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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 322 236
Rank change year-on-year +15 -86 +31
Permanent jobs citing Internet 703 411 791
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.84% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.75% 6.06% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 353 271 354
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,809 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £30,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.74% -44.04% -0.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £30,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +55.74% -43.52% +20.00%

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 8,030 6,780 8,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.74% 13.86% 11.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,885 3,958 4,192
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%

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 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 16 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 16 October 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 +10 644 £47,500 +55.74% 80
UK excluding London -40 459 £47,500 +55.74% 72
London +44 209 £55,000 - 28
North of England -14 147 £55,000 +80.33% 16
South East -4 131 £47,500 +54.47% 16
Work from Home +14 129 £55,000 +48.65% 39
Yorkshire +7 102 £63,114 +106.93% 10
Midlands +19 95 £31,500 +3.28% 10
East Midlands +2 50 £35,000 +41.41% 3
West Midlands -17 45 £28,000 -8.20% 7
East of England -48 32 £30,000 -47.83% 6
North West -22 30 £32,500 +6.56% 5
South West -101 27 £45,000 +16.88% 15
Scotland +9 23 £32,681 +7.15% 8
North East -75 15 £35,000 +14.75% 3
Wales -76 4 - - 1

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 15 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.14%) SAS
3 8 (1.14%) WordPress
4 5 (0.71%) Apache Pig
4 5 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.43%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.71%) LaTeX
5 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.43%) InDesign
6 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.14%) CATIA
8 1 (0.14%) Mathcad
8 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Exchequer
3 2 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 137 (19.49%) AWS
2 134 (19.06%) Azure
3 108 (15.36%) Cloud Computing
4 60 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (5.26%) GCP
6 33 (4.69%) Azure AI
7 30 (4.27%) GitHub
8 27 (3.84%) SaaS
9 22 (3.13%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 22 (3.13%) Serverless
10 13 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 10 (1.42%) Google Ads
12 8 (1.14%) Google Analytics
12 8 (1.14%) Google Docs
13 7 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.85%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (0.85%) Amazon Kinesis
14 6 (0.85%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (13.51%) Broadband
2 79 (11.24%) Firewall
3 72 (10.24%) Wi-Fi
4 57 (8.11%) WAN
5 50 (7.11%) LAN
6 41 (5.83%) VPN
7 35 (4.98%) DNS
8 30 (4.27%) TCP/IP
9 24 (3.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 24 (3.41%) VoIP
10 23 (3.27%) Network Security
11 21 (2.99%) VLAN
12 16 (2.28%) HTTP
13 15 (2.13%) BGP
13 15 (2.13%) SD-WAN
13 15 (2.13%) Wireless
14 14 (1.99%) DHCP
15 13 (1.85%) 5G
16 12 (1.71%) SSL
17 9 (1.28%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 53 (7.54%) MongoDB
3 26 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
4 19 (2.70%) SAP HANA
5 13 (1.85%) Big Data
6 12 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.71%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.85%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.71%) Apache Hive
8 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.57%) MySQL
10 3 (0.43%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.43%) SQLite
11 2 (0.28%) Looker
12 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.14%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (6.40%) Git
2 6 (0.85%) JIRA
3 3 (0.43%) Maven
4 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 191 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 117 (16.64%) Finance
3 100 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (13.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (9.25%) Law
5 65 (9.25%) Marketing
6 40 (5.69%) Telecoms
7 28 (3.98%) Military
8 22 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.99%) Public Speaking
10 20 (2.84%) Banking
11 18 (2.56%) Advertising
12 17 (2.42%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.28%) Retail
14 11 (1.56%) Legal
15 9 (1.28%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.14%) Police
16 8 (1.14%) Publishing
17 7 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (14.37%) Developer
2 95 (13.51%) Senior
3 64 (9.10%) .NET Developer
4 56 (7.97%) Trainee
5 53 (7.54%) Architect
6 52 (7.40%) Sales Executive
