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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 357 315
Rank change year-on-year +14 -42 -84
Permanent jobs citing Internet 118 69 198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.42% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.07% 3.76% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 92 52 141
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,074 £30,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £31,599 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -17.43% -21.44%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -23.00% -9.09%

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 2,328 1,833 3,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 11.28% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,352 1,067 1,671
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 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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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 11 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 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.85%) InDesign
3 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 61 (51.69%) Azure
2 30 (25.42%) Azure AI
3 19 (16.10%) GitHub
3 19 (16.10%) GitHub Copilot
4 11 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.93%) AWS
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.08%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.24%) SaaS
7 5 (4.24%) Serverless
8 4 (3.39%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.54%) GCP
10 2 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.69%) Slack
11 1 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.85%) Canva
11 1 (0.85%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.85%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.02%) Firewall
2 11 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (8.47%) LAN
3 10 (8.47%) WAN
4 9 (7.63%) Network Security
5 7 (5.93%) Hyperconnected
5 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
5 7 (5.93%) VoIP
6 6 (5.08%) DNS
7 5 (4.24%) DHCP
7 5 (4.24%) HTTP
7 5 (4.24%) VLAN
7 5 (4.24%) VPN
8 4 (3.39%) FTP
8 4 (3.39%) SAN
8 4 (3.39%) SMTP
9 3 (2.54%) 5G
9 3 (2.54%) LTE
10 1 (0.85%) Broadband
10 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (42.37%) MongoDB
2 46 (38.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.93%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.85%) Metasploit
General
1 17 (14.41%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.32%) Finance
3 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.39%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.54%) Law
5 3 (2.54%) Marketing
6 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Advertising
7 1 (0.85%) Banking
7 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (48.31%) .NET Developer
1 57 (48.31%) Developer
2 10 (8.47%) Analyst
2 10 (8.47%) Operations Engineer
2 10 (8.47%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (8.47%) Technical Operations Engineer
3 6 (5.08%) IT Trainer
3 6 (5.08%) Trainer
4 5 (4.24%) Network Engineer
5 4 (3.39%) Product Manager
5 4 (3.39%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (3.39%) Technical Manager
5 4 (3.39%) Technical Product Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Administrator
6 3 (2.54%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.54%) IT Administrator
6 3 (2.54%) IT Engineer
6 3 (2.54%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (2.54%) Product Analyst
6 3 (2.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (48.31%) .NET
1 57 (48.31%) ASP.NET
1 57 (48.31%) ASP.NET Core
2 46 (38.98%) .NET Core
3 31 (26.27%) RESTful
4 30 (25.42%) ML.NET
5 27 (22.88%) ASP.NET Web API
6 20 (16.95%) AngularJS
6 20 (16.95%) Entity Framework
6 20 (16.95%) LINQ
6 20 (16.95%) Vue
7 19 (16.10%) CSS
7 19 (16.10%) HTML
7 19 (16.10%) React
8 18 (15.25%) Blazor
9 7 (5.93%) Node.js
10 4 (3.39%) LDAP
11 3 (2.54%) HEVC
12 1 (0.85%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 31 (26.27%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (11.02%) IoT
3 6 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.39%) Clustering
4 4 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (3.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.85%) Blog
5 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.85%) Photography
5 1 (0.85%) Social Media
5 1 (0.85%) Video Editing
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.85%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (49.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 36 (30.51%) AI
3 31 (26.27%) Multithreading
4 30 (25.42%) Machine Learning
5 20 (16.95%) Agile
6 19 (16.10%) CI/CD
7 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (11.02%) DevOps
9 11 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (9.32%) OO
10 10 (8.47%) Tech Ops
11 8 (6.78%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.93%) Microservices
13 6 (5.08%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (5.08%) Line Management
13 6 (5.08%) Patch Management
14 5 (4.24%) Software Engineering
15 4 (3.39%) Business Continuity
15 4 (3.39%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 57 (48.31%) C#
2 50 (42.37%) SQL
3 21 (17.80%) TypeScript
4 18 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (7.63%) CCNA
1 9 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (7.63%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) CCNP
2 5 (4.24%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.24%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.54%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (16.95%) Docker
2 8 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) KVM
3 1 (0.85%) QEMU
3 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (16.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.39%) QRadar
3 1 (0.85%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Nessus
3 1 (0.85%) Nmap
3 1 (0.85%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (62.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.24%) Cisco
2 5 (4.24%) VMware
3 4 (3.39%) ArcSight
3 4 (3.39%) Aruba
3 4 (3.39%) Fortinet
3 4 (3.39%) Palo Alto
3 4 (3.39%) SonicWALL
3 4 (3.39%) Splunk
3 4 (3.39%) Veeam
4 3 (2.54%) Google
5 1 (0.85%) Adobe
5 1 (0.85%) Qualys
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.85%) YouTube