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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 170 37
Rank change year-on-year +34 -133 +426
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 474 298 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 1.84% 5.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.50% 16.31% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33 132 30
10th Percentile £13,929 £23,504 £29,050
25th Percentile £24,500 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +99.31% -49.83% -0.99%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £26,968 £73,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -37.28% +60.00%

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 2,312 1,827 3,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.67% 11.26% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,061 1,663
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 £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -2.91%

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 12 September 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 18 (3.80%) Confluence
2 15 (3.16%) CMS
3 14 (2.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.27%) SAS
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 53 (11.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 32 (6.75%) UserZoom
3 14 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Houdini
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) NUKE
4 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (7.81%) Workfront
2 27 (5.70%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (2.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (19.41%) Adobe Analytics
2 81 (17.09%) AWS
3 54 (11.39%) GCP
4 51 (10.76%) iPaaS
5 48 (10.13%) Contentsquare
6 38 (8.02%) Figma
7 18 (3.80%) Azure
8 13 (2.74%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.32%) Cloud Functions
9 11 (2.32%) Cloud Run
10 10 (2.11%) SaaS
11 5 (1.05%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.05%) Slack
12 4 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.63%) Azure AI
13 3 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (0.63%) Serverless
13 3 (0.63%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.69%) 5G
2 5 (1.05%) SSL
3 4 (0.84%) NGN
3 4 (0.84%) SSH
3 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.63%) DNS
4 3 (0.63%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.63%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) DHCP
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
5 1 (0.21%) LTE
5 1 (0.21%) MPLS
5 1 (0.21%) MVNO
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.21%) VoIP
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.71%) Metadata
2 48 (10.13%) MongoDB
3 34 (7.17%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.38%) BigQuery
5 15 (3.16%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.95%) Tableau
7 13 (2.74%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.74%) MySQL
7 13 (2.74%) Power BI
8 12 (2.53%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.53%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.48%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.84%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.21%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 26 (5.49%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.80%) GitLab
3 12 (2.53%) Git
4 11 (2.32%) CircleCI
4 11 (2.32%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.48%) JIRA
5 7 (1.48%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 161 (33.97%) Games
2 99 (20.89%) Social Skills
3 97 (20.46%) Marketing
4 57 (12.03%) Banking
5 49 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (5.06%) Telecoms
8 23 (4.85%) Finance
9 21 (4.43%) Legal
10 5 (1.05%) Advertising
11 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.42%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Back Office
13 1 (0.21%) Electronics
13 1 (0.21%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (18.99%) Lead
2 73 (15.40%) Senior
3 42 (8.86%) Product Owner
4 36 (7.59%) Developer
5 33 (6.96%) Architect
6 27 (5.70%) Campaign Manager
7 26 (5.49%) Analyst
7 26 (5.49%) Product Manager
8 20 (4.22%) Customer Service Advisor
9 19 (4.01%) Designer
10 16 (3.38%) Software Engineer
11 15 (3.16%) Lead Designer
12 14 (2.95%) Python Developer
12 14 (2.95%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.74%) Digital Designer
14 12 (2.53%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 12 (2.53%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.53%) User Experience Researcher
14 12 (2.53%) User Researcher
15 11 (2.32%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.17%) RESTful
2 26 (5.49%) Node.js
3 18 (3.80%) React
4 17 (3.59%) PyTorch
4 17 (3.59%) REST
5 13 (2.74%) TensorFlow
6 12 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (2.32%) gRPC
7 11 (2.32%) Leaflet
7 11 (2.32%) Playwright
8 10 (2.11%) SOAP
9 8 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (1.48%) Visualforce
11 6 (1.27%) Streamlit
12 5 (1.05%) .NET
12 5 (1.05%) TFX
13 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.84%) Django
13 4 (0.84%) Model Context Protocol
13 4 (0.84%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 210 (44.30%) Social Media
2 103 (21.73%) Product Ownership
3 97 (20.46%) Over-the-Top Content
4 81 (17.09%) Marketing Technology
5 55 (11.60%) Cloud Native
5 55 (11.60%) Video\Live Streaming
6 53 (11.18%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (6.33%) Low-Code
8 20 (4.22%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (4.22%) Cyberattack
9 18 (3.80%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.74%) AI Agents
12 12 (2.53%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.90%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.27%) Clustering
15 4 (0.84%) PKI
15 4 (0.84%) Replication
15 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.63%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.90%) Linux
2 3 (0.63%) Windows
3 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (46.41%) Roadmaps
2 203 (42.83%) Agile
3 202 (42.62%) AI
4 200 (42.19%) Customer Experience
5 132 (27.85%) Analytics
5 132 (27.85%) Decision-Making
6 106 (22.36%) CI/CD
7 105 (22.15%) Personalization
8 95 (20.04%) Product Roadmap
9 91 (19.20%) Storytelling
10 90 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 90 (18.99%) Digital Customer Experience
10 90 (18.99%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 85 (17.93%) Sprint Planning
12 84 (17.72%) Machine Learning
12 84 (17.72%) Product Vision
13 81 (17.09%) User Stories
14 80 (16.88%) Digital Marketing
14 80 (16.88%) Product Backlog
15 79 (16.67%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 113 (23.84%) Python
2 44 (9.28%) Go
3 29 (6.12%) SQL
4 18 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.38%) C#
6 13 (2.74%) Java
7 11 (2.32%) Scala
8 8 (1.69%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.69%) SOQL
9 7 (1.48%) SOSL
10 5 (1.05%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.63%) Bash
11 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (2.32%) Degree
2 5 (1.05%) CCA
2 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
2 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (1.05%) PhD
3 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.42%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.42%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.21%) HNC
5 1 (0.21%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (19.20%) Accessibility
2 27 (5.70%) WCAG
3 25 (5.27%) QA
4 18 (3.80%) GDPR
5 17 (3.59%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.48%) NIST
7 6 (1.27%) PERC
8 4 (0.84%) SLA
9 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (7.17%) Docker
2 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.32%) Podman
3 7 (1.48%) Grafana
4 5 (1.05%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
Vendors
1 175 (36.92%) Adobe
2 57 (12.03%) BT
3 22 (4.64%) Google
4 17 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.74%) Oracle
5 13 (2.74%) SAP
6 11 (2.32%) Typelevel
7 7 (1.48%) Splunk
8 5 (1.05%) Microsoft
9 4 (0.84%) Databricks
9 4 (0.84%) Foundry
9 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.84%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.84%) Thales
10 3 (0.63%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.42%) Cisco
11 2 (0.42%) Meraki
11 2 (0.42%) Veeam
12 1 (0.21%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.21%) VMware