Internet Job Trends in the South East

Internet
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 92 208 232
Rank change year-on-year +116 +24 +6
Permanent jobs citing Internet 260 64 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.79% 0.82% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 5.26% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 71 58 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £22,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £45,625 £25,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -17.53% +6.89%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £70,750
England median annual salary £31,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.88% -15.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,352 1,216 2,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.32% 15.50% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 892 741 1,892
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the South East

Internet
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Internet in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the South East 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
Surrey +59 110 £56,250 -14.77% 5
Kent -1 46 £55,000 +29.41% 5
East Sussex +23 40 £47,500 - 2
Thames Valley +11 32 £50,000 +25.00% 19
Hampshire -25 18 £48,000 +6.67% 9
Buckinghamshire - 14 £62,000 - 7
Berkshire +5 13 £62,500 +165.96% 7
Middlesex +51 9 - - 2
Oxfordshire -19 5 £39,500 -1.25% 5
West Sussex -15 3 £75,000 +66.67% 3
Isle of Wight - 2 - -
Internet
England

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (1.92%) WordPress
2 2 (0.77%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 178 (68.46%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (7.31%) Azure
3 10 (3.85%) AWS
4 8 (3.08%) GitHub
5 4 (1.54%) Azure AI
6 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.77%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.00%) WAN
2 12 (4.62%) Firewall
3 11 (4.23%) LAN
4 8 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.31%) VPN
6 4 (1.54%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (1.54%) FTP
6 4 (1.54%) HTTP
6 4 (1.54%) SMTP
6 4 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.54%) VLAN
7 3 (1.15%) BGP
7 3 (1.15%) IPsec
7 3 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.15%) SSL
7 3 (1.15%) VoIP
8 2 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.77%) Network Security
8 2 (0.77%) Wireless
9 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.69%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Git
General
1 211 (81.15%) Social Skills
2 179 (68.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 178 (68.46%) Banking
4 6 (2.31%) Multimedia
5 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.15%) Finance
7 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.38%) Games
8 1 (0.38%) Legal
8 1 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 149 (57.31%) Lecturer
2 46 (17.69%) Developer
3 35 (13.46%) Web Developer
4 9 (3.46%) .NET Developer
4 9 (3.46%) Analyst
5 8 (3.08%) Support Engineer
6 7 (2.69%) Senior
7 6 (2.31%) Trainee
8 5 (1.92%) Administrator
8 5 (1.92%) IT Engineer
8 5 (1.92%) IT Support
8 5 (1.92%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (1.92%) Trainee Administrator
8 5 (1.92%) Web Administrator
9 4 (1.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) Security Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) Senior Security Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) SIEM Analyst
9 4 (1.54%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.54%) .NET
2 28 (10.77%) CSS
2 28 (10.77%) HTML
3 20 (7.69%) jQuery
4 8 (3.08%) ASP.NET
4 8 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 6 (2.31%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.31%) React
6 4 (1.54%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (1.54%) Blazor
6 4 (1.54%) LDAP
6 4 (1.54%) ML.NET
6 4 (1.54%) RESTful
7 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.77%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.77%) LINQ
7 2 (0.77%) Node.js
7 2 (0.77%) REST
7 2 (0.77%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 180 (69.23%) IoT
2 7 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.77%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.77%) MISP
5 2 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.38%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.15%) AIX
2 2 (0.77%) Windows
2 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (83.85%) Web Development
2 192 (73.85%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (70.38%) AI
3 183 (70.38%) Machine Learning
4 178 (68.46%) User Experience
5 20 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 20 (7.69%) SEO
6 13 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (3.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 9 (3.46%) Incident Management
8 9 (3.46%) SIEM
9 7 (2.69%) Security Operations
10 6 (2.31%) Business Continuity
11 5 (1.92%) Business Development
11 5 (1.92%) Client Onboarding
11 5 (1.92%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (1.92%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (1.92%) Security Management
11 5 (1.92%) Vulnerability Management
12 4 (1.54%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.92%) SQL
2 30 (11.54%) JavaScript
3 20 (7.69%) PHP
4 10 (3.85%) C#
5 8 (3.08%) Python
6 6 (2.31%) R
7 5 (1.92%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.77%) Bash
8 2 (0.77%) C++
8 2 (0.77%) Java
8 2 (0.77%) Perl
8 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 202 (77.69%) Degree
2 178 (68.46%) Master's Degree
2 178 (68.46%) PhD
2 178 (68.46%) Postgraduate
3 20 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.31%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (2.31%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.54%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.15%) CCNA
7 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.77%) CCNP
8 2 (0.77%) CEH
8 2 (0.77%) CISSP
8 2 (0.77%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.15%) SLA
3 2 (0.77%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.54%) QRadar
2 3 (1.15%) Netcool
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (8.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.92%) Aruba
2 5 (1.92%) Cisco
2 5 (1.92%) Palo Alto
2 5 (1.92%) ServiceNow
3 4 (1.54%) Qualys
3 4 (1.54%) Splunk
4 3 (1.15%) Oracle
4 3 (1.15%) Snow
4 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds
5 2 (0.77%) ArcSight
5 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe
6 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.38%) Google
6 1 (0.38%) VMware