Internet Job Trends in England

Internet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 291 240
Rank change year-on-year +265 -51 +67
Permanent jobs citing Internet 4,549 366 985
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.95% 0.99% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.37% 7.36% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 403 192 808
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% -11.27% -7.27%
75th Percentile £35,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £30,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.79% -5.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,604 4,970 11,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.56% 13.38% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,691 3,393 8,685
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,073 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -6.86%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Internet job vacancy trend in England

Internet
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in England over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in England

Internet
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the England region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
North of England +200 1,848 £30,500 -42.45% 263
North West +163 1,542 £30,500 -45.78% 194
Midlands +93 1,127 £30,500 -43.19% 78
West Midlands +81 969 £30,500 -43.19% 26
South East +155 625 £47,500 +18.75% 203
London +226 492 £30,500 -41.90% 374
East of England +109 384 £32,500 -47.58% 121
Yorkshire +83 284 £30,500 -18.67% 59
East Midlands +44 170 £31,500 -41.67% 52
South West -7 61 £30,500 -32.22% 49
North East -17 22 £30,500 -8.13% 15
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 65 (1.43%) WordPress
2 17 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.066%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
2 13 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.066%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.022%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.022%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3,999 (87.91%) Cloud Computing
2 260 (5.72%) Azure
3 257 (5.65%) AWS
4 230 (5.06%) GitHub
5 50 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (0.44%) Entra ID
7 9 (0.20%) Google Workspace
8 8 (0.18%) GCP
9 7 (0.15%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.088%) Dropbox
10 4 (0.088%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.066%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.044%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.044%) SaaS
13 1 (0.022%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.022%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.022%) IaaS
13 1 (0.022%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.022%) PaaS
13 1 (0.022%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 101 (2.22%) Broadband
2 30 (0.66%) Firewall
3 24 (0.53%) DNS
4 20 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (0.42%) Network Security
6 16 (0.35%) VPN
7 15 (0.33%) DHCP
8 14 (0.31%) VoIP
9 11 (0.24%) Wireless
10 10 (0.22%) LAN
11 8 (0.18%) WAN
12 7 (0.15%) LTE
12 7 (0.15%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.13%) VLAN
14 5 (0.11%) SAN
14 5 (0.11%) WebEx
15 4 (0.088%) ADSL
15 4 (0.088%) Cisco ISE
15 4 (0.088%) SSL
15 4 (0.088%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (0.35%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.20%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.066%) Power BI
5 2 (0.044%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.044%) Big Data
5 2 (0.044%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.044%) Informix
6 1 (0.022%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 236 (5.19%) Git
2 2 (0.044%) JIRA
3 1 (0.022%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.022%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4,075 (89.58%) Social Skills
2 4,027 (88.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3,993 (87.78%) Banking
4 236 (5.19%) Multimedia
5 53 (1.17%) Finance
6 24 (0.53%) Telecoms
7 22 (0.48%) Law
8 17 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (0.26%) Marketing
10 8 (0.18%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (0.18%) Legal
10 8 (0.18%) Local Government
10 8 (0.18%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.13%) Retail
12 5 (0.11%) Advertising
13 4 (0.088%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.066%) Police
14 3 (0.066%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.044%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.044%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 3,095 (68.04%) Lecturer
2 236 (5.19%) Trainee
3 123 (2.70%) Developer
4 91 (2.00%) Trainee Developer
5 85 (1.87%) Software Developer
6 84 (1.85%) Trainee Software Developer
7 71 (1.56%) Administrator
8 65 (1.43%) Trainee Administrator
8 65 (1.43%) Web Administrator
9 28 (0.62%) Web Developer
10 22 (0.48%) Instructor
11 18 (0.40%) Senior
12 15 (0.33%) Help Desk Officer
12 15 (0.33%) Sales Executive
13 14 (0.31%) IT Support
13 14 (0.31%) Lead
14 12 (0.26%) Architect
