Internet Job Trends

Internet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 224 244
Rank change year-on-year +199 +20 +78
Permanent jobs citing Internet 4,648 690 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.93% 1.39% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.13% 10.24% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 465 245 779
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,960
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £51,251 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £32,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £56,500 £91,161 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -39.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,862 6,735 10,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.70% 13.56% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,954 3,572 8,464
10th Percentile £25,875 £31,183 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +16.28% -4.44%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Internet job vacancy trend in the UK

Internet
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 6 months to 14 February 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
England +213 4,544 £30,500 -40.49% 309
UK excluding London +155 4,111 £30,500 -39.00% 290
North of England +160 1,836 £30,500 -32.22% 79
North West +130 1,547 £30,500 -32.22% 37
Midlands +68 1,126 £30,500 -41.19% 41
West Midlands +64 977 £30,500 -43.19% 18
South East +158 615 £31,000 -29.14% 70
London +227 492 £30,500 -44.55% 78
East of England +91 385 £30,250 -45.00% 42
Yorkshire +92 265 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East Midlands +49 161 £27,500 -31.25% 23
South West +31 77 £30,500 -40.49% 30
Work from Home -66 58 £31,500 -51.54% 61
Wales +28 40 £30,500 -23.75% 11
Scotland -5 35 £30,500 -55.99% 17
North East +8 24 £30,500 -55.99% 15
Channel Islands - 8 - -
Northern Ireland -20 1 £57,500 -17.04% 4

