Internet Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Internet
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 91 106
Rank change year-on-year +64 +15 +98
Permanent jobs citing Internet 121 11 34
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 6.49% 0.76% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 56.02% 7.59% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 25 5 31
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £67,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £71,991 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.63% +105.69% -17.65%
75th Percentile £32,750 £73,886 £73,750
90th Percentile - - £84,056
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.67% -16.67% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 216 145 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.58% 10.05% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 100 73 223
10th Percentile - £28,600 £27,550
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £71,250 £64,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £81,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% +11.11% -4.71%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Internet job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Internet
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Internet in West Yorkshire

Internet
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Leeds +8 34 £30,500 -57.63% 7
Todmorden - 15 - -
Huddersfield +10 10 - - 1
Castleford - 1 £55,000 -
Internet
Yorkshire

Internet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 1 (0.83%) Site Server
Cloud Services
1 93 (76.86%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (19.83%) AWS
2 24 (19.83%) Azure
2 24 (19.83%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) WAN
Development Applications
1 24 (19.83%) Git
General
1 96 (79.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 94 (77.69%) Social Skills
3 93 (76.86%) Banking
4 24 (19.83%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.48%) Law
6 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (71.90%) Lecturer
2 24 (19.83%) Trainee
3 12 (9.92%) Developer
3 12 (9.92%) Software Developer
3 12 (9.92%) Trainee Developer
3 12 (9.92%) Trainee Software Developer
4 2 (1.65%) Sales Manager
5 1 (0.83%) IT Manager
5 1 (0.83%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.83%) CSS
1 24 (19.83%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (76.86%) IoT
2 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.83%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (96.69%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (76.86%) AI
2 93 (76.86%) Machine Learning
2 93 (76.86%) User Experience
2 93 (76.86%) Web Development
3 24 (19.83%) Mentoring
4 2 (1.65%) Coaching
4 2 (1.65%) Customer Experience
4 2 (1.65%) Customer Service
5 1 (0.83%) Computer Security
5 1 (0.83%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (0.83%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (0.83%) Incident Response
5 1 (0.83%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (0.83%) Process Improvement
5 1 (0.83%) Roadmaps
5 1 (0.83%) SIEM
5 1 (0.83%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (0.83%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (0.83%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.83%) JavaScript
1 24 (19.83%) Python
2 12 (9.92%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (76.86%) Degree
1 93 (76.86%) Master's Degree
1 93 (76.86%) PhD
1 93 (76.86%) Postgraduate
2 24 (19.83%) AWS Certification
2 24 (19.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 24 (19.83%) Azure Certification
2 24 (19.83%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 24 (19.83%) Microsoft