Hybrid/Remote NGN Job Trends

Next Generation Network (NGN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NGN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 - 498
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing NGN 13 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.053% - 0.026%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.57% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 6
10th Percentile £29,286 - £58,438
25th Percentile £31,000 - £69,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £63,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year -37.25% -20.31% +6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

NGN 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 2,269 1,802 3,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.26% 11.05% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 1,037 1,613
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,445 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.11% -20.00% -0.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NGN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NGN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NGN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NGN

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NGN over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

NGN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) BGP
1 2 (15.38%) Broadband
1 2 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) MPLS
1 2 (15.38%) OSPF
1 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
1 2 (15.38%) VXLAN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Delivery
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Project Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Creative Designer
2 3 (23.08%) Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing Automation Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) PKI
1 2 (15.38%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) AI
3 2 (15.38%) B2B
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Product Management
3 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (15.38%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) PERC
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Arista
1 2 (15.38%) Aruba
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Juniper
1 2 (15.38%) Meraki
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud