
8 3 (0.79%) IPv6
8 3 (0.79%) PPP
8 3 (0.79%) RTP
8 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.08%) NoSQL
2 19 (5.03%) RDBMS
2 19 (5.03%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.85%) Metadata
4 5 (1.32%) Big Data
5 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.53%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 52 (13.76%) Jenkins
2 29 (7.67%) GitLab
3 28 (7.41%) SonarQube
4 23 (6.08%) TeamCity
5 19 (5.03%) Jaeger
6 14 (3.70%) Git
7 6 (1.59%) JIRA
8 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.53%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.53%) Mocha
9 2 (0.53%) webpack
10 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.26%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 166 (43.92%) Games
2 113 (29.89%) Social Skills
3 70 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (17.20%) Organisational Skills
5 58 (15.34%) Telecoms
6 40 (10.58%) Marketing
6 40 (10.58%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (9.79%) Banking
8 20 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.06%) Advertising
9 4 (1.06%) Finance
10 3 (0.79%) Billing
11 2 (0.53%) Legal
11 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.53%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.53%) Retail
12 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 92 (24.34%) Lead
2 81 (21.43%) Senior
3 60 (15.87%) Architect
4 44 (11.64%) Developer
5 31 (8.20%) Customer Service Advisor
6 29 (7.67%) Designer
7 26 (6.88%) Salesforce Architect
7 26 (6.88%) Senior Developer
8 25 (6.61%) Development Manager
9 24 (6.35%) Scala Engineer
9 24 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
10 23 (6.08%) IAM Developer
11 22 (5.82%) Lead Designer
12 21 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
13 20 (5.29%) Business Manager
14 17 (4.50%) Digital Designer
15 14 (3.70%) Software Engineer
15 14 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (3.70%) Systems Architect
15 14 (3.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (23.28%) REST
1 88 (23.28%) SOAP
2 63 (16.67%) GraphQL
3 58 (15.34%) LDAP
3 58 (15.34%) OAuth
3 58 (15.34%) OpenID
3 58 (15.34%) SAML
4 28 (7.41%) Lightning Web Components
4 28 (7.41%) Visualforce
5 23 (6.08%) Akka
6 19 (5.03%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (5.03%) OpenTelemetry
7 18 (4.76%) gRPC
8 11 (2.91%) Jinja
8 11 (2.91%) NETCONF
8 11 (2.91%) YANG
9 10 (2.65%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.85%) PyTorch
11 6 (1.59%) React
12 3 (0.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 86 (22.75%) Social Media
2 67 (17.72%) Cyber Threat
2 67 (17.72%) Cyberattack
3 51 (13.49%) Video\Live Streaming
4 44 (11.64%) Over-the-Top Content
5 32 (8.47%) Mobile App
5 32 (8.47%) Product Ownership
6 20 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.17%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.53%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.53%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.53%) IoT
11 2 (0.53%) Smart Home
12 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.26%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.26%) Digital Signage
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.88%) Linux
2 21 (5.56%) Unix
3 10 (2.65%) Android
4 9 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.32%) Windows
6 3 (0.79%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (49.21%) Roadmaps
2 159 (42.06%) Agile
3 125 (33.07%) Mentoring
4 92 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (22.75%) Customer Experience
6 73 (19.31%) Analytics
7 71 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
8 70 (18.52%) CI/CD
9 68 (17.99%) Software Engineering
10 67 (17.72%) Programme Delivery
11 65 (17.20%) AI
12 58 (15.34%) Identity Access Management
12 58 (15.34%) Regulatory Compliance
12 58 (15.34%) User Research
13 54 (14.29%) Scrum
14 50 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (13.23%) Continuous Integration
14 50 (13.23%) DevOps
15 47 (12.43%) Continuous Delivery
16 45 (11.90%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 81 (21.43%) Bash
2 68 (17.99%) Python
3 60 (15.87%) PowerShell
4 58 (15.34%) T-SQL
5 43 (11.38%) Scala
6 38 (10.05%) Go
7 32 (8.47%) SQL
8 28 (7.41%) Apex Code
8 28 (7.41%) SOQL
8 28 (7.41%) SOSL
9 25 (6.61%) JavaScript
10 22 (5.82%) Java
11 5 (1.32%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.06%) C++
13 3 (0.79%) C
14 2 (0.53%) R
15 1 (0.26%) C#
15 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 23 (6.08%) AWS Certification
2 3 (0.79%) Degree
3 2 (0.53%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.26%) CISM
4 1 (0.26%) CISSP
4 1 (0.26%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (16.14%) NIST
2 60 (15.87%) NCSC
3 48 (12.70%) Accessibility
4 26 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.59%) QA
6 5 (1.32%) WCAG
7 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.53%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.26%) GDPR
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (16.40%) Docker
2 61 (16.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Firmware
4 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (11.38%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.56%) Terraform
3 20 (5.29%) Ansible
3 20 (5.29%) Prometheus
4 19 (5.03%) Argo
4 19 (5.03%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.79%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Icinga
6 1 (0.26%) Nagios
6 1 (0.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 61 (16.14%) Adobe
2 37 (9.79%) BT
2 37 (9.79%) Salesforce
3 28 (7.41%) Splunk
4 22 (5.82%) Google
5 18 (4.76%) Typelevel
6 11 (2.91%) Cisco
7 6 (1.59%) Checkmarx
7 6 (1.59%) Microsoft
8 3 (0.79%) VMware
9 2 (0.53%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.53%) Datto
9 2 (0.53%) Dell
9 2 (0.53%) Facebook
9 2 (0.53%) HP
9 2 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.53%) Veeam
10 1 (0.26%) Apple
10 1 (0.26%) Tenable