Internet Job Trends in Berkshire

Internet
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 117 117
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 +30
Permanent jobs citing Internet 29 3 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.48% 0.18% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.29% 2.05% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 19
10th Percentile £27,750 - £45,775
25th Percentile £29,000 - £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile £91,000 - £68,750
South East median annual salary £31,000 £43,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -29.14% -16.67% +14.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Internet 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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 178 146 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.09% 8.94% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 99 76 260
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,125 £64,063 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Internet relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Internet job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Internet
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in Berkshire

Internet
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Reading +30 6 £80,000 - 7
Slough - 4 £31,000 - 17
Thatcham - 1 £23,500 -
Maidenhead - 1 £90,000 -
Internet
South East

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) 5G
1 3 (10.34%) LAN
1 3 (10.34%) WAN
1 3 (10.34%) Wireless
2 2 (6.90%) 802.11
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) VoIP
2 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.90%) WLAN
3 1 (3.45%) 4G
3 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
General
1 17 (58.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 15 (51.72%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.90%) Games
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Lecturer
2 8 (27.59%) Senior
3 7 (24.14%) Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Java Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Java Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Trainee
6 2 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Trainee Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Trainee Software Developer
7 1 (3.45%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) IT Support
7 1 (3.45%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (3.45%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Tester
7 1 (3.45%) Trainee IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) React
1 5 (17.24%) REST
1 5 (17.24%) Spring Boot
2 2 (6.90%) 802.1X
2 2 (6.90%) CSS
2 2 (6.90%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (79.31%) IoT
2 2 (6.90%) BYOD
2 2 (6.90%) CCTV
2 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) FPGA
3 1 (3.45%) PCIe
3 1 (3.45%) Smart City
3 1 (3.45%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (58.62%) AI
2 17 (58.62%) Machine Learning
3 15 (51.72%) User Experience
3 15 (51.72%) Web Development
4 5 (17.24%) Microservices
5 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.90%) Economics
5 2 (6.90%) Logistics
5 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.90%) Network Design
5 2 (6.90%) Presales
5 2 (6.90%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (3.45%) ITIL
6 1 (3.45%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (3.45%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) Java
2 3 (10.34%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.45%) Perl
4 1 (3.45%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) Degree
1 15 (51.72%) Master's Degree
1 15 (51.72%) PhD
1 15 (51.72%) Postgraduate
2 2 (6.90%) AWS Certification
2 2 (6.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Ruckus Wireless