Internet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 301 238
Rank change year-on-year +45 -63 +41
Permanent jobs citing Internet 1,134 1,176 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.17% 1.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.41% 7.49% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 870 634 1,082
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,400 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,719 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +9.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £45,750 £49,028
% change year-on-year +2.73% -6.69% +8.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,486 15,697 21,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.64% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,959 11,810
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Internet.

Salary trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 17 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 May 2024. 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 +59 1,036 £51,000 -2.86% 536
UK excluding London +44 819 £47,000 +2.73% 365
Work from Home +37 507 £55,000 -12.00% 245
London +16 285 £65,000 +0.78% 204
North of England +104 248 £45,000 +9.09% 87
South East +3 177 £50,000 - 65
North West +79 134 £45,000 -14.29% 40
East of England +42 123 £55,000 +92.98% 49
Midlands +66 119 £35,000 -26.32% 80
Yorkshire +112 87 £42,500 +18.06% 39
South West -33 79 £52,500 +0.96% 54
East Midlands +24 78 £35,000 -26.32% 36
West Midlands +24 41 £35,000 -22.22% 44
Scotland -96 41 £47,000 -6.93% 25
North East -15 27 £70,000 +91.78% 11
Wales +14 21 £27,500 -35.29% 15
Northern Ireland +33 11 £37,500 -11.76% 4

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (4.94%) Apache
2 46 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (3.44%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.94%) IIS
5 16 (1.41%) CMS
6 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.62%) Confluence
7 7 (0.62%) SAS
8 6 (0.53%) EPiServer
9 5 (0.44%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.44%) Kinematics
9 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
12 1 (0.088%) Drupal
12 1 (0.088%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 95 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.71%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.18%) InDesign
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 358 (31.57%) Azure
2 175 (15.43%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (8.02%) AWS
4 65 (5.73%) Amazon S3
5 39 (3.44%) SaaS
6 32 (2.82%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (1.94%) GCP
8 22 (1.94%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.68%) PaaS
10 17 (1.50%) IaaS
11 16 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.23%) Google Workspace
12 14 (1.23%) Serverless
13 13 (1.15%) GitHub
14 8 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.71%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.53%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 255 (22.49%) Firewall
2 175 (15.43%) LAN
2 175 (15.43%) WAN
3 163 (14.37%) VPN
4 111 (9.79%) DNS
4 111 (9.79%) Wireless
5 107 (9.44%) TCP/IP
6 103 (9.08%) Wi-Fi
7 77 (6.79%) SNMP
8 74 (6.53%) Broadband
9 59 (5.20%) Network Security
10 57 (5.03%) IPsec
11 54 (4.76%) DHCP
12 52 (4.59%) MPLS
13 51 (4.50%) HTTP
14 49 (4.32%) BGP
15 46 (4.06%) OSPF
16 42 (3.70%) VoIP
17 37 (3.26%) Intranet
18 33 (2.91%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (14.55%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.23%) Elasticsearch
3 80 (7.05%) MongoDB
4 42 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.94%) MySQL
5 22 (1.94%) Power BI
6 20 (1.76%) Redis
7 18 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.15%) Big Data
9 11 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
9 11 (0.97%) QlikView
10 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.53%) Metabase
10 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.35%) Tableau
13 3 (0.26%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 28 (2.47%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.68%) Git
3 10 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.79%) JIRA
5 5 (0.44%) GitLab
5 5 (0.44%) Maven
5 5 (0.44%) Postman
5 5 (0.44%) Selenium
6 4 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.26%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 281 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 221 (19.49%) Finance
3 114 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (9.35%) Telecoms
5 101 (8.91%) Retail
6 49 (4.32%) Legal
7 46 (4.06%) Law
8 38 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (3.17%) Electronics
10 34 (3.00%) Manufacturing
10 34 (3.00%) Public Sector
11 29 (2.56%) Marketing
12 27 (2.38%) Billing
13 24 (2.12%) Banking
14 20 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.59%) Automotive
16 15 (1.32%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.32%) Local Government
17 13 (1.15%) Games
17 13 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 214 (18.87%) Developer
2 157 (13.84%) .NET Developer
3 150 (13.23%) Analyst
4 145 (12.79%) Senior
5 96 (8.47%) Internet Developer
6 89 (7.85%) IT Support
7 77 (6.79%) Network Engineer
8 76 (6.70%) Consultant
9 66 (5.82%) Support Engineer
10 65 (5.73%) C# .NET Developer
10 65 (5.73%) C# Developer
11 54 (4.76%) IT Engineer
11 54 (4.76%) NetApp Consultant
12 46 (4.06%) Lead
13 43 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 41 (3.62%) Architect
14 41 (3.62%) IT Analyst
15 38 (3.35%) Software Engineer
16 35 (3.09%) 2nd Line Support
