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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 255 345
Rank change year-on-year +134 +90 +197
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 362 182 194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 1.16% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.71% 8.88% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 57 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 £30,000 £44,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £35,000 £76,250 -
UK median annual salary £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
% change year-on-year -19.72% +17.92% -55.83%

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 1,527 2,049 3,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.50% 13.03% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,164 3,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,125 £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 10 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 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.55%) CMS
1 2 (0.55%) Confluence
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) UserZoom
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (17.40%) Azure
2 61 (16.85%) Entra ID
3 56 (15.47%) Google Workspace
4 42 (11.60%) AWS
5 36 (9.94%) Adobe Analytics
6 32 (8.84%) Figma
7 19 (5.25%) Pulumi
8 17 (4.70%) GCP
9 6 (1.66%) Serverless
10 5 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.10%) AWS Step Functions
11 4 (1.10%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.83%) Slack
13 2 (0.55%) npm
14 1 (0.28%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.28%) Cloud Composer
14 1 (0.28%) dbt
14 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (4.14%) Ethernet
3 14 (3.87%) 4G
4 12 (3.31%) MPLS
5 11 (3.04%) BGP
5 11 (3.04%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (3.04%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (3.04%) IOS XR
6 5 (1.38%) DHCP
7 4 (1.10%) 5G
7 4 (1.10%) Internet
7 4 (1.10%) VoIP
7 4 (1.10%) WAN
8 3 (0.83%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.83%) DSL
8 3 (0.83%) IPv4
8 3 (0.83%) IPv6
8 3 (0.83%) PPP
8 3 (0.83%) RTP
8 3 (0.83%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.35%) NoSQL
2 19 (5.25%) RDBMS
2 19 (5.25%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.93%) Metadata
4 6 (1.66%) Big Data
5 4 (1.10%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.55%) MySQL
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 52 (14.36%) Jenkins
2 29 (8.01%) GitLab
3 28 (7.73%) SonarQube
4 23 (6.35%) TeamCity
5 19 (5.25%) Jaeger
6 14 (3.87%) Git
7 5 (1.38%) JIRA
8 3 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.55%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.55%) Mocha
9 2 (0.55%) webpack
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
General
1 161 (44.48%) Games
2 111 (30.66%) Social Skills
3 69 (19.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (17.40%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (15.47%) Telecoms
6 40 (11.05%) Presentation Skills
7 38 (10.50%) Marketing
8 37 (10.22%) Banking
9 18 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.10%) Advertising
10 4 (1.10%) Finance
11 3 (0.83%) Billing
12 2 (0.55%) Legal
12 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.55%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.55%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 89 (24.59%) Lead
2 80 (22.10%) Senior
3 59 (16.30%) Architect
4 42 (11.60%) Developer
5 31 (8.56%) Customer Service Advisor
6 27 (7.46%) Designer
6 27 (7.46%) Senior Developer
7 26 (7.18%) Salesforce Architect
8 24 (6.63%) Development Manager
9 23 (6.35%) IAM Developer
9 23 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (5.80%) Business Development Manager
11 20 (5.52%) Business Manager
11 20 (5.52%) Lead Designer
12 18 (4.97%) Scala Engineer
13 15 (4.14%) Digital Designer
14 14 (3.87%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 14 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (3.87%) Systems Architect
14 14 (3.87%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (23.76%) REST
1 86 (23.76%) SOAP
2 62 (17.13%) GraphQL
3 56 (15.47%) LDAP
3 56 (15.47%) OAuth
3 56 (15.47%) OpenID
3 56 (15.47%) SAML
4 28 (7.73%) Lightning Web Components
4 28 (7.73%) Visualforce
5 23 (6.35%) Akka
6 19 (5.25%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (5.25%) OpenTelemetry
7 11 (3.04%) Jinja
7 11 (3.04%) NETCONF
7 11 (3.04%) YANG
8 10 (2.76%) TensorFlow
9 9 (2.49%) gRPC
10 7 (1.93%) PyTorch
10 7 (1.93%) React
11 4 (1.10%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 84 (23.20%) Social Media
2 65 (17.96%) Cyber Threat
2 65 (17.96%) Cyberattack
3 42 (11.60%) Video\Live Streaming
4 35 (9.67%) Over-the-Top Content
5 31 (8.56%) Product Ownership
6 30 (8.29%) Mobile App
7 11 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.76%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.10%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.83%) IoT
12 3 (0.83%) Smart Home
13 2 (0.55%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.55%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
14 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
14 1 (0.28%) Digital Signage
14 1 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.18%) Linux
2 21 (5.80%) Unix
3 8 (2.21%) Android
4 7 (1.93%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.38%) Windows
6 3 (0.83%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (49.72%) Roadmaps
2 155 (42.82%) Agile
3 122 (33.70%) Mentoring
4 84 (23.20%) Customer Experience
5 83 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (19.89%) Analytics
7 69 (19.06%) Cybersecurity
8 65 (17.96%) Programme Delivery
9 62 (17.13%) AI
10 60 (16.57%) CI/CD
11 59 (16.30%) Software Engineering
12 56 (15.47%) Identity Access Management
12 56 (15.47%) Regulatory Compliance
12 56 (15.47%) User Research
13 53 (14.64%) Scrum
14 51 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (14.09%) Continuous Integration
15 50 (13.81%) DevOps
16 45 (12.43%) Technology Roadmap
17 41 (11.33%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 79 (21.82%) Bash
2 60 (16.57%) Python
3 58 (16.02%) PowerShell
4 56 (15.47%) T-SQL
5 34 (9.39%) Scala
6 30 (8.29%) SQL
7 29 (8.01%) Go
8 28 (7.73%) Apex Code
8 28 (7.73%) SOQL
8 28 (7.73%) SOSL
9 26 (7.18%) JavaScript
10 22 (6.08%) Java
11 6 (1.66%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.10%) C++
13 3 (0.83%) C
14 2 (0.55%) R
15 1 (0.28%) C#
15 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (6.63%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
2 2 (0.55%) Degree
3 1 (0.28%) CISM
3 1 (0.28%) CISSP
3 1 (0.28%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (16.30%) NIST
2 58 (16.02%) NCSC
3 44 (12.15%) Accessibility
4 25 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.66%) QA
6 5 (1.38%) WCAG
7 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 59 (16.30%) Active Directory
2 53 (14.64%) Docker
3 3 (0.83%) Firmware
3 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (11.88%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.80%) Terraform
3 20 (5.52%) Ansible
3 20 (5.52%) Prometheus
4 19 (5.25%) Argo
4 19 (5.25%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.83%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.28%) Grafana
6 1 (0.28%) Icinga
6 1 (0.28%) Nagios
6 1 (0.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 59 (16.30%) Adobe
2 37 (10.22%) BT
3 35 (9.67%) Salesforce
4 28 (7.73%) Splunk
5 23 (6.35%) Google
6 11 (3.04%) Cisco
7 9 (2.49%) Typelevel
8 6 (1.66%) Checkmarx
8 6 (1.66%) Microsoft
9 3 (0.83%) VMware
10 2 (0.55%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.55%) Datto
10 2 (0.55%) Dell
10 2 (0.55%) HP
10 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.55%) Veeam
11 1 (0.28%) Apple
11 1 (0.28%) Tenable