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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 165 40
Rank change year-on-year +59 -125 +439
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 578 317 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.51% 1.91% 5.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.43% 16.38% 34.31%
Number of salaries quoted 35 141 35
10th Percentile £13,929 - £37,500
25th Percentile £24,794 £23,504 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +119.24% -49.83% -7.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £31,738 £72,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -37.28% +50.94%

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 2,366 1,935 3,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.28% 11.68% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,163 1,952
10th Percentile £29,026 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,620 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.15% -18.00% -3.85%

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 22 August 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 28 (4.84%) Confluence
2 25 (4.33%) CMS
3 14 (2.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.04%) SAS
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (9.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 42 (7.27%) UserZoom
3 13 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Houdini
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) NUKE
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (6.75%) Workfront
2 33 (5.71%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (2.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 144 (24.91%) Adobe Analytics
2 100 (17.30%) AWS
3 72 (12.46%) GCP
4 67 (11.59%) Contentsquare
5 55 (9.52%) Figma
6 53 (9.17%) iPaaS
7 19 (3.29%) Azure
8 13 (2.25%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.08%) Cloud Functions
9 12 (2.08%) Cloud Run
10 10 (1.73%) SaaS
11 6 (1.04%) Slack
12 5 (0.87%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.69%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (0.69%) Serverless
13 4 (0.69%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.52%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.21%) 5G
2 5 (0.87%) SSL
3 4 (0.69%) NGN
3 4 (0.69%) SSH
3 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.52%) DNS
4 3 (0.52%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.52%) WAN
5 1 (0.17%) DHCP
5 1 (0.17%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) Internet
5 1 (0.17%) LTE
5 1 (0.17%) MPLS
5 1 (0.17%) MVNO
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.17%) VoIP
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.59%) Metadata
2 50 (8.65%) MongoDB
3 35 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.77%) BigQuery
5 15 (2.60%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.42%) Tableau
7 13 (2.25%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.25%) MySQL
7 13 (2.25%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.25%) Power BI
8 12 (2.08%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.21%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.69%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.35%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.17%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 39 (6.75%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.36%) GitLab
3 20 (3.46%) SonarQube
4 12 (2.08%) CircleCI
4 12 (2.08%) Cypress.io
4 12 (2.08%) Git
5 7 (1.21%) JIRA
6 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 245 (42.39%) Games
2 120 (20.76%) Marketing
3 108 (18.69%) Social Skills
4 51 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (8.65%) Banking
6 39 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (5.36%) Legal
8 21 (3.63%) Finance
8 21 (3.63%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.87%) Advertising
10 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.35%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.17%) Back Office
12 1 (0.17%) Electronics
12 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (21.45%) Lead
2 87 (15.05%) Senior
3 48 (8.30%) Architect
4 45 (7.79%) Developer
5 44 (7.61%) Product Owner
6 34 (5.88%) Product Manager
7 33 (5.71%) Campaign Manager
8 29 (5.02%) Designer
9 26 (4.50%) Analyst
10 22 (3.81%) Lead Designer
10 22 (3.81%) Software Engineer
11 21 (3.63%) Digital Designer
12 20 (3.46%) Customer Service Advisor
12 20 (3.46%) Salesforce Architect
13 18 (3.11%) Scala Engineer
14 17 (2.94%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.94%) User Researcher
15 15 (2.60%) Python Developer
15 15 (2.60%) Senior Campaign Manager
15 15 (2.60%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.88%) RESTful
2 31 (5.36%) REST
3 27 (4.67%) gRPC
3 27 (4.67%) Node.js
4 23 (3.98%) SOAP
5 21 (3.63%) Lightning Web Components
6 20 (3.46%) Visualforce
7 19 (3.29%) React
8 18 (3.11%) PyTorch
9 14 (2.42%) TensorFlow
10 12 (2.08%) Leaflet
10 12 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.08%) Playwright
11 6 (1.04%) Streamlit
11 6 (1.04%) TFX
12 5 (0.87%) .NET
13 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.69%) LangChain
13 4 (0.69%) Model Context Protocol
13 4 (0.69%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 261 (45.16%) Social Media
2 125 (21.63%) Product Ownership
3 122 (21.11%) Over-the-Top Content
4 89 (15.40%) Marketing Technology
5 73 (12.63%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (11.94%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (9.69%) Cloud Native
8 31 (5.36%) Low-Code
9 27 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (4.67%) Cyberattack
10 20 (3.46%) Algorithms
11 19 (3.29%) Onboarding
12 13 (2.25%) AI Agents
12 13 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (2.08%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.56%) Mobile App
15 6 (1.04%) Clustering
16 4 (0.69%) PKI
16 4 (0.69%) Replication
16 4 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.56%) Android
1 9 (1.56%) Apple iOS
1 9 (1.56%) Linux
2 3 (0.52%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (52.42%) Roadmaps
2 282 (48.79%) Agile
3 266 (46.02%) AI
4 259 (44.81%) Customer Experience
5 191 (33.04%) Analytics
6 159 (27.51%) Decision-Making
7 147 (25.43%) Product Roadmap
8 146 (25.26%) CI/CD
9 143 (24.74%) Storytelling
10 142 (24.57%) Digital Customer Experience
10 142 (24.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 130 (22.49%) Personalization
12 117 (20.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 117 (20.24%) User Research
13 104 (17.99%) Machine Learning
14 98 (16.96%) Software Engineering
15 94 (16.26%) Mentoring
15 94 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
16 93 (16.09%) Sprint Planning
17 92 (15.92%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 136 (23.53%) Python
2 61 (10.55%) Go
3 29 (5.02%) SQL
4 27 (4.67%) Scala
5 26 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.63%) Apex Code
6 21 (3.63%) SOQL
7 20 (3.46%) SOSL
8 18 (3.11%) C#
9 14 (2.42%) Java
10 5 (0.87%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.52%) Bash
11 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (1.90%) Degree
1 11 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (1.04%) PhD
3 5 (0.87%) Master's Degree
3 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.52%) CCA
5 2 (0.35%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.35%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.17%) HNC
6 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (26.12%) Accessibility
2 53 (9.17%) WCAG
3 26 (4.50%) QA
4 18 (3.11%) GDPR
5 17 (2.94%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.21%) NIST
7 6 (1.04%) PERC
8 4 (0.69%) SLA
9 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (9.00%) Docker
2 4 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.08%) Podman
3 9 (1.56%) Grafana
4 6 (1.04%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 234 (40.48%) Adobe
2 50 (8.65%) BT
3 28 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.67%) Typelevel
5 23 (3.98%) Google
6 20 (3.46%) Splunk
7 13 (2.25%) Oracle
7 13 (2.25%) SAP
8 11 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.04%) Microsoft
10 5 (0.87%) Foundry
11 4 (0.69%) Databricks
11 4 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.69%) Thales
12 3 (0.52%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.35%) Cisco
13 2 (0.35%) Meraki
13 2 (0.35%) Veeam
14 1 (0.17%) DoubleClick
14 1 (0.17%) VMware