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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 182 69
Rank change year-on-year +128 -113 +421
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 789 296 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.06% 1.96% 3.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.60% 15.41% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 39 141 146
10th Percentile £24,970 - £40,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,087 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.58% -56.37% -28.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £61,250
90th Percentile £62,950 £31,738 -
UK median annual salary £28,000 £25,087 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -49.83% -7.41%

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 2,156 1,921 5,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.08% 12.71% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 1,150 3,323
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,377 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.94%

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 10 June 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 29 (3.68%) Confluence
2 25 (3.17%) CMS
3 14 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.76%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
Applications
1 54 (6.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 37 (4.69%) UserZoom
3 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (4.94%) Workfront
2 34 (4.31%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 181 (22.94%) Adobe Analytics
2 139 (17.62%) AWS
3 100 (12.67%) Figma
4 96 (12.17%) GCP
5 64 (8.11%) Azure
6 62 (7.86%) Contentsquare
7 53 (6.72%) iPaaS
8 50 (6.34%) Entra ID
8 50 (6.34%) Google Workspace
9 19 (2.41%) Pulumi
10 13 (1.65%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.52%) Cloud Functions
11 12 (1.52%) Cloud Run
12 8 (1.01%) Slack
13 7 (0.89%) Azure Machine Learning
13 7 (0.89%) Vertex AI
14 6 (0.76%) Cloud Composer
14 6 (0.76%) Dagster
14 6 (0.76%) dbt
14 6 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.77%) 4G
2 12 (1.52%) MPLS
3 11 (1.39%) BGP
3 11 (1.39%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (1.39%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (1.39%) IOS XR
4 10 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (1.14%) 5G
6 6 (0.76%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.51%) NGN
7 4 (0.51%) SSH
7 4 (0.51%) SSL
8 2 (0.25%) DNS
8 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.25%) WAN
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) LAN
9 1 (0.13%) VoIP
9 1 (0.13%) VPN
9 1 (0.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.39%) Metadata
2 50 (6.34%) MongoDB
3 31 (3.93%) NoSQL
3 31 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 20 (2.53%) BigQuery
6 18 (2.28%) RDBMS
7 14 (1.77%) Tableau
8 13 (1.65%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.65%) Power BI
9 12 (1.52%) SAP BW
9 12 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
10 8 (1.01%) MySQL
11 2 (0.25%) Big Data
11 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 72 (9.13%) Jenkins
2 41 (5.20%) GitLab
3 34 (4.31%) SonarQube
4 22 (2.79%) TeamCity
5 20 (2.53%) Git
6 18 (2.28%) Jaeger
7 12 (1.52%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.52%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.51%) JIRA
9 3 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 353 (44.74%) Games
2 179 (22.69%) Social Skills
3 137 (17.36%) Marketing
4 86 (10.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (6.34%) Telecoms
8 32 (4.06%) Legal
9 27 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.79%) Finance
11 20 (2.53%) Banking
12 6 (0.76%) Advertising
12 6 (0.76%) Law
13 2 (0.25%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.13%) Back Office
14 1 (0.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 213 (27.00%) Lead
2 143 (18.12%) Senior
3 87 (11.03%) Architect
4 71 (9.00%) Developer
5 62 (7.86%) Designer
6 50 (6.34%) Lead Designer
7 45 (5.70%) Product Owner
8 42 (5.32%) Scala Engineer
9 39 (4.94%) Digital Designer
10 36 (4.56%) Product Manager
