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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 194 61
Rank change year-on-year -9 -133 +390
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 313 256 875
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 1.55% 4.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.12% 14.92% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 36 103 23
10th Percentile £13,929 - £21,450
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 - £52,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £28,994 £56,401
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 2,217 1,716 3,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.87% 10.40% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 979 1,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,544 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 13 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 12 (3.83%) Confluence
2 9 (2.88%) CMS
3 6 (1.92%) SAS
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (6.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (5.43%) UserZoom
3 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Houdini
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 19 (6.07%) Workfront
2 12 (3.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (2.88%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (1.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.97%) AWS
2 38 (12.14%) Adobe Analytics
3 30 (9.58%) GCP
4 27 (8.63%) Contentsquare
5 19 (6.07%) Figma
5 19 (6.07%) iPaaS
6 14 (4.47%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.19%) SaaS
8 9 (2.88%) Azure
9 6 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.28%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.28%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.28%) Slack
11 3 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.64%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.64%) Serverless
13 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.88%) 5G
2 5 (1.60%) SSL
2 5 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.28%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.28%) SSH
4 3 (0.96%) DNS
4 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.96%) WAN
5 2 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) HTTP
6 1 (0.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.32%) LTE
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) NGN
6 1 (0.32%) SMS
6 1 (0.32%) VoIP
6 1 (0.32%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) VSAT
6 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.18%) MongoDB
2 32 (10.22%) Metadata
3 28 (8.95%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (5.11%) BigQuery
5 15 (4.79%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (4.79%) Tableau
6 14 (4.47%) Power BI
7 13 (4.15%) Data Lake
7 13 (4.15%) MySQL
8 12 (3.83%) SAP BW
9 7 (2.24%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.60%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.28%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.64%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.32%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 15 (4.79%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.51%) Git
2 11 (3.51%) GitLab
3 7 (2.24%) JIRA
4 4 (1.28%) CircleCI
4 4 (1.28%) Cypress.io
General
1 95 (30.35%) Games
2 89 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 58 (18.53%) Banking
4 42 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (11.82%) Marketing
6 28 (8.95%) Finance
7 26 (8.31%) Telecoms
8 18 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.83%) Legal
10 4 (1.28%) Advertising
10 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.64%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Back Office
12 1 (0.32%) Electronics
12 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (17.25%) Senior
2 52 (16.61%) Lead
3 26 (8.31%) Analyst
4 25 (7.99%) Developer
5 23 (7.35%) Architect
6 21 (6.71%) Customer Service Advisor
7 17 (5.43%) Product Owner
8 12 (3.83%) Python Developer
9 10 (3.19%) Product Manager
9 10 (3.19%) Senior Developer
10 9 (2.88%) Campaign Manager
10 9 (2.88%) Senior Python Developer
10 9 (2.88%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.56%) Account Manager
11 8 (2.56%) Designer
12 7 (2.24%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.24%) Senior Architect
12 7 (2.24%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.86%) RESTful
2 19 (6.07%) Node.js
3 12 (3.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.83%) PyTorch
3 12 (3.83%) TensorFlow
4 7 (2.24%) React
5 6 (1.92%) Streamlit
6 5 (1.60%) .NET
7 4 (1.28%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.28%) Leaflet
7 4 (1.28%) Playwright
7 4 (1.28%) PySpark
7 4 (1.28%) REST
7 4 (1.28%) TFX
8 3 (0.96%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.96%) SOAP
8 3 (0.96%) Terraform
9 2 (0.64%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.64%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.32%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 106 (33.87%) Social Media
2 52 (16.61%) Cloud Native
3 38 (12.14%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (12.14%) Product Ownership
4 37 (11.82%) Video\Live Streaming
5 34 (10.86%) Over-the-Top Content
6 30 (9.58%) Marketing Technology
7 24 (7.67%) Low-Code
8 20 (6.39%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (6.39%) Cyberattack
9 15 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (4.15%) AI Agents
11 12 (3.83%) Data Structures
12 11 (3.51%) Algorithms
13 10 (3.19%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.92%) Clustering
15 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
15 4 (1.28%) PKI
15 4 (1.28%) Replication
15 4 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.92%) Linux
2 5 (1.60%) Windows
3 2 (0.64%) macOS
3 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) Android
4 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (39.94%) AI
2 102 (32.59%) Roadmaps
3 88 (28.12%) Agile
4 85 (27.16%) Customer Experience
5 77 (24.60%) CI/CD
6 62 (19.81%) Decision-Making
7 60 (19.17%) Analytics
8 54 (17.25%) Test Automation
9 53 (16.93%) Machine Learning
10 52 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (16.29%) Observability
12 49 (15.65%) Mentoring
12 49 (15.65%) Software Engineering
13 47 (15.02%) Validation
14 42 (13.42%) Infrastructure as Code
14 42 (13.42%) Personalization
15 38 (12.14%) Product Roadmap
16 37 (11.82%) Customer Service
16 37 (11.82%) Generative AI
17 36 (11.50%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 73 (23.32%) Python
2 30 (9.58%) SQL
3 27 (8.63%) Go
4 10 (3.19%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.88%) C#
6 6 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.60%) Java
8 3 (0.96%) Bash
8 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.64%) PHP
10 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.32%) R
10 1 (0.32%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (1.92%) Degree
2 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.28%) CCA
3 4 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.64%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.64%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.32%) HNC
6 1 (0.32%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.14%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.43%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.79%) GDPR
3 15 (4.79%) QA
4 10 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.88%) WCAG
6 7 (2.24%) NIST
7 4 (1.28%) SLA
8 3 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.96%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.96%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.96%) NCSC
8 3 (0.96%) PERC
System Software
1 16 (5.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.28%) Kubeflow
2 4 (1.28%) Podman
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 69 (22.04%) Adobe
2 58 (18.53%) BT
3 13 (4.15%) Oracle
3 13 (4.15%) SAP
4 8 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.92%) Google
5 6 (1.92%) Microsoft
6 4 (1.28%) Databricks
6 4 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.28%) Thales
7 3 (0.96%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.64%) Cisco
8 2 (0.64%) Meraki
8 2 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Veeam
9 1 (0.32%) Ariba
9 1 (0.32%) Facebook
9 1 (0.32%) Foundry
9 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.32%) VMware