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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 186 439
Rank change year-on-year -9 +253 -65
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 256 376 62
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.81% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.86% 14.31% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 103 23 25
10th Percentile - £21,450 £29,900
25th Percentile - £30,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.19% +18.75% -30.43%
75th Percentile - £52,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £28,994 £56,401 £90,000
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 1,723 2,627 3,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.42% 12.61% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,471 2,650
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £32,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,119 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +2.94% -2.86%

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 October 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 2 (0.78%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) CMS
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.03%) AWS
2 11 (4.30%) Serverless
3 9 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (3.13%) Azure
5 7 (2.73%) GCP
6 5 (1.95%) Amazon S3
6 5 (1.95%) AWS Step Functions
7 4 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.17%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.17%) Figma
8 3 (1.17%) npm
9 2 (0.78%) Asana
9 2 (0.78%) GitHub
9 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.78%) Miro
9 2 (0.78%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.39%) Akamai
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.39%) Canva
10 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.08%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.34%) VoIP
4 5 (1.95%) ADSL
4 5 (1.95%) ADSL2+
4 5 (1.95%) G.fast
4 5 (1.95%) PSTN
5 4 (1.56%) Internet
6 3 (1.17%) SSL
7 2 (0.78%) DHCP
7 2 (0.78%) DNS
7 2 (0.78%) DVB
7 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.78%) SSH
7 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.78%) WAN
8 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.39%) GPON
8 1 (0.39%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.95%) DynamoDB
2 5 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.17%) Big Data
3 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.17%) MySQL
4 2 (0.78%) Couchbase
4 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.78%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.78%) Tableau
5 1 (0.39%) Metadata
5 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (7.03%) Jenkins
2 15 (5.86%) GitLab
2 15 (5.86%) SonarQube
3 8 (3.13%) JIRA
4 4 (1.56%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.56%) Git
5 3 (1.17%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.17%) Mocha
5 3 (1.17%) webpack
6 2 (0.78%) Jaeger
6 2 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.78%) Spock
6 2 (0.78%) TeamCity
General
1 155 (60.55%) Banking
2 115 (44.92%) Games
3 39 (15.23%) Social Skills
4 21 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (8.20%) Marketing
4 21 (8.20%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.47%) Billing
6 7 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.95%) Finance
7 5 (1.95%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (37.89%) Customer Service Advisor
2 26 (10.16%) Senior
3 18 (7.03%) Architect
4 14 (5.47%) Salesforce Architect
5 13 (5.08%) Developer
5 13 (5.08%) Lead
6 11 (4.30%) Business Development Manager
6 11 (4.30%) Development Manager
7 10 (3.91%) Business Manager
8 8 (3.13%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 8 (3.13%) Senior Developer
8 8 (3.13%) Senior Manager
8 8 (3.13%) Technical Architect
9 7 (2.73%) Customer Service Representative
9 7 (2.73%) Sales Representative
9 7 (2.73%) Team Leader
10 6 (2.34%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 6 (2.34%) Senior Business Manager
10 6 (2.34%) Senior Development Manager
11 5 (1.95%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.03%) REST
2 17 (6.64%) SOAP
3 15 (5.86%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (5.86%) Visualforce
4 11 (4.30%) React
5 10 (3.91%) GraphQL
6 7 (2.73%) Node.js
7 6 (2.34%) Redux
8 5 (1.95%) Serverless Framework
9 4 (1.56%) Middleware
10 3 (1.17%) D3.js
11 2 (0.78%) ActiveMQ
11 2 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.78%) Kafka
11 2 (0.78%) OAuth
11 2 (0.78%) OpenID
11 2 (0.78%) pytest
11 2 (0.78%) RESTful
11 2 (0.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 2 (0.78%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.25%) Social Media
3 14 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.95%) Cyberattack
5 5 (1.95%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.56%) Over-the-Top Content
7 3 (1.17%) IoT
7 3 (1.17%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.78%) Animation
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.78%) MPEG
8 2 (0.78%) PKI
8 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.34%) Linux
2 5 (1.95%) Unix
2 5 (1.95%) Windows
3 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (46.48%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (44.53%) Customer Service
3 45 (17.58%) Roadmaps
4 34 (13.28%) Agile
5 31 (12.11%) CI/CD
6 27 (10.55%) Mentoring
7 23 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (8.98%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (8.59%) Product Management
9 21 (8.20%) DevOps
10 20 (7.81%) Event-Driven
11 18 (7.03%) Scrum
12 16 (6.25%) Computer Science
12 16 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
12 16 (6.25%) Design Patterns
12 16 (6.25%) OO
12 16 (6.25%) Technology Roadmap
13 15 (5.86%) Community of Practice
13 15 (5.86%) High Availability
13 15 (5.86%) Static Code Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.03%) Python
2 15 (5.86%) Apex Code
2 15 (5.86%) SOQL
2 15 (5.86%) SOSL
3 12 (4.69%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.13%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.95%) Java
5 5 (1.95%) SQL
6 4 (1.56%) Bash
7 3 (1.17%) Groovy
7 3 (1.17%) R
8 2 (0.78%) C#
8 2 (0.78%) C++
8 2 (0.78%) Go
8 2 (0.78%) HLSL
8 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.39%) C
9 1 (0.39%) PHP
9 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (7.42%) Degree
2 16 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.13%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.39%) CCNA
5 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.39%) CISM
5 1 (0.39%) CISSP
5 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.39%) PhD
5 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.95%) NIST
2 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.78%) NCSC
4 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.39%) QA
4 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.13%) Docker
2 7 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.95%) Terraform
3 4 (1.56%) Ansible
3 4 (1.56%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.78%) Argo
4 2 (0.78%) Grafana
4 2 (0.78%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.39%) Nmap
Vendors
1 155 (60.55%) BT
2 24 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.86%) Splunk
4 10 (3.91%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.13%) Google
6 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle
7 2 (0.78%) Thales
8 1 (0.39%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.39%) Datto
8 1 (0.39%) F5
8 1 (0.39%) Juniper
8 1 (0.39%) Nokia
8 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.39%) Tenable
8 1 (0.39%) Veeam
8 1 (0.39%) VMware