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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 305 243
Rank change year-on-year +52 -62 +33
Permanent jobs citing Internet 1,125 1,210 2,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.16% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.28% 7.54% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 860 688 1,065
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,400 £27,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £96,330
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £48,333
% change year-on-year -1.05% -1.72% +7.41%

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 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +74 1,031 £50,750 -7.73% 361
UK excluding London +51 806 £47,000 -1.05% 253
Work from Home +50 515 £55,000 -12.00% 229
London +16 291 £65,000 - 128
North of England +121 243 £45,000 - 75
South East +28 180 £50,000 - 47
North West +84 131 £45,000 -18.18% 51
Midlands +62 122 £35,000 -26.32% 47
East of England +46 119 £55,000 +92.98% 22
Yorkshire +117 86 £42,500 +7.59% 21
East Midlands +32 78 £35,000 -26.32% 21
South West -13 73 £53,750 -1.92% 44
West Midlands +38 44 £35,000 -24.32% 26
Scotland -106 37 £47,000 -6.93% 18
North East -13 26 £62,500 +71.23% 5
Wales +19 22 £27,500 - 6
Northern Ireland +36 11 £37,500 -11.76% 4

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 57 (5.07%) Apache
2 47 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (3.47%) SharePoint
4 26 (2.31%) IIS
5 16 (1.42%) CMS
6 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.62%) Confluence
7 7 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.53%) EPiServer
8 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.44%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.089%) Drupal
12 1 (0.089%) Gunicorn
12 1 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.089%) Site Server
12 1 (0.089%) uWSGI
Applications
1 93 (8.27%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.27%) SPSS
7 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.18%) InDesign
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 357 (31.73%) Azure
2 171 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (8.27%) AWS
4 65 (5.78%) Amazon S3
5 38 (3.38%) SaaS
6 30 (2.67%) Entra ID
7 23 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (1.96%) Power Platform
9 20 (1.78%) GCP
10 19 (1.69%) PaaS
11 17 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.51%) IaaS
11 17 (1.51%) Serverless
12 14 (1.24%) Google Workspace
13 13 (1.16%) GitHub
14 10 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.71%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.62%) Amazon SQS
16 7 (0.62%) AWS IoT
16 7 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 257 (22.84%) Firewall
2 183 (16.27%) WAN
3 182 (16.18%) LAN
4 166 (14.76%) VPN
5 113 (10.04%) Wireless
6 111 (9.87%) TCP/IP
7 110 (9.78%) DNS
8 103 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
9 77 (6.84%) SNMP
10 75 (6.67%) Broadband
11 57 (5.07%) Network Security
12 56 (4.98%) DHCP
12 56 (4.98%) IPsec
13 53 (4.71%) MPLS
14 52 (4.62%) HTTP
15 49 (4.36%) BGP
16 47 (4.18%) OSPF
17 42 (3.73%) VoIP
18 36 (3.20%) Intranet
19 34 (3.02%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (14.84%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.29%) Elasticsearch
3 80 (7.11%) MongoDB
4 42 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (2.04%) MySQL
6 22 (1.96%) Power BI
7 20 (1.78%) Redis
8 18 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.60%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
9 11 (0.98%) QlikView
10 10 (0.89%) Big Data
11 7 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.62%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.53%) Metabase
12 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (2.40%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.87%) Git
3 9 (0.80%) JIRA
3 9 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.62%) Selenium
5 6 (0.53%) Maven
6 5 (0.44%) FitNesse
6 5 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.44%) Postman
6 5 (0.44%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.44%) WebDriver
7 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.36%) GitLab
7 4 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.18%) JUnit
9 2 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 275 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 219 (19.47%) Finance
3 114 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (9.87%) Telecoms
5 100 (8.89%) Retail
6 52 (4.62%) Legal
7 47 (4.18%) Law
8 33 (2.93%) Manufacturing
8 33 (2.93%) Public Sector
9 32 (2.84%) Electronics
9 32 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (2.58%) Marketing
11 26 (2.31%) Billing
12 21 (1.87%) Banking
12 21 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.42%) Local Government
14 15 (1.33%) Automotive
15 14 (1.24%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.24%) Games
16 13 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (18.67%) Developer
2 153 (13.60%) .NET Developer
3 147 (13.07%) Analyst
4 145 (12.89%) Senior
5 93 (8.27%) Internet Developer
6 86 (7.64%) IT Support
7 77 (6.84%) Consultant
8 76 (6.76%) Network Engineer
9 66 (5.87%) Support Engineer
10 65 (5.78%) C# .NET Developer
10 65 (5.78%) C# Developer
11 54 (4.80%) NetApp Consultant
12 53 (4.71%) IT Engineer
13 45 (4.00%) Lead
14 43 (3.82%) Architect
15 41 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 37 (3.29%) 2nd Line Support
16 37 (3.29%) IT Analyst
