Hybrid/Remote Internet Job Trends

Internet
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Internet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 249 225
Rank change year-on-year -69 -24 +45
Permanent jobs citing Internet 64 148 436
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.38% 1.15% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.41% 9.15% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 102 371
10th Percentile £27,450 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £64,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +17.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £74,144 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,000 £115,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £30,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -39.00% -0.99% -8.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,876 1,618 4,298
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.13% 12.59% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,198 3,469
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £30,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +9.38% -6.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Internet and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Internet job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Internet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Internet

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Internet over the 6 months to 2 April 2026.

Internet salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 10 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) IIS
3 1 (1.56%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 9 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.94%) GCP
5 6 (9.38%) Google Workspace
6 5 (7.81%) OneDrive
7 4 (6.25%) Dropbox
8 3 (4.69%) Azure AKS
8 3 (4.69%) SaaS
9 2 (3.13%) Azure AI
9 2 (3.13%) Azure App Service
9 2 (3.13%) GitHub
9 2 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
9 2 (3.13%) Serverless
10 1 (1.56%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
1 6 (9.38%) LTE
1 6 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (7.81%) VoIP
3 4 (6.25%) Broadband
3 4 (6.25%) DNS
3 4 (6.25%) LAN
3 4 (6.25%) VPN
4 3 (4.69%) Network Security
4 3 (4.69%) SSL
4 3 (4.69%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.69%) WAN
4 3 (4.69%) Wireless
5 2 (3.13%) DHCP
5 2 (3.13%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (3.13%) IPsec
5 2 (3.13%) NAS
5 2 (3.13%) SAN
5 2 (3.13%) VLAN
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) Power Query
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Finance
3 6 (9.38%) Law
4 5 (7.81%) Advertising
4 5 (7.81%) Retail
5 4 (6.25%) Legal
6 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Tech for Good
7 2 (3.13%) Games
7 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.13%) Police
8 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.56%) Local Government
8 1 (1.56%) Norwegian Language
8 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) IT Trainer
1 9 (14.06%) Trainer
2 8 (12.50%) Developer
2 8 (12.50%) IT Support
3 5 (7.81%) Senior
4 4 (6.25%) .NET Developer
4 4 (6.25%) Azure Developer
4 4 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (6.25%) Lead
4 4 (6.25%) Team Leader
4 4 (6.25%) Telesales Executive
5 3 (4.69%) Account Executive
5 3 (4.69%) Administrator
5 3 (4.69%) Sales Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (3.13%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (3.13%) Designer
6 2 (3.13%) IT Systems Administrator
6 2 (3.13%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) HEVC
2 5 (7.81%) .NET
2 5 (7.81%) .NET Core
3 4 (6.25%) Blazor
3 4 (6.25%) React
4 2 (3.13%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (3.13%) Node.js
5 1 (1.56%) LDAP
5 1 (1.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.69%) IoT
4 3 (4.69%) Machine to Machine
4 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.69%) Social Media
5 2 (3.13%) Blog
5 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.13%) Clustering
5 2 (3.13%) iPad
5 2 (3.13%) iPhone
5 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.56%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.19%) Windows
2 8 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 6 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Line Management
2 12 (18.75%) CRM
3 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (15.63%) Workflow
4 7 (10.94%) Storytelling
5 6 (9.38%) Data Privacy
5 6 (9.38%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (7.81%) Agile
6 5 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
6 5 (7.81%) Project Management
7 4 (6.25%) CI/CD
7 4 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.25%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (6.25%) Telesales
7 4 (6.25%) User Experience
8 3 (4.69%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
2 4 (6.25%) C#
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.13%) City & Guilds
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.56%) CCNP
4 1 (1.56%) CCSP
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.56%) MCSE
4 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.81%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) SLA
4 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.69%) Docker
4 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.56%) Ansible
3 1 (1.56%) CASB
3 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.56%) QRadar
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) Google
3 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.25%) Veeam
5 2 (3.13%) Datto
5 2 (3.13%) Foundry
5 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
5 2 (3.13%) VMware
6 1 (1.56%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.56%) Blackboard
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco
6 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.56%) Netskope
6 1 (1.56%) Splunk
70 hybrid/remote Internet jobs