Internet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 301 232
Rank change year-on-year +44 -69 +41
Permanent jobs citing Internet 1,151 1,125 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 1.16% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.51% 7.26% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 881 593 1,108
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +9.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,751 £79,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,408 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £49,875
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.77% +10.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Internet.

Salary trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +68 1,056 £50,000 - 507
UK excluding London +59 836 £47,000 +4.44% 350
Work from Home +49 524 £55,000 -12.00% 224
London +25 285 £62,500 - 183
North of England +108 251 £45,000 +12.50% 103
South East +22 185 £48,915 +2.98% 62
North West +86 137 £45,000 -10.00% 50
East of England +43 125 £55,000 +92.98% 39
Midlands +53 120 £35,000 -26.32% 82
Yorkshire +98 85 £42,500 +7.42% 42
South West -26 84 £55,000 +5.77% 43
East Midlands +25 79 £35,000 -26.32% 39
West Midlands +29 41 £35,000 -1.41% 43
Scotland -93 39 £47,000 -6.93% 16
North East -14 29 £70,000 +91.78% 13
Wales +4 21 £27,500 -50.00% 14
Northern Ireland +23 11 £37,500 -11.76% 10

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 56 (4.87%) Apache
2 47 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (3.48%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.74%) IIS
5 15 (1.30%) CMS
6 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.61%) Confluence
7 7 (0.61%) SAS
8 6 (0.52%) EPiServer
9 5 (0.43%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.43%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.17%) nginx
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.087%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.087%) Drupal
13 1 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.087%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 96 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.17%) InDesign
8 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Shopify
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 360 (31.28%) Azure
2 181 (15.73%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (7.65%) AWS
4 63 (5.47%) Amazon S3
5 38 (3.30%) SaaS
6 34 (2.95%) Entra ID
7 24 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (1.91%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.82%) GCP
10 17 (1.48%) IaaS
10 17 (1.48%) PaaS
11 14 (1.22%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.04%) Serverless
14 11 (0.96%) GitHub
15 8 (0.70%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (0.52%) Dropbox
17 5 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 257 (22.33%) Firewall
2 177 (15.38%) WAN
3 176 (15.29%) LAN
4 164 (14.25%) VPN
5 110 (9.56%) TCP/IP
6 109 (9.47%) DNS
6 109 (9.47%) Wireless
7 108 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
8 77 (6.69%) Broadband
9 76 (6.60%) SNMP
10 59 (5.13%) Network Security
11 57 (4.95%) IPsec
12 55 (4.78%) DHCP
13 52 (4.52%) MPLS
14 51 (4.43%) BGP
14 51 (4.43%) HTTP
15 46 (4.00%) OSPF
15 46 (4.00%) VoIP
16 37 (3.21%) VLAN
17 36 (3.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (14.16%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.04%) Elasticsearch
3 79 (6.86%) MongoDB
4 43 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.91%) Power BI
6 20 (1.74%) MySQL
7 18 (1.56%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.39%) Redis
9 15 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.13%) Big Data
11 11 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (0.96%) QlikView
12 6 (0.52%) Metabase
12 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.35%) Tableau
14 3 (0.26%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (2.35%) Jenkins
2 18 (1.56%) Git
3 10 (0.87%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.70%) JIRA
5 6 (0.52%) GitLab
6 4 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.35%) Maven
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) Selenium
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.26%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 287 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 215 (18.68%) Finance
3 111 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (9.21%) Retail
4 106 (9.21%) Telecoms
5 47 (4.08%) Legal
6 46 (4.00%) Law
7 39 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (3.13%) Electronics
9 33 (2.87%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.69%) Public Sector
11 27 (2.35%) Billing
12 26 (2.26%) Marketing
13 24 (2.09%) Banking
14 20 (1.74%) Automotive
14 20 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.39%) Games
16 15 (1.30%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.22%) Local Government
17 14 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (18.85%) Developer
2 163 (14.16%) .NET Developer
3 151 (13.12%) Analyst
4 145 (12.60%) Senior
5 101 (8.77%) Internet Developer
6 89 (7.73%) IT Support
7 80 (6.95%) Network Engineer
8 76 (6.60%) Consultant
9 73 (6.34%) Support Engineer
10 65 (5.65%) C# .NET Developer
10 65 (5.65%) C# Developer
11 54 (4.69%) IT Engineer
11 54 (4.69%) NetApp Consultant
12 50 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 48 (4.17%) Lead
14 42 (3.65%) Architect
14 42 (3.65%) IT Analyst
15 37 (3.21%) Software Engineer
16 36 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
17 35 (3.04%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (16.33%) .NET
2 124 (10.77%) HTML
3 112 (9.73%) ASP.NET
