Internet Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 231 253
Rank change year-on-year +215 +22 +50
Permanent jobs citing Internet 4,115 308 756
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 6.50% 1.16% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 51.49% 7.79% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 345 166 616
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,450
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.16% -0.11%
75th Percentile £33,750 £66,050 £64,063
90th Percentile £48,750 £86,500 £70,000
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,992 3,952 9,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.63% 14.86% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,914 2,613 7,137
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £44,360 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.28% +5.26% -6.86%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Internet
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 +201 1,851 £30,500 -42.45% 308
North West +160 1,542 £30,500 -45.78% 241
Midlands +102 1,128 £30,500 -43.19% 75
West Midlands +82 969 £30,500 -43.19% 22
South East +157 627 £47,500 +18.75% 201
East of England +109 384 £32,500 -47.58% 119
Yorkshire +85 287 £30,500 -18.67% 57
East Midlands +41 171 £31,500 -41.67% 53
South West -11 61 £30,500 -32.22% 48
Wales +4 40 £30,500 -23.75% 9
Scotland -29 26 £30,500 -56.43% 6
North East -18 22 £30,500 -8.13% 14
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £44,250 - 6
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 58 (1.41%) WordPress
2 13 (0.32%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.097%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.097%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.049%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.024%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3,649 (88.68%) Cloud Computing
2 238 (5.78%) AWS
2 238 (5.78%) Azure
3 214 (5.20%) GitHub
4 27 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (0.32%) Entra ID
6 6 (0.15%) Mimecast
7 3 (0.073%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.049%) GCP
8 2 (0.049%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.024%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.024%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.024%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.024%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.024%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.024%) Serverless
9 1 (0.024%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 99 (2.41%) Broadband
2 24 (0.58%) Firewall
3 16 (0.39%) Network Security
4 15 (0.36%) DNS
5 14 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.27%) VPN
7 10 (0.24%) DHCP
7 10 (0.24%) VoIP
7 10 (0.24%) WAN
8 9 (0.22%) Wireless
9 8 (0.19%) LAN
10 5 (0.12%) SAN
10 5 (0.12%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.097%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.097%) VLAN
12 3 (0.073%) ADSL
12 3 (0.073%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.073%) FTP
12 3 (0.073%) SSL
12 3 (0.073%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.36%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.22%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.049%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.049%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.049%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 221 (5.37%) Git
2 1 (0.024%) Jenkins
General
1 3,693 (89.74%) Social Skills
2 3,656 (88.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3,649 (88.68%) Banking
4 226 (5.49%) Multimedia
5 40 (0.97%) Finance
6 21 (0.51%) Telecoms
7 8 (0.19%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (0.17%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.15%) Marketing
10 5 (0.12%) Local Government
10 5 (0.12%) Retail
11 4 (0.097%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.073%) Law
12 3 (0.073%) Legal
13 2 (0.049%) Advertising
13 2 (0.049%) Military
13 2 (0.049%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.049%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.024%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.024%) Police
Job Titles
1 2,811 (68.31%) Lecturer
2 226 (5.49%) Trainee
3 124 (3.01%) Developer
4 93 (2.26%) Trainee Developer
5 82 (1.99%) Software Developer
6 81 (1.97%) Trainee Software Developer
7 64 (1.56%) Administrator
8 58 (1.41%) Trainee Administrator
8 58 (1.41%) Web Administrator
9 34 (0.83%) Web Developer
10 17 (0.41%) Instructor
11 15 (0.36%) Lead
12 12 (0.29%) Sales Director
12 12 (0.29%) Trainee Web Developer
13 11 (0.27%) Sales Executive
13 11 (0.27%) Senior
14 9 (0.22%) Architect
14 9 (0.22%) IT Support
