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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 162 37
Rank change year-on-year +34 -125 +434
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 492 309 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 1.91% 5.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.27% 16.81% 36.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33 138 30
10th Percentile £13,929 £23,504 £29,050
25th Percentile £24,500 £25,084 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,087 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +99.31% -49.83% -0.99%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £56,401
90th Percentile £87,500 £26,968 £73,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £25,087 £40,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -37.28% +60.00%

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 2,313 1,838 3,673
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.73% 11.35% 15.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 1,072 1,652
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,489 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.14% -10.02% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 9 September 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 23 (4.67%) Confluence
2 20 (4.07%) CMS
3 14 (2.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 53 (10.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (6.71%) UserZoom
3 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Houdini
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) NUKE
4 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (7.52%) Workfront
2 27 (5.49%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (2.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (19.92%) Adobe Analytics
2 89 (18.09%) AWS
3 62 (12.60%) GCP
4 53 (10.77%) Contentsquare
5 51 (10.37%) iPaaS
6 43 (8.74%) Figma
7 18 (3.66%) Azure
8 13 (2.64%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.44%) Cloud Functions
9 12 (2.44%) Cloud Run
10 10 (2.03%) SaaS
11 5 (1.02%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.02%) Slack
12 4 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.61%) Azure AI
13 3 (0.61%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (0.61%) Serverless
13 3 (0.61%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.42%) 5G
2 5 (1.02%) SSL
3 4 (0.81%) NGN
3 4 (0.81%) SSH
3 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.61%) DNS
4 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.61%) WAN
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) LTE
5 1 (0.20%) MPLS
5 1 (0.20%) MVNO
5 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.20%) VoIP
5 1 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (13.21%) Metadata
2 49 (9.96%) MongoDB
3 34 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.25%) BigQuery
5 15 (3.05%) Semantic Layer
6 14 (2.85%) Tableau
7 13 (2.64%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.64%) MySQL
7 13 (2.64%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.64%) Power BI
8 12 (2.44%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.42%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.81%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
13 1 (0.20%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 31 (6.30%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.67%) GitLab
3 12 (2.44%) CircleCI
3 12 (2.44%) Cypress.io
3 12 (2.44%) Git
3 12 (2.44%) SonarQube
4 7 (1.42%) JIRA
5 1 (0.20%) Postman
General
1 172 (34.96%) Games
2 105 (21.34%) Social Skills
3 101 (20.53%) Marketing
4 57 (11.59%) Banking
5 49 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.28%) Legal
8 23 (4.67%) Telecoms
9 22 (4.47%) Finance
10 5 (1.02%) Advertising
11 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.20%) Back Office
13 1 (0.20%) Electronics
13 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 93 (18.90%) Lead
2 74 (15.04%) Senior
3 42 (8.54%) Product Owner
4 39 (7.93%) Architect
4 39 (7.93%) Developer
5 27 (5.49%) Campaign Manager
6 26 (5.28%) Analyst
6 26 (5.28%) Product Manager
7 20 (4.07%) Customer Service Advisor
7 20 (4.07%) Designer
8 18 (3.66%) Software Engineer
9 15 (3.05%) Lead Designer
10 14 (2.85%) Digital Designer
10 14 (2.85%) Python Developer
10 14 (2.85%) Senior Manager
11 13 (2.64%) User Researcher
12 12 (2.44%) Salesforce Architect
12 12 (2.44%) Senior Campaign Manager
12 12 (2.44%) Senior Developer
12 12 (2.44%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.91%) RESTful
2 27 (5.49%) Node.js
3 22 (4.47%) REST
4 19 (3.86%) React
5 18 (3.66%) gRPC
6 17 (3.46%) PyTorch
7 15 (3.05%) SOAP
8 13 (2.64%) Lightning Web Components
8 13 (2.64%) TensorFlow
9 12 (2.44%) Leaflet
9 12 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (2.44%) Playwright
9 12 (2.44%) Visualforce
10 6 (1.22%) Streamlit
11 5 (1.02%) .NET
11 5 (1.02%) TFX
12 4 (0.81%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.81%) Django
12 4 (0.81%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.81%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 211 (42.89%) Social Media
2 108 (21.95%) Product Ownership
3 104 (21.14%) Over-the-Top Content
4 81 (16.46%) Marketing Technology
5 62 (12.60%) Video\Live Streaming
6 60 (12.20%) Distributed Systems
7 55 (11.18%) Cloud Native
8 30 (6.10%) Low-Code
9 20 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (4.07%) Cyberattack
10 18 (3.66%) Algorithms
11 14 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (2.64%) AI Agents
13 12 (2.44%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
15 6 (1.22%) Clustering
16 4 (0.81%) PKI
16 4 (0.81%) Replication
16 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 3 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.83%) Linux
2 3 (0.61%) Windows
3 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (46.95%) Roadmaps
2 215 (43.70%) Agile
3 207 (42.07%) AI
4 206 (41.87%) Customer Experience
5 137 (27.85%) Analytics
5 137 (27.85%) Decision-Making
6 119 (24.19%) CI/CD
7 112 (22.76%) Personalization
8 101 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 101 (20.53%) Product Roadmap
9 97 (19.72%) Storytelling
10 96 (19.51%) Digital Customer Experience
10 96 (19.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 91 (18.50%) Machine Learning
12 86 (17.48%) Software Engineering
13 85 (17.28%) Sprint Planning
14 84 (17.07%) Product Vision
15 81 (16.46%) User Stories
16 80 (16.26%) Digital Marketing
16 80 (16.26%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 120 (24.39%) Python
2 51 (10.37%) Go
3 29 (5.89%) SQL
4 19 (3.86%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.66%) Scala
6 16 (3.25%) C#
7 13 (2.64%) Apex Code
7 13 (2.64%) Java
7 13 (2.64%) SOQL
8 12 (2.44%) SOSL
9 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.61%) Bash
10 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (2.24%) Degree
2 5 (1.02%) CCA
2 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (1.02%) PhD
3 4 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.20%) HNC
5 1 (0.20%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (19.51%) Accessibility
2 32 (6.50%) WCAG
3 25 (5.08%) QA
4 18 (3.66%) GDPR
5 17 (3.46%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.42%) NIST
7 6 (1.22%) PERC
8 4 (0.81%) SLA
9 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (8.54%) Docker
2 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.44%) Podman
3 7 (1.42%) Grafana
4 5 (1.02%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
Vendors
1 180 (36.59%) Adobe
2 57 (11.59%) BT
3 22 (4.47%) Google
3 22 (4.47%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.66%) Typelevel
5 13 (2.64%) Oracle
5 13 (2.64%) SAP
6 12 (2.44%) Splunk
7 5 (1.02%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.81%) Databricks
8 4 (0.81%) Foundry
8 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.81%) Thales
9 3 (0.61%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.41%) Cisco
10 2 (0.41%) Meraki
10 2 (0.41%) Veeam
11 1 (0.20%) Ariba
11 1 (0.20%) DoubleClick