4 107 (9.30%) AngularJS
5 106 (9.21%) ASP.NET MVC
6 104 (9.04%) .NET Core
7 103 (8.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 91 (7.91%) HTML5
9 84 (7.30%) Entity Framework
10 81 (7.04%) CSS
11 65 (5.65%) YAML
12 63 (5.47%) RESTful
13 61 (5.30%) CSS3
14 56 (4.87%) Blazor
14 56 (4.87%) RabbitMQ
15 50 (4.34%) REST
16 49 (4.26%) .NET Framework
17 36 (3.13%) React
18 33 (2.87%) LINQ
18 33 (2.87%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (11.38%) Data Centre
2 86 (7.47%) IoT
3 69 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (5.21%) Greenfield Project
5 55 (4.78%) Driving Licence
6 52 (4.52%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.21%) Cyberattack
8 24 (2.09%) Clustering
9 23 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.82%) NHS
11 20 (1.74%) Smartphone
11 20 (1.74%) Social Media
12 18 (1.56%) Client/Server
13 17 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.30%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.13%) PKI
16 13 (1.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 303 (26.32%) Windows
2 213 (18.51%) Linux
3 89 (7.73%) Windows Server
4 62 (5.39%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.69%) Data ONTAP
6 48 (4.17%) Apple iOS
7 47 (4.08%) Ubuntu
8 42 (3.65%) VMS
9 40 (3.48%) Android
10 26 (2.26%) Mac OS
11 23 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
12 22 (1.91%) Unix
13 20 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
14 18 (1.56%) VyOS
15 10 (0.87%) Debian
16 9 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
17 8 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (0.61%) Kali Linux
19 5 (0.43%) Mac OS X
19 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (21.81%) Agile
2 221 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
3 180 (15.64%) Full Stack Development
4 173 (15.03%) Customer Service
5 112 (9.73%) MVC
6 105 (9.12%) Project Management
7 96 (8.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 93 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
9 90 (7.82%) Actionable Insight
10 88 (7.65%) Microservices
11 86 (7.47%) Infrastructure Management
12 70 (6.08%) TDD
13 68 (5.91%) ITIL
14 67 (5.82%) Software Engineering
15 62 (5.39%) Computer Science
16 60 (5.21%) BDD
17 59 (5.13%) Release Management
18 57 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (4.95%) Mentoring
18 57 (4.95%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 191 (16.59%) JavaScript
2 188 (16.33%) C#
3 120 (10.43%) SQL
4 117 (10.17%) Python
5 67 (5.82%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.48%) C
7 27 (2.35%) PHP
8 24 (2.09%) Bash
8 24 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.00%) Java
10 21 (1.82%) C++
11 20 (1.74%) Embedded C
12 15 (1.30%) Go
13 13 (1.13%) ActionScript
13 13 (1.13%) VB
14 11 (0.96%) Perl
15 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.70%) XAML
16 7 (0.61%) XPath
17 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 220 (19.11%) Degree
2 83 (7.21%) Cisco Certification
3 68 (5.91%) Security Cleared
4 54 (4.69%) CCNA
5 50 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 47 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 36 (3.13%) CCNP
8 26 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.26%) JNCIA
9 24 (2.09%) HND
10 23 (2.00%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.65%) CISSP
12 18 (1.56%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.56%) ACCA
12 18 (1.56%) CIMA
12 18 (1.56%) HNC
13 17 (1.48%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.48%) MCSE
14 15 (1.30%) SC Cleared
15 14 (1.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.04%) SLA
2 27 (2.35%) QA
3 22 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.74%) NIST
5 18 (1.56%) GDPR
6 13 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.52%) NCSC
9 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.35%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.35%) PMO
11 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.087%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 197 (17.12%) Active Directory
2 146 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (7.04%) Docker
4 40 (3.48%) vSphere
5 35 (3.04%) Hyper-V
6 29 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (1.39%) Firmware
9 13 (1.13%) OpenSSH
9 13 (1.13%) XenApp
10 8 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.43%) KVM
11 5 (0.43%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.26%) QEMU
13 3 (0.26%) Xen
14 2 (0.17%) Shibboleth
14 2 (0.17%) Varnish
15 1 (0.087%) NFS
15 1 (0.087%) Samba
Systems Management
1 123 (10.69%) Ansible
2 82 (7.12%) Kubernetes
3 77 (6.69%) vCenter Server
4 66 (5.73%) Terraform
5 56 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.78%) CASB
7 30 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.74%) FortiGate
9 16 (1.39%) Grafana
10 13 (1.13%) IBM BigFix
10 13 (1.13%) PowerCLI
10 13 (1.13%) Puppet
10 13 (1.13%) SCCM
11 9 (0.78%) Graphite
11 9 (0.78%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.78%) Nagios
12 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.61%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.52%) PaperCut
14 6 (0.52%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 357 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 159 (13.81%) VMware
3 92 (7.99%) Cisco
4 76 (6.60%) Palo Alto
5 71 (6.17%) Juniper
5 71 (6.17%) Red Hat
6 61 (5.30%) NetApp
7 54 (4.69%) Fortinet
7 54 (4.69%) SolidFire
8 47 (4.08%) Virgin Media
9 39 (3.39%) Google
10 26 (2.26%) Citrix
10 26 (2.26%) Nokia
10 26 (2.26%) Openreach
11 24 (2.09%) Apple
11 24 (2.09%) HP
11 24 (2.09%) Ruckus Wireless
12 23 (2.00%) Veeam
13 22 (1.91%) Sandvine
14 21 (1.82%) Meraki