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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 192 50
Rank change year-on-year -5 -142 +406
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 326 264 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 1.57% 4.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.71% 15.01% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 35 111 27
10th Percentile £13,929 £25,084 £23,350
25th Percentile £24,975 - £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -49.83% +25.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £55,701
90th Percentile £87,500 £26,968 £74,500
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 2,216 1,759 3,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.88% 10.46% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 991 1,520
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,294 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -0.97%

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 1 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 13 (3.99%) Confluence
2 10 (3.07%) CMS
3 6 (1.84%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (6.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (5.21%) UserZoom
3 14 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Houdini
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) NUKE
4 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (6.13%) Workfront
2 13 (3.99%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (3.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.26%) AWS
2 43 (13.19%) Adobe Analytics
3 33 (10.12%) GCP
4 28 (8.59%) Contentsquare
5 26 (7.98%) Figma
6 20 (6.13%) iPaaS
7 14 (4.29%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.07%) Azure
8 10 (3.07%) SaaS
9 6 (1.84%) Cloud Functions
9 6 (1.84%) Cloud Run
10 5 (1.53%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.23%) Slack
12 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.61%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.61%) Serverless
13 1 (0.31%) Miro
13 1 (0.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.76%) 5G
2 5 (1.53%) SSL
2 5 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.23%) SSH
4 3 (0.92%) DNS
4 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.92%) WAN
5 1 (0.31%) DHCP
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) LTE
5 1 (0.31%) MPLS
5 1 (0.31%) NGN
5 1 (0.31%) SMS
5 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.31%) VoIP
5 1 (0.31%) VPN
5 1 (0.31%) VSAT
5 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.35%) MongoDB
2 34 (10.43%) Metadata
3 28 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (4.91%) BigQuery
5 15 (4.60%) Semantic Layer
5 15 (4.60%) Tableau
6 14 (4.29%) Power BI
7 13 (3.99%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.99%) MySQL
8 12 (3.68%) SAP BW
9 7 (2.15%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.15%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.23%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.31%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 15 (4.60%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.68%) Git
3 11 (3.37%) GitLab
4 7 (2.15%) JIRA
5 6 (1.84%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.84%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.31%) Postman
General
1 100 (30.67%) Games
2 88 (26.99%) Social Skills
3 58 (17.79%) Banking
4 42 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.88%) Marketing
5 25 (7.67%) Finance
5 25 (7.67%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.29%) Legal
8 4 (1.23%) Advertising
8 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.61%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.31%) Back Office
10 1 (0.31%) Electronics
10 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (17.48%) Lead
2 55 (16.87%) Senior
3 27 (8.28%) Developer
4 26 (7.98%) Analyst
5 23 (7.06%) Architect
6 21 (6.44%) Customer Service Advisor
7 18 (5.52%) Product Owner
8 13 (3.99%) Campaign Manager
8 13 (3.99%) Product Manager
9 12 (3.68%) Python Developer
10 10 (3.07%) Designer
10 10 (3.07%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.76%) Senior Python Developer
11 9 (2.76%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.45%) Lead Designer
12 8 (2.45%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.15%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.15%) Senior Architect
13 7 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.43%) RESTful
2 21 (6.44%) Node.js
3 12 (3.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.68%) PyTorch
3 12 (3.68%) TensorFlow
4 9 (2.76%) React
5 6 (1.84%) Leaflet
5 6 (1.84%) Playwright
5 6 (1.84%) Streamlit
6 5 (1.53%) .NET
7 4 (1.23%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.23%) PySpark
7 4 (1.23%) REST
7 4 (1.23%) TFX
8 3 (0.92%) GraphQL
8 3 (0.92%) SOAP
8 3 (0.92%) Terraform
9 2 (0.61%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.61%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 118 (36.20%) Social Media
2 52 (15.95%) Cloud Native
3 44 (13.50%) Product Ownership
4 39 (11.96%) Over-the-Top Content
5 38 (11.66%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (11.35%) Video\Live Streaming
7 35 (10.74%) Marketing Technology
8 24 (7.36%) Low-Code
9 20 (6.13%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (6.13%) Cyberattack
10 14 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (3.99%) AI Agents
12 12 (3.68%) Data Structures
13 11 (3.37%) Algorithms
14 9 (2.76%) Onboarding
15 6 (1.84%) Clustering
16 4 (1.23%) PKI
16 4 (1.23%) Replication
16 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
17 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.53%) Linux
2 3 (0.92%) Windows
3 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (40.18%) AI
2 112 (34.36%) Roadmaps
3 98 (30.06%) Agile
4 95 (29.14%) Customer Experience
5 79 (24.23%) CI/CD
6 69 (21.17%) Analytics
7 68 (20.86%) Decision-Making
8 56 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (16.56%) Test Automation
10 53 (16.26%) Machine Learning
11 51 (15.64%) Observability
12 50 (15.34%) Mentoring
13 49 (15.03%) Software Engineering
14 47 (14.42%) Personalization
14 47 (14.42%) Validation
15 43 (13.19%) Product Roadmap
16 42 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
16 42 (12.88%) Storytelling
17 41 (12.58%) Digital Customer Experience
17 41 (12.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 73 (22.39%) Python
2 31 (9.51%) SQL
3 27 (8.28%) Go
4 13 (3.99%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.76%) C#
6 5 (1.53%) Java
6 5 (1.53%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.92%) Bash
7 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.61%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.31%) R
9 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 7 (2.15%) Degree
2 5 (1.53%) CCA
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.61%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.61%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) HNC
5 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.31%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.19%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.91%) QA
4 15 (4.60%) GDPR
5 10 (3.07%) WCAG
6 8 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.15%) NIST
8 4 (1.23%) SLA
9 3 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.92%) NCSC
9 3 (0.92%) PERC
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (5.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.84%) Podman
3 4 (1.23%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 80 (24.54%) Adobe
2 58 (17.79%) BT
3 13 (3.99%) Oracle
3 13 (3.99%) SAP
4 8 (2.45%) Google
4 8 (2.45%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.53%) Microsoft
6 4 (1.23%) Databricks
6 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.23%) Thales
7 3 (0.92%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.61%) Cisco
8 2 (0.61%) Meraki
8 2 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) Veeam
9 1 (0.31%) Ariba
9 1 (0.31%) DoubleClick
9 1 (0.31%) Foundry
9 1 (0.31%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.31%) VMware