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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 238 396
Rank change year-on-year +25 +158 +95
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 169 229 78
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.31% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.59% 10.06% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 63 18 44
10th Percentile - £20,500 -
25th Percentile - £30,156 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £41,250 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.18% +83.33% -66.67%
75th Percentile £26,028 £52,188 £33,750
90th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £25,087 £39,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -35.67% +56.00% -61.54%

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 1,342 2,277 2,788
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.80% 13.04% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,326 2,356
10th Percentile £27,500 £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 £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +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 18 December 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 (1.18%) CMS
1 2 (1.18%) Confluence
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.59%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.65%) Azure
2 16 (9.47%) AWS
3 15 (8.88%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.92%) Google Workspace
5 8 (4.73%) Serverless
6 6 (3.55%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (3.55%) Figma
6 6 (3.55%) GCP
7 5 (2.96%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.96%) AWS Step Functions
8 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.78%) npm
10 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.59%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.59%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.59%) GitHub
10 1 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.59%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.88%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 5 (2.96%) DHCP
4 4 (2.37%) VoIP
5 3 (1.78%) DOCSIS
5 3 (1.78%) DSL
5 3 (1.78%) GPON
5 3 (1.78%) Internet
5 3 (1.78%) IPv4
5 3 (1.78%) IPv6
5 3 (1.78%) PPP
5 3 (1.78%) RTP
5 3 (1.78%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.78%) WAN
6 2 (1.18%) DNS
6 2 (1.18%) NAS
6 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.59%) 5G
7 1 (0.59%) ADSL
7 1 (0.59%) G.fast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.55%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.96%) Big Data
2 5 (2.96%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.78%) MySQL
4 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.18%) Metadata
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (10.65%) Jenkins
2 16 (9.47%) GitLab
3 15 (8.88%) SonarQube
4 6 (3.55%) JIRA
5 5 (2.96%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.78%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.78%) Git
6 3 (1.78%) Mocha
6 3 (1.78%) webpack
7 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.59%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.59%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.59%) TeamCity
General
1 82 (48.52%) Games
2 57 (33.73%) Banking
3 47 (27.81%) Social Skills
4 24 (14.20%) Telecoms
5 23 (13.61%) Marketing
6 22 (13.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (10.06%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (10.06%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.73%) Billing
9 7 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Advertising
10 3 (1.78%) Finance
10 3 (1.78%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.18%) Retail
12 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (24.85%) Customer Service Advisor
2 33 (19.53%) Senior
3 24 (14.20%) Development Manager
4 22 (13.02%) Architect
4 22 (13.02%) Business Development Manager
5 21 (12.43%) Business Manager
6 20 (11.83%) Developer
7 15 (8.88%) Senior Developer
8 14 (8.28%) Salesforce Architect
9 10 (5.92%) Lead
10 9 (5.33%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 9 (5.33%) Senior Business Manager
10 9 (5.33%) Senior Development Manager
10 9 (5.33%) Senior Manager
11 8 (4.73%) Salesforce Technical Architect
11 8 (4.73%) Technical Architect
12 7 (4.14%) Designer
12 7 (4.14%) IAM Developer
13 5 (2.96%) Sales Executive
13 5 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.98%) REST
1 27 (15.98%) SOAP
2 18 (10.65%) GraphQL
3 15 (8.88%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (8.88%) Visualforce
4 10 (5.92%) LDAP
4 10 (5.92%) OAuth
4 10 (5.92%) OpenID
4 10 (5.92%) SAML
5 9 (5.33%) React
6 5 (2.96%) Node.js
6 5 (2.96%) Serverless Framework
7 4 (2.37%) Redux
8 3 (1.78%) D3.js
8 3 (1.78%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.59%) Akka
9 1 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.59%) Kafka
9 1 (0.59%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (0.59%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.30%) Social Media
2 18 (10.65%) Product Ownership
3 13 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.37%) IoT
5 4 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.37%) Smart Home
6 3 (1.78%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.78%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.78%) Over-the-Top Content
6 3 (1.78%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.59%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.59%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.59%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.73%) Linux
2 4 (2.37%) Unix
3 3 (1.78%) OpenWrt
3 3 (1.78%) Windows
4 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.59%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (35.50%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 41 (24.26%) Roadmaps
4 39 (23.08%) Agile
5 28 (16.57%) Business Development
5 28 (16.57%) CI/CD
5 28 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (14.79%) Mentoring
7 22 (13.02%) Continuous Integration
8 20 (11.83%) AI
8 20 (11.83%) DevOps
9 19 (11.24%) CRM
9 19 (11.24%) Customer Experience
10 18 (10.65%) B2B
10 18 (10.65%) Event-Driven
10 18 (10.65%) Scrum
11 17 (10.06%) OO
11 17 (10.06%) Technology Roadmap
12 16 (9.47%) Continuous Delivery
12 16 (9.47%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.47%) Python
2 15 (8.88%) Apex Code
2 15 (8.88%) SOQL
2 15 (8.88%) SOSL
3 14 (8.28%) Bash
4 12 (7.10%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.92%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.92%) T-SQL
6 8 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.55%) SQL
8 4 (2.37%) Java
9 3 (1.78%) C
9 3 (1.78%) C++
9 3 (1.78%) R
10 2 (1.18%) Go
10 2 (1.18%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.18%) Scala
11 1 (0.59%) C#
11 1 (0.59%) Groovy
11 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (4.14%) AWS Certification
2 2 (1.18%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.59%) CISM
3 1 (0.59%) CISSP
3 1 (0.59%) City & Guilds
3 1 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.69%) NIST
2 12 (7.10%) NCSC
3 7 (4.14%) QA
4 5 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.78%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.78%) WCAG
6 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.18%) SLA
7 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.59%) GDPR
7 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.55%) Docker
3 3 (1.78%) Firmware
3 3 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.18%) Ansible
2 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.18%) Terraform
3 1 (0.59%) Argo
3 1 (0.59%) Grafana
3 1 (0.59%) Icinga
3 1 (0.59%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.59%) Nagios
3 1 (0.59%) Nmap
Vendors
1 57 (33.73%) BT
2 24 (14.20%) Salesforce
3 15 (8.88%) Splunk
4 8 (4.73%) Adobe
4 8 (4.73%) Microsoft
5 6 (3.55%) Google
6 3 (1.78%) VMware
7 2 (1.18%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.18%) Datto
7 2 (1.18%) Veeam
8 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.59%) Tenable