16 35 (3.09%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (16.23%) .NET
2 122 (10.76%) HTML
3 110 (9.70%) ASP.NET
4 104 (9.17%) ASP.NET MVC
5 102 (8.99%) .NET Core
5 102 (8.99%) AngularJS
6 98 (8.64%) ASP.NET Web API
7 89 (7.85%) HTML5
8 83 (7.32%) Entity Framework
9 80 (7.05%) CSS
10 66 (5.82%) YAML
11 60 (5.29%) CSS3
12 58 (5.11%) RESTful
13 56 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
14 55 (4.85%) Blazor
15 53 (4.67%) REST
16 49 (4.32%) .NET Framework
17 37 (3.26%) React
18 32 (2.82%) LINQ
18 32 (2.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 130 (11.46%) Data Centre
2 83 (7.32%) IoT
3 69 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (5.20%) Greenfield Project
5 55 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 55 (4.85%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.35%) Cyberattack
7 23 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 22 (1.94%) Clustering
8 22 (1.94%) NHS
9 20 (1.76%) Smartphone
9 20 (1.76%) Social Media
10 18 (1.59%) Client/Server
11 17 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
12 15 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.15%) GNSS
13 13 (1.15%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.15%) Replication
14 12 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 295 (26.01%) Windows
2 206 (18.17%) Linux
3 82 (7.23%) Windows Server
4 58 (5.11%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.76%) Data ONTAP
6 46 (4.06%) Apple iOS
7 43 (3.79%) Ubuntu
8 38 (3.35%) Android
8 38 (3.35%) VMS
9 26 (2.29%) Mac OS
10 23 (2.03%) Unix
11 20 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
12 18 (1.59%) VyOS
12 18 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
13 11 (0.97%) Debian
14 9 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
15 8 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 7 (0.62%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (21.78%) Agile
2 224 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (15.52%) Customer Service
3 176 (15.52%) Full Stack Development
4 110 (9.70%) MVC
5 106 (9.35%) Project Management
6 92 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 90 (7.94%) Actionable Insight
7 90 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 87 (7.67%) Infrastructure Management
9 86 (7.58%) Microservices
10 72 (6.35%) ITIL
11 69 (6.08%) Software Engineering
11 69 (6.08%) TDD
12 61 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 60 (5.29%) Computer Science
14 59 (5.20%) BDD
14 59 (5.20%) Mentoring
14 59 (5.20%) Release Management
15 57 (5.03%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (16.40%) JavaScript
2 185 (16.31%) C#
3 123 (10.85%) SQL
4 120 (10.58%) Python
5 70 (6.17%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.53%) C
7 28 (2.47%) Bash
8 27 (2.38%) PHP
9 24 (2.12%) Java
9 24 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.03%) C++
11 21 (1.85%) Go
12 20 (1.76%) Embedded C
13 12 (1.06%) Perl
14 10 (0.88%) ActionScript
14 10 (0.88%) VB
15 8 (0.71%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.71%) XAML
16 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.62%) XPath
Qualifications
1 214 (18.87%) Degree
2 80 (7.05%) Cisco Certification
3 59 (5.20%) Security Cleared
4 53 (4.67%) CCNA
5 49 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (3.35%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.00%) CCNP
8 25 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.20%) JNCIA
9 24 (2.12%) HND
10 23 (2.03%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.68%) CISSP
12 18 (1.59%) ACCA
12 18 (1.59%) CIMA
12 18 (1.59%) HNC
13 17 (1.50%) A+ Certification
13 17 (1.50%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.50%) MCSE
14 15 (1.32%) SC Cleared
15 14 (1.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.11%) SLA
2 27 (2.38%) QA
3 21 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.76%) NIST
5 17 (1.50%) GDPR
6 14 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.44%) NCSC
9 4 (0.35%) PMO
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.088%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 186 (16.40%) Active Directory
2 143 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (7.23%) Docker
4 37 (3.26%) vSphere
5 36 (3.17%) Hyper-V
6 27 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.50%) Firmware
9 10 (0.88%) OpenSSH
9 10 (0.88%) XenApp
10 8 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.35%) KVM
12 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.18%) NFS
13 2 (0.18%) QEMU
13 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
13 2 (0.18%) Varnish
13 2 (0.18%) Xen
14 1 (0.088%) Samba
Systems Management
1 120 (10.58%) Ansible
2 85 (7.50%) Kubernetes
3 75 (6.61%) vCenter Server
4 66 (5.82%) Terraform
5 57 (5.03%) Prometheus
6 33 (2.91%) CASB
7 28 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.76%) FortiGate
9 18 (1.59%) Grafana
10 14 (1.23%) Puppet
11 13 (1.15%) SCCM
12 10 (0.88%) Graphite
12 10 (0.88%) HAProxy
12 10 (0.88%) IBM BigFix
12 10 (0.88%) Nagios
12 10 (0.88%) PowerCLI
13 8 (0.71%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.53%) PaperCut
14 6 (0.53%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 356 (31.39%) Microsoft
2 156 (13.76%) VMware
3 89 (7.85%) Cisco
4 76 (6.70%) Palo Alto
5 70 (6.17%) Juniper
6 68 (6.00%) Red Hat
7 61 (5.38%) NetApp
8 55 (4.85%) Fortinet
9 54 (4.76%) SolidFire
10 47 (4.14%) Virgin Media
11 39 (3.44%) Google
12 27 (2.38%) Nokia
13 26 (2.29%) Openreach
14 25 (2.20%) HP
15 24 (2.12%) Apple
15 24 (2.12%) Ruckus Wireless
16 23 (2.03%) Citrix
16 23 (2.03%) Sandvine
16 23 (2.03%) Veeam
17 22 (1.94%) CheckPoint