Broadband Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Broadband
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Broadband skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Broadband over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 324 414
Rank change year-on-year +76 +90 +134
Contract jobs citing Broadband 57 17 39
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.22% 1.11% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 25
10th Percentile £461 £271 £393
25th Percentile - £273 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £295 £500
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -41.00% -
75th Percentile £536 £488 £580
90th Percentile £599 £556 £690
UK median daily rate £498 £424 £538
% change year-on-year +17.33% -21.12% +4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £23.61
25th Percentile - £23.25 £38.01
Median hourly rate £13.78 £23.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.36% -63.28% +134.86%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £66.38
90th Percentile - - £66.60
UK median hourly rate £13.81 £26.00 £67.25
% change year-on-year -46.88% -61.34% +146.79%

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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,091 1,531 2,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.18% 10.36% 11.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 995 1,874
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 72 100
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £19.40
25th Percentile £34.44 £14.20 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -27.27% +18.92%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £70.06
90th Percentile £72.67 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year - +110.53% -31.84%

Broadband
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Broadband trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband.

Broadband daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Broadband over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Broadband daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Broadband.

Broadband hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Broadband
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) AWS
1 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) BGP
1 8 (14.04%) IPv6
1 8 (14.04%) MPLS
1 8 (14.04%) Multicast
1 8 (14.04%) OSPF
1 8 (14.04%) VPN
2 6 (10.53%) Firewall
3 5 (8.77%) GPON
4 3 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (1.75%) Network Security
General
1 45 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 44 (77.19%) Finance
2 44 (77.19%) General Ledger
3 2 (3.51%) Banking
3 2 (3.51%) Games
3 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 44 (77.19%) Analyst
1 44 (77.19%) Financial Analyst
1 44 (77.19%) Senior
1 44 (77.19%) Senior Analyst
1 44 (77.19%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Principal Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Principal Network Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Implementation Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Customer Service Advisor
5 2 (3.51%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Principal Security Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Security Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) Architect
6 1 (1.75%) Core Network Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) Designer
6 1 (1.75%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 44 (77.19%) Social Media
2 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (77.19%) Accounts Payable
1 44 (77.19%) Procure-to-Pay
1 44 (77.19%) Root Cause Analysis
1 44 (77.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (14.04%) Migration
2 8 (14.04%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (10.53%) Project Delivery
4 5 (8.77%) ITIL
5 3 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (3.51%) Customer Service
6 2 (3.51%) Roadmaps
7 1 (1.75%) Case Management
7 1 (1.75%) Client Onboarding
7 1 (1.75%) Code Quality
7 1 (1.75%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (1.75%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (1.75%) Data Security
7 1 (1.75%) DevOps
7 1 (1.75%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (1.75%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 44 (77.19%) ACCA
1 44 (77.19%) CIMA
2 8 (14.04%) CCIE
2 8 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.77%) CCIE Service Provider
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) GDPR
1 1 (1.75%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) ZABBIX
2 3 (5.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 44 (77.19%) SAP
2 8 (14.04%) Cisco
2 8 (14.04%) SolarWinds
3 5 (8.77%) Nokia
4 3 (5.26%) BT
5 1 (1.75%) Openreach
5 1 (1.75%) Pega
5 1 (1.75%) Virgin Media
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