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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 199 187
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 +249
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 293 250 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.16% 1.52% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.26% 14.55% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36 103 22
10th Percentile £13,929 - £20,975
25th Percentile £26,988 - £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -47.19% +18.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £29,500 £56,261
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £37,500
% change year-on-year +29.55% -33.10% +50.00%

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 2,209 1,718 2,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.77% 10.46% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 986 1,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £42,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -10.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 16 October 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 8 (2.73%) Confluence
2 6 (2.05%) SAS
3 5 (1.71%) CMS
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (6.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (5.80%) UserZoom
3 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Houdini
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 19 (6.48%) Workfront
2 6 (2.05%) Adobe Campaign
2 6 (2.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.36%) AWS
2 31 (10.58%) Adobe Analytics
3 25 (8.53%) GCP
4 23 (7.85%) Contentsquare
5 19 (6.48%) iPaaS
6 12 (4.10%) Figma
7 10 (3.41%) SaaS
8 9 (3.07%) Azure
9 8 (2.73%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.37%) Slack
12 3 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.68%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.68%) Serverless
14 1 (0.34%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.07%) 5G
2 6 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.71%) SSL
4 4 (1.37%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.37%) SSH
5 3 (1.02%) DNS
5 3 (1.02%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.02%) WAN
6 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.34%) DHCP
7 1 (0.34%) HTTP
7 1 (0.34%) Internet
7 1 (0.34%) LTE
7 1 (0.34%) MPLS
7 1 (0.34%) NGN
7 1 (0.34%) SMS
7 1 (0.34%) VoIP
7 1 (0.34%) VPN
7 1 (0.34%) VSAT
7 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.92%) Metadata
2 31 (10.58%) MongoDB
3 28 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (5.46%) BigQuery
5 15 (5.12%) Semantic Layer
6 13 (4.44%) MySQL
7 9 (3.07%) Tableau
8 8 (2.73%) Power BI
9 7 (2.39%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.39%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.05%) SAP BW
11 5 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.37%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
14 1 (0.34%) Couchbase
14 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.12%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.75%) Git
2 11 (3.75%) GitLab
3 7 (2.39%) JIRA
General
1 88 (30.03%) Games
2 79 (26.96%) Social Skills
3 58 (19.80%) Banking
4 42 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (11.60%) Marketing
6 26 (8.87%) Telecoms
7 22 (7.51%) Finance
8 18 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.73%) Legal
10 4 (1.37%) Advertising
10 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.02%) Retail
12 2 (0.68%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.34%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) Electronics
13 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.41%) Senior
2 49 (16.72%) Lead
3 24 (8.19%) Developer
4 23 (7.85%) Analyst
5 22 (7.51%) Architect
6 21 (7.17%) Customer Service Advisor
7 17 (5.80%) Product Owner
8 12 (4.10%) Python Developer
9 10 (3.41%) Senior Developer
10 9 (3.07%) Senior Python Developer
11 8 (2.73%) Account Manager
12 7 (2.39%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 7 (2.39%) Cloud Architect
12 7 (2.39%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.39%) Product Manager
12 7 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.39%) Senior Architect
12 7 (2.39%) Software Engineer
12 7 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.39%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.60%) RESTful
2 15 (5.12%) Node.js
3 12 (4.10%) PyTorch
3 12 (4.10%) TensorFlow
4 6 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (2.05%) Streamlit
5 5 (1.71%) .NET
6 4 (1.37%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.37%) PySpark
6 4 (1.37%) REST
6 4 (1.37%) TFX
7 3 (1.02%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.02%) React
7 3 (1.02%) SOAP
7 3 (1.02%) Terraform
8 2 (0.68%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.68%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.34%) Kafka
9 1 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.34%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 93 (31.74%) Social Media
2 52 (17.75%) Cloud Native
3 38 (12.97%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (12.63%) Video\Live Streaming
5 35 (11.95%) Product Ownership
6 31 (10.58%) Over-the-Top Content
7 27 (9.22%) Marketing Technology
8 24 (8.19%) Low-Code
9 20 (6.83%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (6.83%) Cyberattack
10 15 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (4.44%) AI Agents
12 11 (3.75%) Algorithms
13 10 (3.41%) Onboarding
14 6 (2.05%) Clustering
14 6 (2.05%) Data Structures
15 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
15 4 (1.37%) PKI
15 4 (1.37%) Replication
15 4 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.05%) Linux
2 5 (1.71%) Windows
3 2 (0.68%) macOS
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (39.93%) AI
2 92 (31.40%) Roadmaps
3 77 (26.28%) Agile
4 75 (25.60%) Customer Experience
5 73 (24.91%) CI/CD
6 55 (18.77%) Decision-Making
7 54 (18.43%) Test Automation
8 52 (17.75%) Machine Learning
9 51 (17.41%) Observability
10 50 (17.06%) Analytics
11 47 (16.04%) Software Engineering
11 47 (16.04%) Validation
12 45 (15.36%) Mentoring
13 44 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (14.33%) Infrastructure as Code
15 39 (13.31%) Personalization
16 38 (12.97%) Customer Service
17 37 (12.63%) Generative AI
18 34 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
19 32 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.91%) Python
2 30 (10.24%) SQL
3 27 (9.22%) Go
4 9 (3.07%) C#
5 6 (2.05%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.71%) Java
7 3 (1.02%) Bash
7 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.68%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.34%) R
9 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (2.05%) Degree
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.37%) CCA
3 4 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.34%) HNC
6 1 (0.34%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.58%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.12%) GDPR
3 15 (5.12%) QA
4 10 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.39%) NIST
6 5 (1.71%) WCAG
7 4 (1.37%) SLA
8 3 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.02%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.02%) NCSC
8 3 (1.02%) PERC
System Software
1 12 (4.10%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.37%) Kubeflow
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.34%) Ansible
Vendors
1 59 (20.14%) Adobe
2 58 (19.80%) BT
3 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.39%) Oracle
4 7 (2.39%) SAP
5 6 (2.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (1.37%) Databricks
6 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.37%) Thales
7 3 (1.02%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco
8 2 (0.68%) Google
8 2 (0.68%) Meraki
8 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Veeam
9 1 (0.34%) Ariba
9 1 (0.34%) Facebook
9 1 (0.34%) Foundry
9 1 (0.34%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.34%) VMware