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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 250 414
Rank change year-on-year +60 +164 +21
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 219 236 80
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.19% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.41% 9.72% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 90 19 48
10th Percentile - £20,500 -
25th Percentile - £30,313 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% +60.38% -53.91%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £40,500
90th Percentile £33,300 £53,400 £81,250
UK median annual salary £25,087 £37,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -33.10% +50.00% -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 1,421 2,427 3,065
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.08% 12.20% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 988 1,407 2,560
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -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 15 November 2025.

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 3 (1.37%) Confluence
2 2 (0.91%) CMS
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.13%) AWS
2 12 (5.48%) Azure
2 12 (5.48%) Serverless
3 10 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.20%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.20%) AWS Step Functions
6 6 (2.74%) GCP
6 6 (2.74%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.28%) Figma
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.37%) npm
10 2 (0.91%) Asana
10 2 (0.91%) Miro
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.46%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.46%) Canva
11 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.46%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.94%) Ethernet
2 11 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (3.65%) VoIP
4 5 (2.28%) ADSL
4 5 (2.28%) ADSL2+
4 5 (2.28%) DHCP
4 5 (2.28%) G.fast
4 5 (2.28%) PSTN
5 4 (1.83%) Internet
5 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.37%) DNS
6 3 (1.37%) DOCSIS
6 3 (1.37%) DSL
6 3 (1.37%) GPON
6 3 (1.37%) IPv4
6 3 (1.37%) IPv6
6 3 (1.37%) PPP
6 3 (1.37%) RTP
6 3 (1.37%) SSL
6 3 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.20%) DynamoDB
2 6 (2.74%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.83%) Big Data
5 3 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.37%) MySQL
6 2 (0.91%) Tableau
7 1 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.46%) Metadata
7 1 (0.46%) Power BI
7 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (8.22%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.31%) GitLab
3 15 (6.85%) SonarQube
4 8 (3.65%) JIRA
5 5 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.83%) Git
7 3 (1.37%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.37%) Mocha
7 3 (1.37%) webpack
8 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.46%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.46%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (52.51%) Banking
2 99 (45.21%) Games
3 36 (16.44%) Social Skills
4 24 (10.96%) Telecoms
5 23 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (10.05%) Marketing
7 13 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.48%) Billing
9 7 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Finance
11 3 (1.37%) Advertising
11 3 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.37%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.91%) Retail
13 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (34.70%) Customer Service Advisor
2 35 (15.98%) Senior
3 21 (9.59%) Architect
3 21 (9.59%) Developer
4 19 (8.68%) Development Manager
5 18 (8.22%) Business Development Manager
6 17 (7.76%) Business Manager
7 15 (6.85%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.39%) Salesforce Architect
9 10 (4.57%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Salesforce Technical Architect
10 8 (3.65%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Senior Business Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Senior Development Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Technical Architect
11 7 (3.20%) AWS Developer
12 6 (2.74%) Customer Service Representative
12 6 (2.74%) Lead
12 6 (2.74%) Sales Representative
13 5 (2.28%) Technical Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.05%) REST
1 22 (10.05%) SOAP
2 15 (6.85%) GraphQL
2 15 (6.85%) Lightning Web Components
2 15 (6.85%) Visualforce
3 11 (5.02%) React
4 7 (3.20%) Serverless Framework
5 6 (2.74%) LDAP
5 6 (2.74%) OAuth
5 6 (2.74%) OpenID
5 6 (2.74%) SAML
6 5 (2.28%) Node.js
7 4 (1.83%) Redux
8 3 (1.37%) D3.js
9 2 (0.91%) RESTful
9 2 (0.91%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.91%) Web Services
10 1 (0.46%) Akka
10 1 (0.46%) Jinja
10 1 (0.46%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.50%) Social Media
2 21 (9.59%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.57%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (4.57%) Cyberattack
5 7 (3.20%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.28%) Over-the-Top Content
8 4 (1.83%) IoT
8 4 (1.83%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.91%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.91%) PKI
11 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.46%) MPEG
11 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.46%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.65%) Linux
2 4 (1.83%) Unix
2 4 (1.83%) Windows
3 3 (1.37%) OpenWrt
4 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.46%) Android
5 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (43.38%) Customer Service
2 91 (41.55%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.44%) Agile
3 36 (16.44%) Roadmaps
4 31 (14.16%) CI/CD
5 27 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (10.96%) Continuous Integration
7 22 (10.05%) DevOps
7 22 (10.05%) Mentoring
8 21 (9.59%) Business Development
9 20 (9.13%) Event-Driven
10 17 (7.76%) OO
10 17 (7.76%) Scrum
11 16 (7.31%) AI
11 16 (7.31%) Continuous Delivery
11 16 (7.31%) CRM
11 16 (7.31%) Design Patterns
11 16 (7.31%) Technology Roadmap
12 15 (6.85%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
12 15 (6.85%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.13%) Python
2 15 (6.85%) Apex Code
2 15 (6.85%) SOQL
2 15 (6.85%) SOSL
3 12 (5.48%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.57%) TypeScript
5 9 (4.11%) Bash
6 7 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.74%) SQL
7 6 (2.74%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.83%) Java
9 3 (1.37%) C
9 3 (1.37%) C++
9 3 (1.37%) R
10 2 (0.91%) Go
10 2 (0.91%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.91%) Scala
11 1 (0.46%) C#
11 1 (0.46%) Groovy
11 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (4.11%) AWS Certification
2 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (1.37%) Degree
3 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.46%) CISM
4 1 (0.46%) CISSP
4 1 (0.46%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.57%) NIST
2 7 (3.20%) NCSC
3 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.91%) SLA
5 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.46%) QA
5 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (4.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.20%) Docker
3 3 (1.37%) Firmware
3 3 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.91%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.83%) Terraform
3 3 (1.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) Argo
5 1 (0.46%) Grafana
5 1 (0.46%) Icinga
5 1 (0.46%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.46%) Nagios
5 1 (0.46%) Nmap
Vendors
1 115 (52.51%) BT
2 25 (11.42%) Salesforce
3 15 (6.85%) Splunk
4 10 (4.57%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.74%) Google
6 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.37%) VMware
7 2 (0.91%) Adobe
7 2 (0.91%) Datto
7 2 (0.91%) Thales
7 2 (0.91%) Veeam
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco
8 1 (0.46%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.46%) Nokia
8 1 (0.46%) Tenable