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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 304 238
Rank change year-on-year -48 -66 +23
Permanent jobs citing Internet 69 201 340
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.86% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.82% 5.39% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 47 140 260
10th Percentile £27,241 £30,613 £32,092
25th Percentile £31,599 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,750 £69,413
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -21.12% +15.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 £67,813 £82,548
90th Percentile £88,500 £85,000 £89,852
UK median annual salary £36,750 £51,251 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.29% -6.82% -8.33%

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 1,807 3,729 3,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 15.91% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,618 2,743
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -0.50% -4.29%

Internet
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Internet trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Internet
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Internet

Internet
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Internet over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Internet salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.25%) Confluence
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.99%) Azure
2 12 (17.39%) AWS
3 10 (14.49%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.80%) SaaS
6 2 (2.90%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.90%) Azure App Service
6 2 (2.90%) Serverless
7 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.94%) Firewall
2 9 (13.04%) WAN
3 7 (10.14%) VoIP
4 6 (8.70%) DNS
4 6 (8.70%) LAN
4 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (8.70%) Wireless
5 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.80%) Wireshark
6 3 (4.35%) ADSL
6 3 (4.35%) DHCP
6 3 (4.35%) Ethernet
6 3 (4.35%) STUN
6 3 (4.35%) VLAN
6 3 (4.35%) VoLTE
7 2 (2.90%) BGP
7 2 (2.90%) Broadband
7 2 (2.90%) MPLS
7 2 (2.90%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Power BI
1 4 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.90%) EDMS
3 1 (1.45%) MySQL
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Git
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.74%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 5 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.80%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.35%) Advertising
7 3 (4.35%) Health Technology
7 3 (4.35%) Legal
7 3 (4.35%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Automotive
9 1 (1.45%) Billing
9 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) German Language
9 1 (1.45%) Local Government
9 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.45%) Marketing
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (14.49%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (11.59%) Azure Engineer
2 8 (11.59%) Developer
2 8 (11.59%) Support Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) .NET Developer
4 5 (7.25%) Angular Developer
4 5 (7.25%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (7.25%) Lead
4 5 (7.25%) Senior
4 5 (7.25%) Support Specialist
5 4 (5.80%) Coordinator
5 4 (5.80%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (5.80%) Project Engineer
6 3 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 3 (4.35%) Account Executive
6 3 (4.35%) Field Engineer
6 3 (4.35%) Senior Account Executive
6 3 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) .NET
1 7 (10.14%) React
2 6 (8.70%) .NET Core
3 5 (7.25%) AngularJS
3 5 (7.25%) Vue
4 3 (4.35%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (4.35%) Node.js
5 2 (2.90%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.90%) Blazor
6 1 (1.45%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (1.45%) Android SDK
6 1 (1.45%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (1.45%) JFC
6 1 (1.45%) Kafka
6 1 (1.45%) LDAP
6 1 (1.45%) Spring
6 1 (1.45%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) IoT
1 9 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.35%) Social Media
3 3 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.90%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.45%) Hackathon
5 1 (1.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.45%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.29%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Linux
2 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
3 11 (15.94%) B2B
4 10 (14.49%) Agile
4 10 (14.49%) ITIL
5 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.59%) Coaching
6 8 (11.59%) CRM
6 8 (11.59%) Customer Service
6 8 (11.59%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.14%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
7 7 (10.14%) Process Improvement
7 7 (10.14%) Roadmaps
7 7 (10.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (8.70%) Customer-Centricity
8 6 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (8.70%) Software Engineering
9 5 (7.25%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.04%) SQL
2 7 (10.14%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) C#
4 4 (5.80%) Java
5 3 (4.35%) C++
6 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.90%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (1.45%) Bash
7 1 (1.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.25%) CCNP
3 5 (7.25%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.35%) CIPD
4 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.90%) CCNA
5 2 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Docker
2 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) Firmware
3 1 (1.45%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Grafana
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Cisco
3 3 (4.35%) Apple
3 3 (4.35%) Juniper
4 2 (2.90%) Capita
4 2 (2.90%) Meraki
4 2 (2.90%) Nokia
4 2 (2.90%) Progress
4 2 (2.90%) TP-LINK
4 2 (2.90%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (2.90%) VMware
5 1 (1.45%) Aruba
5 1 (1.45%) DataCore
5 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.45%) Foundry
5 1 (1.45%) Google
5 1 (1.45%) HP
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle
5 1 (1.45%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (1.45%) Zscaler