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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 361 314
Rank change year-on-year +26 -47 -86
Permanent jobs citing Internet 125 69 201
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.42% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.55% 3.82% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 96 47 140
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,241 £30,613
25th Percentile £43,125 £31,599 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -17.81% -21.08%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £67,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £36,500 £51,251
% change year-on-year +30.14% -28.78% -5.96%

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 2,252 1,804 3,712
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.34% 11.10% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,043 1,607
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -0.50%

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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 16 September 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 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (1.60%) InDesign
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.60%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 61 (48.80%) Azure
2 30 (24.00%) Azure AI
3 20 (16.00%) GitHub
4 19 (15.20%) GitHub Copilot
5 11 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.60%) AWS
6 7 (5.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.00%) SaaS
8 5 (4.00%) Serverless
9 4 (3.20%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.40%) GCP
11 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.60%) Slack
12 1 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.80%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.80%) Google Data Studio
12 1 (0.80%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.40%) Firewall
2 11 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (8.00%) LAN
3 10 (8.00%) WAN
4 9 (7.20%) Network Security
5 7 (5.60%) TCP/IP
5 7 (5.60%) VoIP
6 6 (4.80%) 5G
6 6 (4.80%) DNS
6 6 (4.80%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (4.00%) DHCP
7 5 (4.00%) HTTP
7 5 (4.00%) VLAN
7 5 (4.00%) VPN
8 4 (3.20%) FTP
8 4 (3.20%) SAN
8 4 (3.20%) SMTP
9 3 (2.40%) LTE
10 2 (1.60%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.80%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (39.20%) MongoDB
2 45 (36.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (4.80%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.80%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.80%) Metasploit
General
1 23 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.60%) Finance
3 10 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.20%) Banking
4 4 (3.20%) Marketing
4 4 (3.20%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.40%) Law
5 3 (2.40%) Legal
5 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.60%) Retail
7 1 (0.80%) Advertising
7 1 (0.80%) Billing
7 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.80%) Police
Job Titles
1 56 (44.80%) .NET Developer
1 56 (44.80%) Developer
2 11 (8.80%) Analyst
3 10 (8.00%) Operations Engineer
3 10 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (8.00%) Technical Operations Engineer
4 5 (4.00%) IT Trainer
4 5 (4.00%) Network Engineer
4 5 (4.00%) Trainer
5 4 (3.20%) Product Manager
5 4 (3.20%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (3.20%) Technical Manager
5 4 (3.20%) Technical Product Manager
6 3 (2.40%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.40%) Fraud Specialist
6 3 (2.40%) IT Administrator
6 3 (2.40%) IT Engineer
6 3 (2.40%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (2.40%) Product Analyst
6 3 (2.40%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (44.80%) .NET
1 56 (44.80%) ASP.NET
1 56 (44.80%) ASP.NET Core
2 45 (36.00%) .NET Core
3 31 (24.80%) RESTful
4 30 (24.00%) ML.NET
5 26 (20.80%) ASP.NET Web API
6 20 (16.00%) AngularJS
6 20 (16.00%) Entity Framework
6 20 (16.00%) LINQ
6 20 (16.00%) Vue
7 19 (15.20%) CSS
7 19 (15.20%) HTML
8 18 (14.40%) React
9 17 (13.60%) Blazor
10 6 (4.80%) Node.js
11 4 (3.20%) LDAP
12 3 (2.40%) HEVC
13 1 (0.80%) iOS SDK
13 1 (0.80%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.80%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (12.80%) IoT
3 9 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.20%) Clustering
4 4 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (3.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.20%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.40%) Online Banking
5 3 (2.40%) Podcast
5 3 (2.40%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.60%) Social Media
7 1 (0.80%) Blog
7 1 (0.80%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.80%) Photography
7 1 (0.80%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.20%) Windows
2 2 (1.60%) Linux
2 2 (1.60%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.80%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.60%) Full-Stack Development
2 37 (29.60%) AI
3 31 (24.80%) Multithreading
4 30 (24.00%) Machine Learning
5 20 (16.00%) Agile
5 20 (16.00%) CI/CD
6 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.20%) DevOps
8 12 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.80%) OO
10 10 (8.00%) Tech Ops
11 8 (6.40%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.60%) Critical Thinking
12 7 (5.60%) Line Management
13 6 (4.80%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (4.80%) Microservices
13 6 (4.80%) Patch Management
13 6 (4.80%) Software Engineering
14 5 (4.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (44.80%) C#
2 49 (39.20%) SQL
3 21 (16.80%) TypeScript
4 17 (13.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.80%) Python
5 1 (0.80%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (8.00%) Degree
2 9 (7.20%) CCNA
2 9 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.40%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.00%) CCNP
4 5 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.80%) CREST Certified
5 1 (0.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.20%) GDPR
3 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.80%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (16.00%) Docker
2 8 (6.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.80%) KVM
3 1 (0.80%) QEMU
3 1 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.80%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (16.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.20%) QRadar
3 1 (0.80%) Ansible
3 1 (0.80%) Nessus
3 1 (0.80%) Nmap
3 1 (0.80%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.80%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.00%) Cisco
2 5 (4.00%) VMware
3 4 (3.20%) ArcSight
3 4 (3.20%) Aruba
3 4 (3.20%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.20%) Google
3 4 (3.20%) Palo Alto
3 4 (3.20%) SonicWALL
3 4 (3.20%) Splunk
3 4 (3.20%) Veeam
4 2 (1.60%) Adobe
5 1 (0.80%) Databricks
5 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.80%) Qualys
5 1 (0.80%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.80%) YouTube