Internet Job Trends in Wales

Internet
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 61 97
Rank change year-on-year +21 +36 +14
Permanent jobs citing Internet 40 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 3.31% 1.68% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.03% 8.00% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 9
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £25,700
25th Percentile £27,688 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £36,476
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% +9.66% -8.81%
75th Percentile £32,750 £65,608 £37,756
90th Percentile £40,125 £74,144 £40,455
UK median annual salary £30,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -39.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 148 125 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.25% 20.97% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 92 91 167
10th Percentile £21,620 £23,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £37,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +23.46% -10.00%
75th Percentile £43,188 £65,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £54,250 £78,750 £58,400
UK median annual salary £42,000 £53,500 £48,392
% change year-on-year -21.50% +10.56% -7.83%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Internet job vacancy trend in Wales

Internet
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in Wales over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in Wales

Internet
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
South Wales +16 32 £30,500 -55.99% 14
Dyfed - 6 - -
West Wales -7 1 £30,000 -
Mid Wales - 1 £45,000 -
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (5.00%) WordPress
2 1 (2.50%) IIS
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (82.50%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (17.50%) Azure
3 4 (10.00%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) GitHub
4 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) VoIP
1 2 (5.00%) VPN
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) FTP
2 1 (2.50%) LAN
2 1 (2.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.50%) VLAN
2 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Git
General
1 33 (82.50%) Banking
1 33 (82.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 33 (82.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.50%) Finance
3 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (70.00%) Lecturer
2 4 (10.00%) Trainee
3 2 (5.00%) Administrator
3 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (5.00%) Trainee Administrator
3 2 (5.00%) Web Administrator
4 1 (2.50%) Developer
4 1 (2.50%) Head of Technology
4 1 (2.50%) IT Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Technical Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Technical Support
4 1 (2.50%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (2.50%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Technical Support
4 1 (2.50%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Trainee Developer
4 1 (2.50%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) CSS
1 4 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (82.50%) IoT
2 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (87.50%) Web Development
3 34 (85.00%) User Experience
4 33 (82.50%) AI
4 33 (82.50%) Machine Learning
5 3 (7.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.00%) Business Continuity
7 1 (2.50%) Application Security
7 1 (2.50%) BCP
7 1 (2.50%) Business Continuity Planning
7 1 (2.50%) Business Strategy
7 1 (2.50%) Change Management
7 1 (2.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (2.50%) Email Migration
7 1 (2.50%) Information Security
7 1 (2.50%) ITIL
7 1 (2.50%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.50%) Project Management
7 1 (2.50%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.50%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (85.00%) Degree
2 33 (82.50%) Master's Degree
2 33 (82.50%) PhD
2 33 (82.50%) Postgraduate
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 4 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 4 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft