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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 269 387
Rank change year-on-year +138 +118 +142
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 334 172 145
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.11% 1.06% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.13% 8.11% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 55 13 105
10th Percentile - £30,125 £21,250
25th Percentile - £30,625 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% -15.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £29,750 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £35,000 £76,250 -
UK median annual salary £25,087 £41,250 £26,500
% change year-on-year -39.18% +55.66% -53.51%

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 1,509 2,122 3,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 13.09% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,209 3,056
10th Percentile £27,540 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 31 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 (0.60%) CMS
1 2 (0.60%) Confluence
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Apache
2 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) UserZoom
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (15.87%) Azure
2 51 (15.27%) Entra ID
3 46 (13.77%) Google Workspace
4 41 (12.28%) AWS
5 33 (9.88%) Figma
6 26 (7.78%) Adobe Analytics
7 19 (5.69%) Pulumi
8 16 (4.79%) GCP
9 6 (1.80%) Serverless
10 5 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.20%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (0.90%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.90%) Slack
13 2 (0.60%) npm
14 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.30%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.30%) GitHub
14 1 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.69%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (4.49%) Ethernet
3 12 (3.59%) 4G
4 11 (3.29%) BGP
4 11 (3.29%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (3.29%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (3.29%) IOS XR
4 11 (3.29%) MPLS
5 5 (1.50%) DHCP
6 3 (0.90%) DOCSIS
6 3 (0.90%) DSL
6 3 (0.90%) GPON
6 3 (0.90%) Internet
6 3 (0.90%) IPv4
6 3 (0.90%) IPv6
6 3 (0.90%) PPP
6 3 (0.90%) RTP
6 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.90%) VoIP
6 3 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.89%) NoSQL
2 19 (5.69%) RDBMS
2 19 (5.69%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.80%) Big Data
3 6 (1.80%) Metadata
4 4 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 47 (14.07%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.19%) GitLab
3 23 (6.89%) SonarQube
3 23 (6.89%) TeamCity
4 19 (5.69%) Jaeger
5 14 (4.19%) Git
6 5 (1.50%) JIRA
7 3 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.60%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.60%) Mocha
8 2 (0.60%) webpack
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) Jasmine
General
1 143 (42.81%) Games
2 105 (31.44%) Social Skills
3 62 (18.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (15.87%) Organisational Skills
4 53 (15.87%) Telecoms
5 39 (11.68%) Banking
5 39 (11.68%) Presentation Skills
6 32 (9.58%) Marketing
7 18 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.20%) Advertising
8 4 (1.20%) Finance
9 3 (0.90%) Billing
10 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.60%) Retail
11 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 80 (23.95%) Lead
2 75 (22.46%) Senior
3 53 (15.87%) Architect
4 38 (11.38%) Developer
5 33 (9.88%) Customer Service Advisor
6 25 (7.49%) Senior Developer
7 24 (7.19%) Designer
7 24 (7.19%) Development Manager
8 21 (6.29%) Business Development Manager
8 21 (6.29%) Salesforce Architect
9 20 (5.99%) Business Manager
10 19 (5.69%) IAM Developer
10 19 (5.69%) Systems Engineer
11 18 (5.39%) Scala Engineer
12 17 (5.09%) Lead Designer
13 13 (3.89%) Systems Architect
14 12 (3.59%) Digital Designer
14 12 (3.59%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 12 (3.59%) Technical Architect
15 11 (3.29%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (21.26%) REST
1 71 (21.26%) SOAP
2 52 (15.57%) GraphQL
3 46 (13.77%) LDAP
3 46 (13.77%) OAuth
3 46 (13.77%) OpenID
3 46 (13.77%) SAML
4 23 (6.89%) Akka
4 23 (6.89%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (6.89%) Visualforce
5 19 (5.69%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (5.69%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (3.29%) Jinja
6 11 (3.29%) NETCONF
6 11 (3.29%) YANG
7 10 (2.99%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.69%) gRPC
9 7 (2.10%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.10%) React
10 4 (1.20%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (21.56%) Social Media
2 55 (16.47%) Cyber Threat
2 55 (16.47%) Cyberattack
3 42 (12.57%) Video\Live Streaming
4 35 (10.48%) Over-the-Top Content
5 30 (8.98%) Mobile App
6 26 (7.78%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.80%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.20%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.90%) IoT
12 3 (0.90%) Smart Home
13 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
14 1 (0.30%) Digital Signage
14 1 (0.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.78%) Linux
2 21 (6.29%) Unix
3 8 (2.40%) Android
4 7 (2.10%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.50%) Windows
6 3 (0.90%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (46.71%) Roadmaps
2 140 (41.92%) Agile
3 112 (33.53%) Mentoring
4 85 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (22.46%) Customer Experience
6 61 (18.26%) Analytics
7 59 (17.66%) Software Engineering
8 57 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (16.47%) CI/CD
9 55 (16.47%) Programme Delivery
10 52 (15.57%) AI
11 48 (14.37%) Scrum
12 46 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (13.77%) Continuous Integration
12 46 (13.77%) Identity Access Management
12 46 (13.77%) Regulatory Compliance
12 46 (13.77%) User Research
13 45 (13.47%) DevOps
14 42 (12.57%) Customer Service
15 40 (11.98%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 69 (20.66%) Bash
2 59 (17.66%) Python
3 48 (14.37%) PowerShell
4 46 (13.77%) T-SQL
5 33 (9.88%) Scala
6 29 (8.68%) Go
7 26 (7.78%) JavaScript
8 24 (7.19%) SQL
9 23 (6.89%) Apex Code
9 23 (6.89%) SOQL
9 23 (6.89%) SOSL
10 21 (6.29%) Java
11 6 (1.80%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.90%) C
12 3 (0.90%) C++
13 2 (0.60%) R
14 1 (0.30%) C#
14 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (7.19%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
2 2 (0.60%) Degree
3 1 (0.30%) CISM
3 1 (0.30%) CISSP
3 1 (0.30%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (14.67%) NIST
2 48 (14.37%) NCSC
3 34 (10.18%) Accessibility
4 20 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.80%) QA
6 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.20%) WCAG
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) GDPR
8 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 53 (15.87%) Docker
2 49 (14.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.90%) Firmware
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (12.87%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.29%) Terraform
3 20 (5.99%) Ansible
3 20 (5.99%) Prometheus
4 19 (5.69%) Argo
4 19 (5.69%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.90%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.30%) Icinga
6 1 (0.30%) Nagios
6 1 (0.30%) Nmap
Vendors
1 49 (14.67%) Adobe
2 39 (11.68%) BT
3 30 (8.98%) Salesforce
4 23 (6.89%) Google
4 23 (6.89%) Splunk
5 11 (3.29%) Cisco
6 9 (2.69%) Typelevel
7 6 (1.80%) Checkmarx
7 6 (1.80%) Microsoft
8 3 (0.90%) VMware
9 2 (0.60%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.60%) Datto
9 2 (0.60%) Dell
9 2 (0.60%) HP
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.60%) Veeam
10 1 (0.30%) Apple
10 1 (0.30%) Tenable