More than 3,000 jobs and apprenticeships have been created in England through Project Gigabit, the government-backed broadband rollout, according to figures from broadband suppliers released on 25 September 2026. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said the roles range from fibre engineers, technicians and network planners to project managers and customer support staff. Of the total, 460 roles were based in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Telecoms Minister Ian Murray visited Quickline's Training and Innovation Centre in Hull that Thursday to meet apprentices. The release cited Mohammed Ameen, who joined Quickline's first engineering apprenticeship cohort in October 2024 and secured a permanent fibre installation engineer role within six months.

The department said the figure covers England only and comes from suppliers with contractual social value commitments to report such data; the true number may be higher and include roles elsewhere in the UK. Separately, it said UK government gigabit programmes have helped upgrade more than 1.46 million premises across the UK through government support, largely in rural areas.