11 34 (4.31%) Campaign Manager
11 34 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
12 33 (4.18%) Salesforce Architect
13 31 (3.93%) Software Engineer
14 30 (3.80%) Analyst
15 28 (3.55%) Senior Developer
16 23 (2.92%) Data Engineer
16 23 (2.92%) Scala Software Engineer
17 22 (2.79%) Scala Developer
18 20 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.53%) REST
2 84 (10.65%) SOAP
3 50 (6.34%) GraphQL
3 50 (6.34%) LDAP
3 50 (6.34%) OAuth
3 50 (6.34%) OpenID
3 50 (6.34%) SAML
4 45 (5.70%) gRPC
5 34 (4.31%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (4.31%) Visualforce
6 29 (3.68%) RESTful
7 28 (3.55%) PyTorch
8 25 (3.17%) TensorFlow
9 24 (3.04%) Node.js
10 22 (2.79%) Akka
11 19 (2.41%) React
12 18 (2.28%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (2.28%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (1.52%) Leaflet
13 12 (1.52%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 317 (40.18%) Social Media
2 165 (20.91%) Over-the-Top Content
3 142 (18.00%) Product Ownership
4 124 (15.72%) Video\Live Streaming
5 90 (11.41%) Marketing Technology
6 82 (10.39%) Distributed Systems
7 79 (10.01%) Cyber Threat
7 79 (10.01%) Cyberattack
8 52 (6.59%) Cloud Native
9 44 (5.58%) Mobile App
10 31 (3.93%) Low-Code
11 30 (3.80%) Onboarding
12 23 (2.92%) Algorithms
13 18 (2.28%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.52%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (0.76%) Anti-Piracy
16 6 (0.76%) Clustering
16 6 (0.76%) Public Cloud
17 4 (0.51%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.92%) Android
1 23 (2.92%) Apple iOS
1 23 (2.92%) Linux
2 18 (2.28%) Unix
3 2 (0.25%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (58.68%) Roadmaps
2 419 (53.11%) Agile
3 335 (42.46%) Customer Experience
4 324 (41.06%) AI
5 263 (33.33%) Analytics
6 200 (25.35%) Mentoring
7 189 (23.95%) CI/CD
8 185 (23.45%) Product Roadmap
9 182 (23.07%) Storytelling
10 181 (22.94%) Digital Customer Experience
10 181 (22.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 177 (22.43%) Decision-Making
11 177 (22.43%) User Research
12 159 (20.15%) Personalization
13 155 (19.65%) Software Engineering
14 139 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
15 138 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 135 (17.11%) Machine Learning
17 98 (12.42%) Data Science
18 95 (12.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 195 (24.71%) Python
2 96 (12.17%) Go
3 74 (9.38%) Scala
4 69 (8.75%) Bash
5 55 (6.97%) SQL
6 50 (6.34%) PowerShell
6 50 (6.34%) T-SQL
7 40 (5.07%) Java
8 39 (4.94%) JavaScript
9 34 (4.31%) Apex Code
9 34 (4.31%) SOQL
9 34 (4.31%) SOSL
10 13 (1.65%) C#
11 6 (0.76%) C++
12 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (2.28%) AWS Certification
2 10 (1.27%) Degree
3 7 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (0.89%) PhD
4 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.25%) CCA
7 1 (0.13%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (26.11%) Accessibility
2 56 (7.10%) WCAG
3 54 (6.84%) NIST
4 50 (6.34%) NCSC
5 28 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.92%) QA
7 17 (2.15%) GDPR
8 13 (1.65%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.63%) PERC
10 4 (0.51%) SLA
11 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 105 (13.31%) Docker
2 50 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (6.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.53%) Terraform
3 18 (2.28%) Ansible
3 18 (2.28%) Argo
3 18 (2.28%) Kustomize
3 18 (2.28%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.52%) Podman
5 9 (1.14%) Grafana
6 8 (1.01%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 293 (37.14%) Adobe
2 45 (5.70%) Typelevel
3 43 (5.45%) Google
4 40 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.31%) Splunk
6 20 (2.53%) BT
7 13 (1.65%) SAP
8 12 (1.52%) Oracle
9 11 (1.39%) Cisco
10 9 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.01%) Microsoft
12 7 (0.89%) Foundry
13 6 (0.76%) Checkmarx
14 5 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 4 (0.51%) Thales
16 2 (0.25%) Dell
16 2 (0.25%) Facebook
16 2 (0.25%) HP
17 1 (0.13%) Apple
17 1 (0.13%) Ariba