14 9 (0.22%) Technical Support
15 8 (0.19%) Installations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (5.81%) CSS
1 239 (5.81%) HTML
2 19 (0.46%) React
3 18 (0.44%) .NET
4 15 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
5 13 (0.32%) jQuery
6 12 (0.29%) Tailwind CSS
7 5 (0.12%) REST
7 5 (0.12%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.073%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.073%) Blazor
9 2 (0.049%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.049%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (0.049%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.049%) LDAP
9 2 (0.049%) Node.js
10 1 (0.024%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.024%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3,654 (88.80%) IoT
2 24 (0.58%) Social Media
3 12 (0.29%) Driving Licence
4 10 (0.24%) Onboarding
5 7 (0.17%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.15%) iPad
6 6 (0.15%) PMI
7 5 (0.12%) Clustering
7 5 (0.12%) Cyberattack
7 5 (0.12%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.097%) PKI
8 4 (0.097%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.097%) Social Network
8 4 (0.097%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.073%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.073%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.073%) Cybercrime
9 3 (0.073%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.049%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.049%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 38 (0.92%) Windows
2 14 (0.34%) Linux
3 13 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.024%) AIX
4 1 (0.024%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.024%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,839 (93.29%) Cybersecurity
2 3,741 (90.91%) Web Development
3 3,654 (88.80%) User Experience
4 3,650 (88.70%) AI
4 3,650 (88.70%) Machine Learning
5 178 (4.33%) Mentoring
6 35 (0.85%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (0.51%) Customer Service
8 17 (0.41%) Computer Science
9 15 (0.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (0.34%) CRM
11 13 (0.32%) SEO
12 12 (0.29%) Server Management
13 10 (0.24%) Project Management
14 8 (0.19%) Decision-Making
14 8 (0.19%) ITIL
15 7 (0.17%) Cost Control
15 7 (0.17%) Infrastructure as Code
15 7 (0.17%) Process Improvement
15 7 (0.17%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 241 (5.86%) JavaScript
2 238 (5.78%) Python
3 133 (3.23%) R
4 22 (0.53%) SQL
5 13 (0.32%) PHP
6 7 (0.17%) C
6 7 (0.17%) Go
6 7 (0.17%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.15%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.12%) Java
9 4 (0.097%) C#
Qualifications
1 3,683 (89.50%) Degree
2 3,650 (88.70%) Master's Degree
3 3,649 (88.68%) PhD
3 3,649 (88.68%) Postgraduate
4 232 (5.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 226 (5.49%) AWS Certification
5 226 (5.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 226 (5.49%) Azure Certification
6 24 (0.58%) DBS Check
7 13 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.15%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.15%) Security Cleared
9 5 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.097%) ACCA
10 4 (0.097%) CCNP
10 4 (0.097%) CIMA
10 4 (0.097%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.073%) CISSP
12 2 (0.049%) CCSP
12 2 (0.049%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (0.39%) Accessibility
2 6 (0.15%) GDPR
3 2 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.049%) NIST
3 2 (0.049%) SLA
4 1 (0.024%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.024%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.024%) Docker
4 1 (0.024%) KVM
4 1 (0.024%) QEMU
4 1 (0.024%) Xen
Systems Management
1 13 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.22%) Ansible
3 7 (0.17%) Terraform
4 6 (0.15%) WSUS
5 4 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.073%) QRadar
7 2 (0.049%) CASB
7 2 (0.049%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.024%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.024%) Netcool
8 1 (0.024%) Puppet
Vendors
1 255 (6.20%) Microsoft
2 19 (0.46%) Salesforce
3 7 (0.17%) Apple
3 7 (0.17%) VMware
4 6 (0.15%) Cisco
5 5 (0.12%) SonicWALL
5 5 (0.12%) Veeam
6 4 (0.097%) Google
6 4 (0.097%) Splunk
7 3 (0.073%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.049%) ArcSight
8 2 (0.049%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.049%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.049%) Meraki
8 2 (0.049%) Netskope
8 2 (0.049%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.049%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.049%) Xero
8 2 (0.049%) Yealink
8 2 (0.049%) Zscaler