14 12 (0.26%) Sales Director
15 10 (0.22%) IT Engineer
15 10 (0.22%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (5.47%) CSS
1 249 (5.47%) HTML
2 18 (0.40%) .NET
3 15 (0.33%) Lightning Web Components
4 14 (0.31%) React
5 13 (0.29%) jQuery
6 7 (0.15%) HEVC
6 7 (0.15%) Tailwind CSS
7 5 (0.11%) REST
7 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.066%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.066%) Blazor
9 2 (0.044%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.044%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.044%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.044%) LDAP
9 2 (0.044%) Node.js
10 1 (0.022%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.022%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4,003 (88.00%) IoT
2 29 (0.64%) Social Media
3 20 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (0.29%) Management Information System
5 11 (0.24%) Data Centre
5 11 (0.24%) Driving Licence
5 11 (0.24%) Onboarding
6 8 (0.18%) iPad
7 7 (0.15%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (0.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (0.13%) PMI
9 5 (0.11%) Blog
9 5 (0.11%) Clustering
9 5 (0.11%) Cyberattack
9 5 (0.11%) NHS
10 4 (0.088%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.088%) PKI
10 4 (0.088%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.088%) Social Network
11 3 (0.066%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 56 (1.23%) Windows
2 20 (0.44%) Windows Server
3 19 (0.42%) Linux
4 7 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.044%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.044%) Unix
7 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,188 (92.06%) Cybersecurity
2 4,086 (89.82%) Web Development
3 4,001 (87.95%) AI
3 4,001 (87.95%) User Experience
4 3,995 (87.82%) Machine Learning
5 185 (4.07%) Mentoring
6 40 (0.88%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (0.73%) CRM
8 29 (0.64%) Customer Service
9 18 (0.40%) Computer Science
10 17 (0.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (0.31%) Customer Experience
11 14 (0.31%) SEO
12 13 (0.29%) Co-Creation
12 13 (0.29%) Decision-Making
12 13 (0.29%) Line Management
13 12 (0.26%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (0.26%) Server Management
13 12 (0.26%) Strategic Thinking
14 10 (0.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 251 (5.52%) JavaScript
2 250 (5.50%) Python
3 145 (3.19%) R
4 21 (0.46%) SQL
5 13 (0.29%) PHP
6 12 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 10 (0.22%) C
8 8 (0.18%) Java
9 7 (0.15%) Go
9 7 (0.15%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.088%) C#
11 2 (0.044%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4,036 (88.72%) Degree
2 3,994 (87.80%) Master's Degree
3 3,993 (87.78%) PhD
3 3,993 (87.78%) Postgraduate
4 241 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 237 (5.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 236 (5.19%) AWS Certification
6 236 (5.19%) Azure Certification
7 43 (0.95%) DBS Check
8 13 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.13%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.11%) CCNP
10 5 (0.11%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.088%) ACCA
11 4 (0.088%) CIMA
12 3 (0.066%) CCNA
12 3 (0.066%) CISSP
12 3 (0.066%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.044%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (0.57%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.20%) GDPR
3 2 (0.044%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.044%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.044%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.044%) NIST
3 2 (0.044%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.044%) PMO
4 1 (0.022%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.022%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.022%) QA
4 1 (0.022%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.26%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.11%) Firmware
5 2 (0.044%) Docker
5 2 (0.044%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.044%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.022%) KVM
6 1 (0.022%) QEMU
6 1 (0.022%) vSphere
6 1 (0.022%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.26%) Terraform
3 8 (0.18%) Ansible
3 8 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.13%) WSUS
5 5 (0.11%) SCCM
6 3 (0.066%) QRadar
6 3 (0.066%) VxRail
7 2 (0.044%) CASB
7 2 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.044%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.022%) Puppet
Vendors
1 287 (6.31%) Microsoft
2 21 (0.46%) Salesforce
3 13 (0.29%) Cisco
4 10 (0.22%) Google
4 10 (0.22%) VMware
5 7 (0.15%) Apple
6 6 (0.13%) Juniper
6 6 (0.13%) Palo Alto
6 6 (0.13%) Splunk
6 6 (0.13%) Veeam
7 5 (0.11%) SonicWALL
7 5 (0.11%) Yealink
8 4 (0.088%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.066%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.066%) Citrix
9 3 (0.066%) IBM
9 3 (0.066%) Meraki
9 3 (0.066%) Sophos
10 2 (0.044%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.044%) ServiceNow