7 50 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (5.55%) Field Sales Executive
9 37 (5.26%) Analyst
10 36 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
11 33 (4.69%) IT Support
12 32 (4.55%) Lead
12 32 (4.55%) Web Developer
13 31 (4.41%) Network Engineer
14 30 (4.27%) Senior Architect
14 30 (4.27%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 22 (3.13%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.99%) Account Manager
17 19 (2.70%) Support Engineer
18 18 (2.56%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (13.51%) .NET
2 61 (8.68%) ASP.NET
3 60 (8.53%) ASP.NET Core
4 55 (7.82%) CSS
4 55 (7.82%) HTML
5 49 (6.97%) .NET Core
6 33 (4.69%) ML.NET
6 33 (4.69%) RESTful
7 28 (3.98%) ASP.NET Web API
8 25 (3.56%) jQuery
9 24 (3.41%) React
10 22 (3.13%) AngularJS
10 22 (3.13%) Vue
11 20 (2.84%) Entity Framework
11 20 (2.84%) LINQ
12 18 (2.56%) Blazor
13 14 (1.99%) Node.js
14 11 (1.56%) Kafka
15 7 (1.00%) LDAP
15 7 (1.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.80%) Onboarding
2 72 (10.24%) Self-Motivation
3 53 (7.54%) IoT
4 37 (5.26%) Blog
4 37 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
5 34 (4.84%) Social Media
6 31 (4.41%) Driving Licence
6 31 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 22 (3.13%) Cloud Native
9 21 (2.99%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.70%) Management Information System
11 18 (2.56%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 10 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.14%) Digital Media
14 7 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.00%) Fat Client
14 7 (1.00%) Thin Client
15 6 (0.85%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.11%) Windows
2 54 (7.68%) Linux
3 27 (3.84%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.28%) macOS
5 9 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.71%) Android
7 3 (0.43%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (21.05%) AI
2 123 (17.50%) Mentoring
3 115 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
4 96 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (10.67%) Computer Science
6 74 (10.53%) Incident Management
7 72 (10.24%) Customer Service
8 71 (10.10%) Analytics
9 69 (9.82%) DevOps
9 69 (9.82%) Mathematics
10 68 (9.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 64 (9.10%) Machine Learning
12 60 (8.53%) CI/CD
13 59 (8.39%) Cloud Security
14 56 (7.97%) Customer Experience
15 54 (7.68%) Decision-Making
15 54 (7.68%) Systems Engineering
16 52 (7.40%) Disaster Recovery
16 52 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 52 (7.40%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 109 (15.50%) SQL
2 66 (9.39%) C#
3 56 (7.97%) JavaScript
4 36 (5.12%) Shell Script
5 31 (4.41%) PHP
6 30 (4.27%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.98%) Python
8 15 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.57%) Bash
9 4 (0.57%) Java
9 4 (0.57%) Ruby
10 3 (0.43%) Go
10 3 (0.43%) Perl
10 3 (0.43%) R
10 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.28%) C++
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 122 (17.35%) Degree
2 59 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (5.55%) DBS Check
4 30 (4.27%) Security Cleared
5 25 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (3.27%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.13%) PhD
8 21 (2.99%) SC Cleared
9 19 (2.70%) CCNA
9 19 (2.70%) Master's Degree
10 15 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.99%) CCNP
12 12 (1.71%) ACCA
12 12 (1.71%) CIMA
12 12 (1.71%) Postgraduate
13 11 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.42%) CREST Certified
15 9 (1.28%) DV Cleared
16 7 (1.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.70%) QA
3 17 (2.42%) SLA
4 11 (1.56%) GDPR
4 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.00%) NIST
6 4 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.43%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 60 (8.53%) Docker
2 31 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.56%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.57%) Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (0.28%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.85%) QRadar
4 3 (0.43%) Netcool
4 3 (0.43%) VxRail
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) Grafana
5 2 (0.28%) Nessus
5 2 (0.28%) Nmap
5 2 (0.28%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 209 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.10%) Google
3 46 (6.54%) Cisco
4 31 (4.41%) Palo Alto
5 28 (3.98%) Aruba
6 26 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 23 (3.27%) Qualys
8 22 (3.13%) SAP
9 18 (2.56%) VMware
10 15 (2.13%) Apple
11 11 (1.56%) Splunk
12 9 (1.28%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.28%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.14%) Samsung
13 8 (1.14%) TikTok
14 7 (1.00%) BT
14 7 (1.00%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.85%) Facebook
15 6 (0.85%) Meraki
16 5 (0.71%) Veeam