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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 228 393
Rank change year-on-year +64 +165 +126
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 231 228 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.39% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.95% 10.47% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 54 16 60
10th Percentile - £22,875 -
25th Percentile - £30,469 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £41,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +26.92% -56.67%
75th Percentile £28,867 £51,563 £52,188
90th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £75,250
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 1,363 2,178 2,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.12% 13.25% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 865 1,222 2,498
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £84,056
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 12 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 (0.87%) CMS
1 2 (0.87%) Confluence
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (16.45%) Azure
2 36 (15.58%) Entra ID
3 31 (13.42%) Google Workspace
4 26 (11.26%) AWS
5 13 (5.63%) Pulumi
6 12 (5.19%) Figma
7 8 (3.46%) Serverless
8 6 (2.60%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.16%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.16%) AWS Step Functions
9 5 (2.16%) GCP
10 4 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.87%) npm
12 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.43%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.43%) Contentsquare
12 1 (0.43%) GitHub
12 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (6.93%) Ethernet
3 10 (4.33%) 4G
3 10 (4.33%) BGP
3 10 (4.33%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (4.33%) Ethernet VPN
3 10 (4.33%) IOS XR
3 10 (4.33%) MPLS
4 5 (2.16%) DHCP
5 3 (1.30%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.30%) DSL
5 3 (1.30%) GPON
5 3 (1.30%) Internet
5 3 (1.30%) IPv4
5 3 (1.30%) IPv6
5 3 (1.30%) PPP
5 3 (1.30%) RTP
5 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.30%) VoIP
5 3 (1.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.93%) NoSQL
2 13 (5.63%) RDBMS
2 13 (5.63%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.16%) Big Data
3 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.87%) Metadata
5 2 (0.87%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (12.99%) Jenkins
2 16 (6.93%) GitLab
3 15 (6.49%) SonarQube
4 13 (5.63%) Jaeger
4 13 (5.63%) TeamCity
5 12 (5.19%) Git
6 5 (2.16%) JIRA
7 4 (1.73%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.87%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.87%) Mocha
8 2 (0.87%) webpack
9 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.43%) Jasmine
General
1 93 (40.26%) Games
2 80 (34.63%) Social Skills
3 46 (19.91%) Banking
3 46 (19.91%) Telecoms
4 45 (19.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (16.45%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (11.69%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (10.39%) Marketing
8 10 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.73%) Advertising
9 4 (1.73%) Billing
9 4 (1.73%) Finance
10 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.87%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.87%) Retail
11 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 54 (23.38%) Senior
2 34 (14.72%) Architect
3 33 (14.29%) Customer Service Advisor
4 30 (12.99%) Lead
5 28 (12.12%) Developer
6 25 (10.82%) Development Manager
7 23 (9.96%) Business Development Manager
8 22 (9.52%) Business Manager
9 21 (9.09%) Senior Developer
10 14 (6.06%) IAM Developer
10 14 (6.06%) Salesforce Architect
11 12 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (4.33%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.33%) Senior Business Development Manager
12 10 (4.33%) Senior Business Manager
12 10 (4.33%) Senior Development Manager
12 10 (4.33%) Senior Manager
13 9 (3.90%) Designer
14 8 (3.46%) Systems Architect
14 8 (3.46%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (20.78%) REST
1 48 (20.78%) SOAP
2 39 (16.88%) GraphQL
3 31 (13.42%) LDAP
3 31 (13.42%) OAuth
3 31 (13.42%) OpenID
3 31 (13.42%) SAML
4 15 (6.49%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (6.49%) Visualforce
5 13 (5.63%) Akka
5 13 (5.63%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (5.63%) OpenTelemetry
6 10 (4.33%) Jinja
6 10 (4.33%) NETCONF
6 10 (4.33%) YANG
7 8 (3.46%) React
8 5 (2.16%) Serverless Framework
9 4 (1.73%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.30%) Node.js
10 3 (1.30%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.65%) Social Media
2 34 (14.72%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (14.72%) Cyberattack
3 18 (7.79%) Product Ownership
4 16 (6.93%) Over-the-Top Content
4 16 (6.93%) Video\Live Streaming
5 9 (3.90%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.73%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.30%) IoT
8 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.30%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.43%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.23%) Linux
2 15 (6.49%) Unix
3 4 (1.73%) Windows
4 3 (1.30%) OpenWrt
5 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.93%) Roadmaps
2 81 (35.06%) Agile
3 65 (28.14%) Mentoring
4 57 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 36 (15.58%) Customer Experience
6 36 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (14.72%) Continuous Integration
7 34 (14.72%) Programme Delivery
8 32 (13.85%) CRM
9 31 (13.42%) Business Development
9 31 (13.42%) DevOps
9 31 (13.42%) Identity Access Management
9 31 (13.42%) Regulatory Compliance
10 30 (12.99%) Scrum
11 27 (11.69%) Analytics
11 27 (11.69%) CI/CD
11 27 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (11.26%) Software Engineering
12 26 (11.26%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.35%) Bash
2 37 (16.02%) Python
3 33 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 31 (13.42%) T-SQL
5 21 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.93%) SQL
7 15 (6.49%) Apex Code
7 15 (6.49%) Java
7 15 (6.49%) SOQL
7 15 (6.49%) SOSL
8 14 (6.06%) Go
9 13 (5.63%) Scala
10 7 (3.03%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.30%) C
11 3 (1.30%) C++
12 2 (0.87%) R
13 1 (0.43%) C#
13 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (8.23%) AWS Certification
2 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.43%) CISM
3 1 (0.43%) CISSP
3 1 (0.43%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.72%) NIST
2 33 (14.29%) NCSC
3 13 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.60%) QA
5 5 (2.16%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.30%) WCAG
7 2 (0.87%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.43%) GDPR
8 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 34 (14.72%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.12%) Docker
3 3 (1.30%) Firmware
3 3 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.06%) Ansible
2 14 (6.06%) Prometheus
2 14 (6.06%) Terraform
3 13 (5.63%) Argo
3 13 (5.63%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Icinga
4 1 (0.43%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.43%) Nagios
4 1 (0.43%) Nmap
Vendors
1 46 (19.91%) BT
2 23 (9.96%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.36%) Google
4 15 (6.49%) Adobe
4 15 (6.49%) Splunk
5 10 (4.33%) Cisco
6 6 (2.60%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.30%) VMware
8 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.87%) Datto
8 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.87%) Veeam
9 1 (0.43%) Apple
9 1 (0.43%) Dell
9 1 (0.43%) HP
9 1 (0.43%) Tenable