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (0.62%) WordPress
2 14 (0.30%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.15%) IIS
5 2 (0.043%) Confluence
6 1 (0.022%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.022%) Moodle
6 1 (0.022%) Site Server
Applications
1 29 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.022%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.022%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.043%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.022%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.022%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.022%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.022%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,054 (87.22%) Cloud Computing
2 325 (6.99%) Azure
3 296 (6.37%) AWS
4 271 (5.83%) GitHub
5 63 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (0.45%) Entra ID
7 8 (0.17%) Google Workspace
8 6 (0.13%) Serverless
9 5 (0.11%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.086%) Azure App Service
10 4 (0.086%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.086%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.065%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.043%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.043%) Dropbox
12 2 (0.043%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (0.043%) IaaS
12 2 (0.043%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.043%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.043%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (1.61%) Broadband
2 35 (0.75%) DNS
3 31 (0.67%) Firewall
4 30 (0.65%) DHCP
5 29 (0.62%) Wireless
6 27 (0.58%) VPN
7 26 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (0.54%) VoIP
9 23 (0.49%) Network Security
10 19 (0.41%) WAN
11 17 (0.37%) LAN
12 13 (0.28%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.24%) ADSL
14 10 (0.22%) Ethernet
14 10 (0.22%) WPA
15 9 (0.19%) VDSL
16 8 (0.17%) WLAN
17 7 (0.15%) VLAN
18 5 (0.11%) Unified Communications
18 5 (0.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.19%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.17%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.11%) MySQL
5 2 (0.043%) Big Data
5 2 (0.043%) Informix
5 2 (0.043%) Power BI
5 2 (0.043%) Weaviate
6 1 (0.022%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.022%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.022%) Metadata
6 1 (0.022%) MS Access
6 1 (0.022%) Power Query
6 1 (0.022%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 276 (5.94%) Git
2 3 (0.065%) JIRA
3 2 (0.043%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.043%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4,167 (89.65%) Social Skills
2 4,091 (88.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,045 (87.03%) Banking
4 278 (5.98%) Multimedia
5 60 (1.29%) Finance
6 36 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
7 30 (0.65%) Telecoms
8 17 (0.37%) Manufacturing
9 16 (0.34%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (0.28%) Marketing
11 12 (0.26%) Law
12 11 (0.24%) Legal
12 11 (0.24%) Local Government
13 10 (0.22%) Retail
14 9 (0.19%) Advertising
15 5 (0.11%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.086%) Games
16 4 (0.086%) Police
17 3 (0.065%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.065%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3,139 (67.53%) Lecturer
2 278 (5.98%) Trainee
3 154 (3.31%) Developer
4 134 (2.88%) Trainee Developer
5 130 (2.80%) Software Developer
6 125 (2.69%) Trainee Software Developer
7 36 (0.77%) Administrator
8 35 (0.75%) Senior
9 29 (0.62%) Trainee Administrator
9 29 (0.62%) Web Administrator
10 26 (0.56%) Help Desk Officer
11 20 (0.43%) Instructor
12 15 (0.32%) Analyst
12 15 (0.32%) Support Engineer
13 13 (0.28%) IT Support
13 13 (0.28%) Web Developer
14 12 (0.26%) Coordinator
14 12 (0.26%) IT Engineer
14 12 (0.26%) Support Analyst
14 12 (0.26%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (6.11%) CSS
2 283 (6.09%) HTML
3 18 (0.39%) React
4 13 (0.28%) .NET
4 13 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (0.19%) Tailwind CSS
6 6 (0.13%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.11%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.11%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.11%) Blazor
7 5 (0.11%) jQuery
7 5 (0.11%) REST
7 5 (0.11%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.043%) Faiss
8 2 (0.043%) LangChain
8 2 (0.043%) LangGraph
8 2 (0.043%) LDAP
8 2 (0.043%) Ollama
8 2 (0.043%) vLLM
9 1 (0.022%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 4,066 (87.48%) IoT
2 27 (0.58%) Social Media
3 22 (0.47%) Management Information System
4 21 (0.45%) Onboarding
5 15 (0.32%) NHS
6 14 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (0.28%) Driving Licence
8 10 (0.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (0.22%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (0.19%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.17%) iPad
11 6 (0.13%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.13%) Fibre Optics
11 6 (0.13%) PKI
11 6 (0.13%) PMI
12 5 (0.11%) CCTV
13 4 (0.086%) Blog
13 4 (0.086%) Machine to Machine
13 4 (0.086%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.065%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 63 (1.36%) Windows
2 24 (0.52%) Windows Server
3 18 (0.39%) Linux
4 11 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.065%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.043%) Unix
7 2 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.022%) Android
8 1 (0.022%) Debian
8 1 (0.022%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.022%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.022%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.022%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,310 (92.73%) Cybersecurity
2 4,086 (87.91%) Web Development
3 4,061 (87.37%) AI
4 4,049 (87.11%) User Experience
5 4,048 (87.09%) Machine Learning
6 271 (5.83%) Mentoring
7 53 (1.14%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (1.12%) CRM
9 37 (0.80%) Customer Service
10 26 (0.56%) Co-Creation
11 22 (0.47%) Project Management
12 20 (0.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (0.43%) Customer Experience
13 17 (0.37%) Decision-Making
14 16 (0.34%) Infrastructure as Code
15 13 (0.28%) Agile
16 12 (0.26%) Coaching
16 12 (0.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 12 (0.26%) Service Delivery
17 11 (0.24%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 298 (6.41%) Python
2 285 (6.13%) JavaScript
3 145 (3.12%) R
4 14 (0.30%) PowerShell
5 12 (0.26%) SQL
6 11 (0.24%) Java
7 9 (0.19%) C
8 7 (0.15%) Go
8 7 (0.15%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.13%) C#
10 4 (0.086%) C++
10 4 (0.086%) PHP
11 3 (0.065%) Perl
12 2 (0.043%) VB
13 1 (0.022%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.022%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4,073 (87.63%) Degree
2 4,046 (87.05%) Master's Degree
3 4,044 (87.01%) PhD
3 4,044 (87.01%) Postgraduate
4 283 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 279 (6.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 279 (6.00%) Azure Certification
6 278 (5.98%) AWS Certification
7 57 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 9 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.19%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.19%) Security Cleared
9 7 (0.15%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.13%) CCNP
11 5 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.086%) ACCA
12 4 (0.086%) CCNA
12 4 (0.086%) CIMA
12 4 (0.086%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.065%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (0.28%) Accessibility
2 11 (0.24%) SLA
3 8 (0.17%) GDPR
4 4 (0.086%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.065%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.065%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.043%) NCSC
6 2 (0.043%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.043%) PMO
6 2 (0.043%) QA
7 1 (0.022%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.022%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.15%) Firmware
5 3 (0.065%) Docker
6 2 (0.043%) vSphere
7 1 (0.022%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.022%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.022%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.34%) Terraform
3 9 (0.19%) Ansible
3 9 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.19%) SCCM
4 8 (0.17%) WSUS
5 3 (0.065%) VxRail
6 2 (0.043%) CASB
6 2 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.043%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.022%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.022%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.022%) QRadar
Vendors
1 360 (7.75%) Microsoft
2 21 (0.45%) Cisco
3 19 (0.41%) Salesforce
4 12 (0.26%) Google
4 12 (0.26%) VMware
5 10 (0.22%) Palo Alto
6 9 (0.19%) Juniper
7 7 (0.15%) Apple
8 5 (0.11%) IBM
8 5 (0.11%) MuleSoft
8 5 (0.11%) Panasonic
8 5 (0.11%) Samsung
8 5 (0.11%) Yealink
9 4 (0.086%) Avaya
9 4 (0.086%) HP
9 4 (0.086%) Meraki
9 4 (0.086%) Mitel
9 4 (0.086%) Veeam
9 4 (0.086%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.065%) CheckPoint