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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 243 348
Rank change year-on-year +166 +105 +209
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 545 184 202
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 1.33% 0.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.74% 10.46% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 52 58 160
10th Percentile - - £21,250
25th Percentile £25,087 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,708 £23,504 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -59.12% -28.13%
75th Percentile £35,000 £25,267 £61,250
90th Percentile £57,250 £72,750 -
UK median annual salary £25,087 £23,504 £28,000
% change year-on-year +6.74% -16.06% -53.33%

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 1,773 1,759 3,978
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 12.72% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,173 3,455
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,875 £37,500 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,792 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.03% +9.28% -7.62%

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 March 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 14 (2.57%) Confluence
2 12 (2.20%) CMS
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (3.49%) UserZoom
2 16 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (2.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (1.83%) Workfront
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 76 (13.94%) AWS
3 67 (12.29%) Azure
4 65 (11.93%) Figma
5 62 (11.38%) Entra ID
6 57 (10.46%) Google Workspace
7 53 (9.72%) GCP
8 29 (5.32%) Contentsquare
9 19 (3.49%) Pulumi
10 16 (2.94%) iPaaS
11 6 (1.10%) Cloud Composer
11 6 (1.10%) Dagster
11 6 (1.10%) dbt
12 5 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.92%) Serverless
13 4 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.73%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.73%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (2.57%) 4G
3 13 (2.39%) Ethernet
4 12 (2.20%) MPLS
5 11 (2.02%) BGP
5 11 (2.02%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (2.02%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (2.02%) IOS XR
6 5 (0.92%) DHCP
7 4 (0.73%) 5G
7 4 (0.73%) Internet
7 4 (0.73%) VoIP
7 4 (0.73%) WAN
8 3 (0.55%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.55%) DSL
8 3 (0.55%) GPON
8 3 (0.55%) IPv4
8 3 (0.55%) PPP
8 3 (0.55%) RTP
8 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.87%) Metadata
2 24 (4.40%) NoSQL
3 19 (3.49%) RDBMS
3 19 (3.49%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.28%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.73%) Big Data
7 3 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 66 (12.11%) Jenkins
2 41 (7.52%) GitLab
3 40 (7.34%) SonarQube
4 23 (4.22%) TeamCity
5 19 (3.49%) Jaeger
6 13 (2.39%) Git
7 6 (1.10%) JIRA
8 4 (0.73%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.55%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.37%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.18%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.18%) Mocha
11 1 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 267 (48.99%) Games
2 134 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 84 (15.41%) Marketing
4 82 (15.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (12.48%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (10.28%) Telecoms
7 39 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (4.77%) Banking
10 12 (2.20%) Legal
11 6 (1.10%) Law
12 4 (0.73%) Advertising
12 4 (0.73%) Finance
13 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.37%) Retail
14 1 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.18%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 148 (27.16%) Lead
2 104 (19.08%) Senior
3 74 (13.58%) Architect
4 53 (9.72%) Developer
5 48 (8.81%) Designer
6 38 (6.97%) Lead Designer
6 38 (6.97%) Salesforce Architect
7 36 (6.61%) Scala Engineer
8 31 (5.69%) Systems Engineer
9 29 (5.32%) Digital Designer
10 27 (4.95%) Development Manager
10 27 (4.95%) Senior Developer
11 25 (4.59%) Customer Service Advisor
12 22 (4.04%) IAM Developer
13 21 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 20 (3.67%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 20 (3.67%) Scala Developer
14 20 (3.67%) Scala Software Engineer
14 20 (3.67%) Technical Architect
15 18 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (18.72%) REST
2 99 (18.17%) SOAP
3 61 (11.19%) GraphQL
4 57 (10.46%) LDAP
4 57 (10.46%) OAuth
4 57 (10.46%) OpenID
4 57 (10.46%) SAML
5 40 (7.34%) Lightning Web Components
5 40 (7.34%) Visualforce
6 36 (6.61%) gRPC
7 23 (4.22%) Akka
8 19 (3.49%) Elastic Stack
8 19 (3.49%) OpenTelemetry
9 15 (2.75%) PyTorch
9 15 (2.75%) TensorFlow
10 11 (2.02%) Jinja
10 11 (2.02%) NETCONF
10 11 (2.02%) YANG
11 8 (1.47%) Kafka
11 8 (1.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 180 (33.03%) Social Media
2 92 (16.88%) Over-the-Top Content
3 77 (14.13%) Video\Live Streaming
4 76 (13.94%) Product Ownership
5 72 (13.21%) Cyber Threat
5 72 (13.21%) Cyberattack
6 46 (8.44%) Mobile App
7 40 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
8 30 (5.50%) Marketing Technology
9 27 (4.95%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.83%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.10%) Anti-Piracy
11 6 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.73%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.55%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.55%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.37%) Cloud Native
14 2 (0.37%) Driving Licence
15 1 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.95%) Linux
2 24 (4.40%) Android
3 23 (4.22%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.67%) Unix
5 5 (0.92%) Windows
6 3 (0.55%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (58.90%) Roadmaps
2 283 (51.93%) Agile
3 190 (34.86%) Customer Experience
4 168 (30.83%) AI
5 167 (30.64%) Mentoring
6 165 (30.28%) Analytics
7 126 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (22.02%) CI/CD
9 119 (21.83%) User Research
10 110 (20.18%) Product Roadmap
10 110 (20.18%) Storytelling
11 109 (20.00%) Digital Customer Experience
11 109 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 92 (16.88%) Software Engineering
13 80 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 78 (14.31%) Personalization
15 77 (14.13%) Continuous Delivery
15 77 (14.13%) Decision-Making
16 76 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
17 72 (13.21%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 112 (20.55%) Python
2 80 (14.68%) Bash
3 66 (12.11%) Scala
4 59 (10.83%) Go
4 59 (10.83%) PowerShell
5 57 (10.46%) T-SQL
6 40 (7.34%) Apex Code
6 40 (7.34%) SOQL
6 40 (7.34%) SOSL
7 38 (6.97%) SQL
8 32 (5.87%) Java
8 32 (5.87%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.65%) C++
10 4 (0.73%) C#
10 4 (0.73%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.55%) C
12 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (3.85%) AWS Certification
2 8 (1.47%) Degree
3 7 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (0.92%) PhD
5 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.18%) CCA
7 1 (0.18%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (24.40%) Accessibility
2 59 (10.83%) NCSC
2 59 (10.83%) NIST
3 32 (5.87%) WCAG
4 25 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.83%) QA
6 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.37%) GDPR
6 2 (0.37%) SLA
7 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 82 (15.05%) Docker
2 60 (11.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.85%) Terraform
3 20 (3.67%) Ansible
3 20 (3.67%) Prometheus
4 19 (3.49%) Argo
4 19 (3.49%) Kustomize
5 4 (0.73%) Grafana
5 4 (0.73%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.37%) Podman
7 1 (0.18%) Icinga
7 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 161 (29.54%) Adobe
2 48 (8.81%) Salesforce
3 40 (7.34%) Splunk
4 36 (6.61%) Typelevel
5 27 (4.95%) Google
6 26 (4.77%) BT
7 11 (2.02%) Cisco
8 10 (1.83%) Microsoft
9 9 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.10%) Checkmarx
11 4 (0.73%) Foundry
12 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.55%) VMware
13 2 (0.37%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.37%) Datto
13 2 (0.37%) Dell
13 2 (0.37%) Facebook
13 2 (0.37%) HP
13 2 (0.37%) Veeam
14 1 (0.18%) Apple