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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 235 384
Rank change year-on-year +58 +149 +125
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 208 229 93
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 1.38% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.20% 10.39% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 55 17 56
10th Percentile - £23,350 -
25th Percentile - £30,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £28,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% +50.44% -62.33%
75th Percentile £28,234 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £35,000 - £76,250
UK median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -37.28% +60.00% -58.33%

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 1,368 2,203 2,872
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.09% 13.26% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 892 1,242 2,428
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,225 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 5 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 (0.96%) CMS
1 2 (0.96%) Confluence
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.42%) Azure
2 27 (12.98%) Entra ID
3 22 (10.58%) AWS
3 22 (10.58%) Google Workspace
4 13 (6.25%) Figma
5 8 (3.85%) Serverless
6 7 (3.37%) Pulumi
7 6 (2.88%) Adobe Analytics
7 6 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.88%) GCP
8 5 (2.40%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.40%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.44%) npm
11 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.48%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.48%) Contentsquare
11 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.13%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 5 (2.40%) DHCP
4 3 (1.44%) DOCSIS
4 3 (1.44%) DSL
4 3 (1.44%) GPON
4 3 (1.44%) Internet
4 3 (1.44%) IPv4
4 3 (1.44%) IPv6
4 3 (1.44%) PPP
4 3 (1.44%) RTP
4 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.44%) VoIP
4 3 (1.44%) WAN
5 2 (0.96%) DNS
5 2 (0.96%) NAS
5 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.48%) 5G
6 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.48%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.37%) RDBMS
2 7 (3.37%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.40%) Big Data
3 5 (2.40%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.44%) MySQL
5 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.96%) Metadata
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (13.94%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.69%) GitLab
3 15 (7.21%) SonarQube
4 12 (5.77%) TeamCity
5 7 (3.37%) Jaeger
6 6 (2.88%) JIRA
7 5 (2.40%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.92%) Git
9 3 (1.44%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.44%) Mocha
9 3 (1.44%) webpack
10 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.48%) Jasmine
General
1 89 (42.79%) Games
2 67 (32.21%) Social Skills
3 47 (22.60%) Banking
4 36 (17.31%) Telecoms
5 30 (14.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (13.94%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (12.98%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (11.06%) Marketing
9 9 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.40%) Billing
11 3 (1.44%) Advertising
11 3 (1.44%) Finance
11 3 (1.44%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.96%) Retail
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (24.52%) Senior
2 34 (16.35%) Customer Service Advisor
3 33 (15.87%) Architect
4 27 (12.98%) Developer
5 25 (12.02%) Development Manager
6 24 (11.54%) Lead
7 23 (11.06%) Business Development Manager
8 22 (10.58%) Business Manager
9 20 (9.62%) Senior Developer
10 14 (6.73%) Salesforce Architect
11 11 (5.29%) IAM Developer
12 10 (4.81%) Senior Business Development Manager
12 10 (4.81%) Senior Business Manager
12 10 (4.81%) Senior Development Manager
12 10 (4.81%) Senior Manager
13 9 (4.33%) Designer
14 8 (3.85%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 8 (3.85%) Technical Architect
15 7 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (3.37%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.75%) REST
1 39 (18.75%) SOAP
2 30 (14.42%) GraphQL
3 22 (10.58%) LDAP
3 22 (10.58%) OAuth
3 22 (10.58%) OpenID
3 22 (10.58%) SAML
4 15 (7.21%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (7.21%) Visualforce
5 12 (5.77%) Akka
6 9 (4.33%) React
7 7 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (3.37%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (2.40%) Node.js
8 5 (2.40%) Serverless Framework
9 4 (1.92%) Redux
9 4 (1.92%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.44%) D3.js
11 1 (0.48%) Kafka
11 1 (0.48%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.71%) Social Media
2 25 (12.02%) Cyber Threat
2 25 (12.02%) Cyberattack
3 18 (8.65%) Product Ownership
4 15 (7.21%) Over-the-Top Content
4 15 (7.21%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (4.81%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.92%) IoT
7 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.92%) Smart Home
8 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.48%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.73%) Linux
2 10 (4.81%) Unix
3 4 (1.92%) Windows
4 3 (1.44%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.69%) Roadmaps
2 66 (31.73%) Agile
3 59 (28.37%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (24.52%) Mentoring
5 43 (20.67%) Customer Service
6 35 (16.83%) Customer Experience
7 31 (14.90%) Business Development
7 31 (14.90%) CRM
8 29 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (13.94%) Scrum
9 28 (13.46%) CI/CD
9 28 (13.46%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (12.98%) Software Engineering
11 26 (12.50%) Analytics
11 26 (12.50%) DevOps
11 26 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
12 25 (12.02%) Programme Delivery
13 22 (10.58%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (10.58%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.38%) Bash
2 24 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 24 (11.54%) Python
3 22 (10.58%) T-SQL
4 16 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.21%) Apex Code
5 15 (7.21%) SOQL
5 15 (7.21%) SOSL
6 13 (6.25%) Scala
7 12 (5.77%) SQL
8 10 (4.81%) Java
9 8 (3.85%) Go
9 8 (3.85%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.44%) C
10 3 (1.44%) C++
10 3 (1.44%) R
11 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.48%) C#
12 1 (0.48%) Groovy
12 1 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.96%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.48%) CISM
3 1 (0.48%) CISSP
3 1 (0.48%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.48%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.02%) NIST
2 24 (11.54%) NCSC
3 8 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.37%) QA
5 5 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.44%) WCAG
7 2 (0.96%) SLA
8 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.48%) GDPR
8 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 23 (11.06%) Docker
3 3 (1.44%) Firmware
3 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (10.58%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.85%) Ansible
2 8 (3.85%) Prometheus
2 8 (3.85%) Terraform
3 7 (3.37%) Argo
3 7 (3.37%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Icinga
4 1 (0.48%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.48%) Nagios
4 1 (0.48%) Nmap
Vendors
1 47 (22.60%) BT
2 23 (11.06%) Salesforce
3 15 (7.21%) Adobe
3 15 (7.21%) Splunk
4 12 (5.77%) Google
5 7 (3.37%) Microsoft
6 3 (1.44%) VMware
7 2 (0.96%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.96%) Datto
7 2 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.96%) Veeam
8 1 (0.48%) Apple
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco
8 1 (0.48%) Dell
8 1 (0.48%) HP
8 1 (0.48%) Tenable