Internet Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Internet
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 97 142 153
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 +28
Permanent jobs citing Internet 75 39 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.86% 1.15% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.01% 8.32% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9 27 33
10th Percentile £27,750 £37,000 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £40,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -14.89% +16.05%
75th Percentile £90,000 £47,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £48,750 £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
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 357 469 483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.85% 13.86% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 191 217 419
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,533 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £77,500
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 the Thames Valley

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Internet
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Internet in the Thames Valley

Internet
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +22 37 - - 7
Berkshire +19 29 £80,000 - 24
Oxfordshire +15 9 - - 6
Internet
South East

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (77.33%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.67%) AWS
2 2 (2.67%) Azure
2 2 (2.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) 5G
1 3 (4.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (4.00%) LAN
1 3 (4.00%) WAN
1 3 (4.00%) Wireless
2 2 (2.67%) 802.11
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
2 2 (2.67%) VoIP
2 2 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.67%) WLAN
3 1 (1.33%) 4G
3 1 (1.33%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Git
General
1 60 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 60 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 58 (77.33%) Banking
3 6 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.67%) Games
4 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.67%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (64.00%) Lecturer
2 8 (10.67%) Senior
3 7 (9.33%) Developer
4 5 (6.67%) Java Developer
4 5 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 5 (6.67%) Senior Java Developer
5 3 (4.00%) Field Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Trainee
6 2 (2.67%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Software Developer
6 2 (2.67%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Trainee Developer
6 2 (2.67%) Trainee Software Developer
7 1 (1.33%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) IT Support
7 1 (1.33%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (1.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (1.33%) Tester
7 1 (1.33%) Trainee IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.67%) React
1 5 (6.67%) REST
1 5 (6.67%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.67%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.67%) CSS
2 2 (2.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (88.00%) IoT
2 3 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (4.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.67%) BYOD
3 2 (2.67%) CCTV
3 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.33%) FPGA
4 1 (1.33%) PCIe
4 1 (1.33%) Smart City
4 1 (1.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (81.33%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (80.00%) AI
2 60 (80.00%) Machine Learning
3 58 (77.33%) User Experience
3 58 (77.33%) Web Development
4 5 (6.67%) Microservices
5 2 (2.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (2.67%) Economics
5 2 (2.67%) Logistics
5 2 (2.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (2.67%) Network Design
5 2 (2.67%) Presales
5 2 (2.67%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (1.33%) ITIL
6 1 (1.33%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (1.33%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) Java
2 3 (4.00%) Python
3 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.33%) Perl
4 1 (1.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 58 (77.33%) Degree
1 58 (77.33%) Master's Degree
1 58 (77.33%) PhD
1 58 (77.33%) Postgraduate
2 2 (2.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (2.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.67%) Ruckus Wireless