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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 234 388
Rank change year-on-year +71 +154 +147
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 241 227 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 1.39% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.45% 10.46% 3.33%
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 1,381 2,171 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 13.27% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 872 1,216 2,494
10th Percentile £27,900 £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 £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -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 13 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 (0.83%) CMS
1 2 (0.83%) Confluence
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.18%) Azure
2 37 (15.35%) Entra ID
3 32 (13.28%) Google Workspace
4 26 (10.79%) AWS
5 13 (5.39%) Pulumi
6 12 (4.98%) Figma
7 8 (3.32%) Serverless
8 6 (2.49%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.07%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.07%) AWS Step Functions
9 5 (2.07%) GCP
10 4 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.83%) npm
12 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.41%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.41%) Contentsquare
12 1 (0.41%) GitHub
12 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.88%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (6.64%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.15%) 4G
3 10 (4.15%) BGP
3 10 (4.15%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (4.15%) Ethernet VPN
3 10 (4.15%) IOS XR
3 10 (4.15%) MPLS
4 5 (2.07%) DHCP
5 3 (1.24%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.24%) DSL
5 3 (1.24%) GPON
5 3 (1.24%) Internet
5 3 (1.24%) IPv4
5 3 (1.24%) IPv6
5 3 (1.24%) PPP
5 3 (1.24%) RTP
5 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.24%) VoIP
5 3 (1.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.64%) NoSQL
2 13 (5.39%) RDBMS
2 13 (5.39%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.07%) Big Data
3 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.83%) Metadata
5 2 (0.83%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (16.18%) Jenkins
2 22 (9.13%) TeamCity
3 16 (6.64%) GitLab
4 15 (6.22%) SonarQube
5 13 (5.39%) Jaeger
6 12 (4.98%) Git
7 5 (2.07%) JIRA
8 4 (1.66%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.83%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.83%) Mocha
9 2 (0.83%) webpack
10 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
General
1 94 (39.00%) Games
2 81 (33.61%) Social Skills
3 46 (19.09%) Banking
3 46 (19.09%) Telecoms
4 45 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (16.18%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (11.20%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (9.96%) Marketing
8 10 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Advertising
9 4 (1.66%) Billing
9 4 (1.66%) Finance
10 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.83%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (25.31%) Senior
2 35 (14.52%) Architect
3 33 (13.69%) Customer Service Advisor
4 31 (12.86%) Developer
5 30 (12.45%) Lead
6 25 (10.37%) Development Manager
7 24 (9.96%) Senior Developer
8 23 (9.54%) Business Development Manager
9 22 (9.13%) Business Manager
10 15 (6.22%) IAM Developer
11 14 (5.81%) Salesforce Architect
12 13 (5.39%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) Scala Engineer
14 10 (4.15%) Network Engineer
14 10 (4.15%) Senior Business Development Manager
14 10 (4.15%) Senior Business Manager
14 10 (4.15%) Senior Development Manager
14 10 (4.15%) Senior Manager
15 9 (3.73%) Designer
16 8 (3.32%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (20.33%) REST
1 49 (20.33%) SOAP
2 40 (16.60%) GraphQL
3 32 (13.28%) LDAP
3 32 (13.28%) OAuth
3 32 (13.28%) OpenID
3 32 (13.28%) SAML
4 22 (9.13%) Akka
5 15 (6.22%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (6.22%) Visualforce
6 13 (5.39%) Elastic Stack
6 13 (5.39%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (4.15%) Jinja
7 10 (4.15%) NETCONF
7 10 (4.15%) YANG
8 8 (3.32%) React
9 5 (2.07%) Serverless Framework
10 4 (1.66%) TensorFlow
11 3 (1.24%) Node.js
11 3 (1.24%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.75%) Social Media
2 35 (14.52%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (14.52%) Cyberattack
3 25 (10.37%) Over-the-Top Content
3 25 (10.37%) Video\Live Streaming
4 18 (7.47%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.73%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.66%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.24%) IoT
8 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.24%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.41%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.41%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.88%) Linux
2 15 (6.22%) Unix
3 4 (1.66%) Windows
4 3 (1.24%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (37.34%) Agile
2 84 (34.85%) Roadmaps
3 66 (27.39%) Mentoring
4 57 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (17.43%) Customer Service
6 39 (16.18%) Scrum
7 37 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
8 36 (14.94%) Analytics
8 36 (14.94%) Customer Experience
9 35 (14.52%) Programme Delivery
10 34 (14.11%) Continuous Integration
11 32 (13.28%) CRM
11 32 (13.28%) Identity Access Management
11 32 (13.28%) Regulatory Compliance
12 31 (12.86%) Business Development
12 31 (12.86%) DevOps
13 30 (12.45%) Software Engineering
14 28 (11.62%) Open Source
15 27 (11.20%) CI/CD
15 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.92%) Bash
2 37 (15.35%) Python
3 34 (14.11%) PowerShell
4 32 (13.28%) T-SQL
5 22 (9.13%) Scala
6 21 (8.71%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.64%) SQL
8 15 (6.22%) Apex Code
8 15 (6.22%) Java
8 15 (6.22%) SOQL
8 15 (6.22%) SOSL
9 14 (5.81%) Go
10 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.24%) C
11 3 (1.24%) C++
12 2 (0.83%) R
13 1 (0.41%) C#
13 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (7.88%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.41%) CISM
3 1 (0.41%) CISSP
3 1 (0.41%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.52%) NIST
2 34 (14.11%) NCSC
3 13 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.49%) QA
5 5 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.24%) WCAG
7 2 (0.83%) SLA
8 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.41%) GDPR
8 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (15.35%) Docker
2 35 (14.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.24%) Firmware
3 3 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (14.94%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.81%) Ansible
2 14 (5.81%) Prometheus
2 14 (5.81%) Terraform
3 13 (5.39%) Argo
3 13 (5.39%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.41%) Grafana
4 1 (0.41%) Icinga
4 1 (0.41%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.41%) Nagios
4 1 (0.41%) Nmap
Vendors
1 46 (19.09%) BT
2 23 (9.54%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.05%) Google
4 15 (6.22%) Adobe
4 15 (6.22%) Splunk
5 10 (4.15%) Cisco
6 6 (2.49%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.24%) VMware
8 2 (0.83%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.83%) Datto
8 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.83%) Veeam
9 1 (0.41%) Apple
9 1 (0.41%) Dell
9 1 (0.41%) HP
9 1 (0.41%) Tenable