Internet Job Trends in the Midlands

Internet
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 179 210
Rank change year-on-year +133 +31 +33
Permanent jobs citing Internet 388 43 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.10% 0.85% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.95% 5.00% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 81 12 94
10th Percentile £27,500 - £23,300
25th Percentile £27,694 £53,688 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +71.43% -26.32%
75th Percentile £33,250 £75,813 £50,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £90,925 £62,500
England median annual salary £31,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.88% -15.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 925 860 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.38% 16.93% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 498 473 1,267
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -5.20%
75th Percentile £58,400 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Internet
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in the Midlands

Internet
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
West Midlands +114 315 £28,000 -55.20% 15
East Midlands +28 77 £28,000 -53.33% 19
Internet
England

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 284 (73.20%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (6.19%) Azure
3 19 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.64%) AWS
4 18 (4.64%) GitHub
5 10 (2.58%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.06%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.28%) Broadband
2 33 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.61%) Firewall
4 11 (2.84%) Network Security
5 8 (2.06%) SAN
6 6 (1.55%) DNS
7 5 (1.29%) VPN
8 3 (0.77%) DHCP
8 3 (0.77%) VLAN
8 3 (0.77%) VoIP
9 2 (0.52%) SSL
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (4.64%) Git
General
1 292 (75.26%) Social Skills
2 284 (73.20%) Banking
2 284 (73.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (4.64%) Multimedia
4 8 (2.06%) Finance
5 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.26%) Legal
7 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 245 (63.14%) Lecturer
2 31 (7.99%) Sales Executive
3 23 (5.93%) Field Sales Executive
4 18 (4.64%) Trainee
5 17 (4.38%) Instructor
6 14 (3.61%) Administrator
7 12 (3.09%) Developer
8 9 (2.32%) IT Support
9 8 (2.06%) IT Engineer
10 7 (1.80%) Software Developer
10 7 (1.80%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (1.80%) Trainee Developer
10 7 (1.80%) Trainee Software Developer
11 6 (1.55%) Trainee Administrator
11 6 (1.55%) Web Administrator
12 5 (1.29%) .NET Developer
12 5 (1.29%) Installations Engineer
12 5 (1.29%) IT Administrator
12 5 (1.29%) IT Systems Administrator
13 4 (1.03%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.64%) CSS
1 18 (4.64%) HTML
2 5 (1.29%) .NET
2 5 (1.29%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.29%) ASP.NET
2 5 (1.29%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (1.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.03%) Entity Framework
3 4 (1.03%) LINQ
3 4 (1.03%) RESTful
3 4 (1.03%) Vue
4 1 (0.26%) Blazor
4 1 (0.26%) Node.js
4 1 (0.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 284 (73.20%) IoT
2 17 (4.38%) Social Media
3 10 (2.58%) Driving Licence
4 8 (2.06%) Clustering
5 4 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.77%) iPad
6 3 (0.77%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.77%) PMI
6 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.52%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.52%) PKI
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.44%) Windows
2 6 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.77%) Linux
3 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (76.80%) Cybersecurity
2 290 (74.74%) Web Development
3 284 (73.20%) AI
3 284 (73.20%) Machine Learning
3 284 (73.20%) User Experience
4 32 (8.25%) Customer Service
5 19 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (3.09%) Mentoring
7 11 (2.84%) Server Management
8 8 (2.06%) Mobile Device Management
8 8 (2.06%) Patch Management
8 8 (2.06%) Storage Management
9 5 (1.29%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (1.29%) Mathematics
9 5 (1.29%) Migration
10 4 (1.03%) Multithreading
11 3 (0.77%) CRM
11 3 (0.77%) Preventative Maintenance
12 2 (0.52%) Cloud Security
12 2 (0.52%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.90%) JavaScript
2 18 (4.64%) Python
3 13 (3.35%) SQL
4 11 (2.84%) R
5 5 (1.29%) C#
6 4 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 289 (74.48%) Degree
2 284 (73.20%) Master's Degree
2 284 (73.20%) PhD
2 284 (73.20%) Postgraduate
3 26 (6.70%) DBS Check
4 21 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (4.64%) AWS Certification
5 18 (4.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 18 (4.64%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.77%) GDPR
1 3 (0.77%) SLA
2 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.61%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.77%) WSUS
2 2 (0.52%) CASB
2 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.06%) SonicWALL
2 8 (2.06%) Veeam
3 6 (1.55%) Apple
4 3 (0.77%) ESET
4 3 (0.77%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (0.77%) VMware
5 2 (0.52%) Netskope
6 1 (0.26%) Cisco
6 1 (0.26%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.26%) Meraki
6 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.26%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Zscaler