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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 232 391
Rank change year-on-year +74 +159 +145
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 247 227 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.38% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.64% 10.39% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 54 15 60
10th Percentile - £27,150 -
25th Percentile - £30,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% +25.93% -55.00%
75th Percentile £28,867 £51,875 £52,188
90th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £75,250
UK median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -56.52%

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 1,400 2,184 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.24% 13.29% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,227 2,474
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +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 14 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 (0.81%) CMS
1 2 (0.81%) Confluence
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (15.79%) Azure
2 37 (14.98%) Entra ID
3 32 (12.96%) Google Workspace
4 26 (10.53%) AWS
5 13 (5.26%) Pulumi
6 12 (4.86%) Figma
7 8 (3.24%) Serverless
8 6 (2.43%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.02%) AWS Step Functions
9 5 (2.02%) GCP
10 4 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.81%) npm
12 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.40%) Contentsquare
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (6.48%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.05%) 4G
3 10 (4.05%) BGP
3 10 (4.05%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (4.05%) Ethernet VPN
3 10 (4.05%) IOS XR
3 10 (4.05%) MPLS
4 5 (2.02%) DHCP
5 3 (1.21%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.21%) DSL
5 3 (1.21%) GPON
5 3 (1.21%) Internet
5 3 (1.21%) IPv4
5 3 (1.21%) IPv6
5 3 (1.21%) PPP
5 3 (1.21%) RTP
5 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.21%) VoIP
5 3 (1.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.48%) NoSQL
2 13 (5.26%) RDBMS
2 13 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.02%) Big Data
3 5 (2.02%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.81%) Metadata
5 2 (0.81%) MySQL
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (15.79%) Jenkins
2 22 (8.91%) TeamCity
3 16 (6.48%) GitLab
4 15 (6.07%) SonarQube
5 13 (5.26%) Jaeger
6 12 (4.86%) Git
7 5 (2.02%) JIRA
8 4 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.81%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.81%) Mocha
9 2 (0.81%) webpack
10 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
General
1 100 (40.49%) Games
2 87 (35.22%) Social Skills
3 52 (21.05%) Telecoms
4 46 (18.62%) Banking
5 45 (18.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (10.93%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (9.72%) Marketing
9 10 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.62%) Advertising
10 4 (1.62%) Billing
10 4 (1.62%) Finance
11 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.81%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.81%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (24.70%) Senior
2 41 (16.60%) Architect
3 33 (13.36%) Customer Service Advisor
4 31 (12.55%) Developer
4 31 (12.55%) Lead
5 25 (10.12%) Development Manager
6 24 (9.72%) Senior Developer
7 23 (9.31%) Business Development Manager
8 22 (8.91%) Business Manager
9 15 (6.07%) IAM Developer
10 14 (5.67%) Salesforce Architect
11 13 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (4.86%) Systems Architect
13 11 (4.45%) Scala Engineer
14 10 (4.05%) Network Engineer
14 10 (4.05%) Senior Business Development Manager
14 10 (4.05%) Senior Business Manager
14 10 (4.05%) Senior Development Manager
14 10 (4.05%) Senior Manager
15 9 (3.64%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (19.84%) REST
1 49 (19.84%) SOAP
2 40 (16.19%) GraphQL
3 32 (12.96%) LDAP
3 32 (12.96%) OAuth
3 32 (12.96%) OpenID
3 32 (12.96%) SAML
4 22 (8.91%) Akka
5 15 (6.07%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (6.07%) Visualforce
6 13 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
6 13 (5.26%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (4.05%) Jinja
7 10 (4.05%) NETCONF
7 10 (4.05%) YANG
8 8 (3.24%) React
9 5 (2.02%) Serverless Framework
10 4 (1.62%) TensorFlow
11 3 (1.21%) Node.js
11 3 (1.21%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.24%) Social Media
2 35 (14.17%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (14.17%) Cyberattack
3 25 (10.12%) Over-the-Top Content
3 25 (10.12%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (7.29%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.64%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.62%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) IoT
8 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.21%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.40%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.40%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.69%) Linux
2 15 (6.07%) Unix
3 4 (1.62%) Windows
4 3 (1.21%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (38.87%) Agile
2 90 (36.44%) Roadmaps
3 66 (26.72%) Mentoring
4 57 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (17.00%) Customer Experience
5 42 (17.00%) Customer Service
6 39 (15.79%) Scrum
7 38 (15.38%) CRM
8 37 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (14.57%) Analytics
9 36 (14.57%) Software Engineering
10 35 (14.17%) Programme Delivery
11 34 (13.77%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (12.96%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (12.96%) Regulatory Compliance
12 32 (12.96%) Technology Roadmap
13 31 (12.55%) Business Development
13 31 (12.55%) DevOps
14 28 (11.34%) Open Source
15 27 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.43%) Bash
2 37 (14.98%) Python
3 34 (13.77%) PowerShell
4 32 (12.96%) T-SQL
5 22 (8.91%) Scala
6 21 (8.50%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.48%) SQL
8 15 (6.07%) Apex Code
8 15 (6.07%) Java
8 15 (6.07%) SOQL
8 15 (6.07%) SOSL
9 14 (5.67%) Go
10 7 (2.83%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.21%) C
11 3 (1.21%) C++
12 2 (0.81%) R
13 1 (0.40%) C#
13 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.40%) CISM
3 1 (0.40%) CISSP
3 1 (0.40%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.40%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.17%) NIST
2 34 (13.77%) NCSC
3 13 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.43%) QA
5 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) WCAG
7 2 (0.81%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.40%) GDPR
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (14.98%) Docker
2 35 (14.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.21%) Firmware
3 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (14.57%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.67%) Ansible
2 14 (5.67%) Prometheus
2 14 (5.67%) Terraform
3 13 (5.26%) Argo
3 13 (5.26%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.40%) Grafana
4 1 (0.40%) Icinga
4 1 (0.40%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.40%) Nagios
4 1 (0.40%) Nmap
Vendors
1 46 (18.62%) BT
2 23 (9.31%) Salesforce
3 17 (6.88%) Google
4 15 (6.07%) Adobe
4 15 (6.07%) Splunk
5 10 (4.05%) Cisco
6 6 (2.43%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.21%) VMware
8 2 (0.81%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.81%) Datto
8 2 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.81%) Veeam
9 1 (0.40%) Apple
9 1 (0.40%) Dell
9 1 (0.40%) HP
9 1 (0.40%) Tenable