16 37 (3.29%) Software Engineer
17 36 (3.20%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (16.09%) .NET
2 122 (10.84%) HTML
3 111 (9.87%) ASP.NET
4 105 (9.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 101 (8.98%) .NET Core
6 99 (8.80%) AngularJS
7 94 (8.36%) ASP.NET Web API
8 89 (7.91%) HTML5
9 82 (7.29%) Entity Framework
10 80 (7.11%) CSS
11 67 (5.96%) YAML
12 60 (5.33%) CSS3
13 56 (4.98%) RabbitMQ
14 55 (4.89%) Blazor
14 55 (4.89%) REST
14 55 (4.89%) RESTful
15 48 (4.27%) .NET Framework
16 37 (3.29%) React
17 34 (3.02%) LINQ
18 32 (2.84%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 129 (11.47%) Data Centre
2 79 (7.02%) IoT
3 70 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
5 56 (4.98%) Management Information System
6 54 (4.80%) Driving Licence
7 38 (3.38%) Cyberattack
8 23 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.96%) Clustering
9 22 (1.96%) NHS
10 20 (1.78%) Social Media
11 19 (1.69%) Smartphone
12 18 (1.60%) Client/Server
13 17 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
16 13 (1.16%) Onboarding
17 12 (1.07%) PKI
17 12 (1.07%) Replication
18 9 (0.80%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 296 (26.31%) Windows
2 207 (18.40%) Linux
3 84 (7.47%) Windows Server
4 54 (4.80%) Data ONTAP
5 51 (4.53%) Windows 10
6 45 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 45 (4.00%) Ubuntu
7 40 (3.56%) VMS
8 39 (3.47%) Android
9 25 (2.22%) Unix
10 24 (2.13%) Mac OS
11 20 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 19 (1.69%) VyOS
13 17 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
14 11 (0.98%) Debian
15 9 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 9 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
16 7 (0.62%) Kali Linux
17 6 (0.53%) Mac OS X
17 6 (0.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (22.04%) Agile
2 230 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 173 (15.38%) Full Stack Development
4 111 (9.87%) MVC
5 104 (9.24%) Project Management
6 95 (8.44%) Actionable Insight
6 95 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
7 89 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 87 (7.73%) Infrastructure Management
9 84 (7.47%) Microservices
10 73 (6.49%) ITIL
11 71 (6.31%) TDD
12 68 (6.04%) Software Engineering
13 63 (5.60%) Computer Science
14 59 (5.24%) BDD
14 59 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (5.24%) Release Management
15 57 (5.07%) Project Planning
15 57 (5.07%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (16.27%) JavaScript
2 180 (16.00%) C#
3 128 (11.38%) SQL
4 121 (10.76%) Python
5 71 (6.31%) PowerShell
6 35 (3.11%) C
7 30 (2.67%) Bash
8 27 (2.40%) Java
8 27 (2.40%) PHP
9 23 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.87%) Go
11 19 (1.69%) C++
12 18 (1.60%) Embedded C
13 12 (1.07%) Perl
14 10 (0.89%) ActionScript
14 10 (0.89%) VB
15 8 (0.71%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.62%) XAML
16 7 (0.62%) XPath
Qualifications
1 205 (18.22%) Degree
2 79 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (5.33%) Security Cleared
4 54 (4.80%) CCNA
5 50 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (3.29%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.93%) CCNP
8 27 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (2.31%) JNCIA
10 24 (2.13%) HND
11 23 (2.04%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.87%) CISSP
13 20 (1.78%) A+ Certification
13 20 (1.78%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.60%) ACCA
14 18 (1.60%) CIMA
14 18 (1.60%) HNC
15 17 (1.51%) MCSE
15 17 (1.51%) SC Cleared
16 16 (1.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.16%) SLA
2 25 (2.22%) QA
3 22 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.60%) GDPR
5 17 (1.51%) NIST
6 12 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.36%) NCSC
8 4 (0.36%) PMO
9 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 182 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 147 (13.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (7.38%) Docker
4 37 (3.29%) vSphere
5 36 (3.20%) Hyper-V
6 27 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.16%) Firmware
9 10 (0.89%) OpenSSH
9 10 (0.89%) XenApp
10 7 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
11 4 (0.36%) KVM
11 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.36%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.18%) NFS
12 2 (0.18%) QEMU
12 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
12 2 (0.18%) Varnish
12 2 (0.18%) Xen
13 1 (0.089%) Squid
Systems Management
1 119 (10.58%) Ansible
2 86 (7.64%) Kubernetes
3 75 (6.67%) vCenter Server
4 68 (6.04%) Terraform
5 57 (5.07%) Prometheus
6 33 (2.93%) CASB
7 27 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 23 (2.04%) FortiGate
9 18 (1.60%) Grafana
10 14 (1.24%) Puppet
11 13 (1.16%) SCCM
12 10 (0.89%) Graphite
12 10 (0.89%) HAProxy
12 10 (0.89%) IBM BigFix
12 10 (0.89%) Nagios
12 10 (0.89%) PowerCLI
13 8 (0.71%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.53%) SmoothWall
15 5 (0.44%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 353 (31.38%) Microsoft
2 158 (14.04%) VMware
3 90 (8.00%) Cisco
4 77 (6.84%) Palo Alto
5 70 (6.22%) Juniper
6 66 (5.87%) Red Hat
7 61 (5.42%) NetApp
8 56 (4.98%) Fortinet
9 54 (4.80%) SolidFire
10 47 (4.18%) Virgin Media
11 37 (3.29%) Google
12 28 (2.49%) Nokia
13 27 (2.40%) HP
14 26 (2.31%) Openreach
15 25 (2.22%) Ruckus Wireless
16 24 (2.13%) CheckPoint
16 24 (2.13%) Veeam
17 23 (2.04%) Sandvine
18 22 (1.96%) Apple
19 21 (1.87%) Citrix