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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 332 298
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 -38
Permanent jobs citing Internet 134 104 304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.63% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.67% 5.35% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 102 81 248
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,500 £28,375
25th Percentile £43,750 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £67,813 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £145,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -12.37% -3.96%

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 2,365 1,945 4,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.01% 11.84% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,189 2,836
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,175 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -7.77%

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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 18 July 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 9 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 65 (48.51%) Azure
2 30 (22.39%) Azure AI
3 19 (14.18%) GitHub
3 19 (14.18%) GitHub Copilot
4 12 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (8.21%) AWS
5 11 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (8.21%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (5.22%) GCP
6 7 (5.22%) SaaS
7 6 (4.48%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.73%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.99%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.99%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.99%) Serverless
10 1 (0.75%) Canva
10 1 (0.75%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.75%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (8.21%) Firewall
3 9 (6.72%) LAN
3 9 (6.72%) Network Security
3 9 (6.72%) WAN
4 8 (5.97%) VoIP
5 7 (5.22%) Hyperconnected
5 7 (5.22%) LTE
6 6 (4.48%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.73%) DNS
7 5 (3.73%) HTTP
7 5 (3.73%) SAN
8 4 (2.99%) DHCP
8 4 (2.99%) FTP
8 4 (2.99%) SMTP
8 4 (2.99%) VLAN
8 4 (2.99%) VPN
9 1 (0.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (37.31%) MongoDB
2 46 (34.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.22%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.75%) Metasploit
General
1 25 (18.66%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.21%) Finance
3 7 (5.22%) Law
4 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.49%) Games
6 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Advertising
7 1 (0.75%) Banking
7 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.75%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.75%) Legal
7 1 (0.75%) Norwegian Language
7 1 (0.75%) Police
7 1 (0.75%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 57 (42.54%) .NET Developer
1 57 (42.54%) Developer
2 12 (8.96%) IT Trainer
2 12 (8.96%) Trainer
3 10 (7.46%) Analyst
3 10 (7.46%) Operations Engineer
3 10 (7.46%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (7.46%) Technical Operations Engineer
4 6 (4.48%) IT Support
5 4 (2.99%) Administrator
5 4 (2.99%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (2.99%) IT Administrator
5 4 (2.99%) IT Systems Administrator
5 4 (2.99%) Product Manager
5 4 (2.99%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (2.99%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (2.99%) Technical Manager
5 4 (2.99%) Technical Product Manager
6 3 (2.24%) IT Engineer
6 3 (2.24%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (42.54%) .NET
1 57 (42.54%) ASP.NET
1 57 (42.54%) ASP.NET Core
2 46 (34.33%) .NET Core
3 31 (23.13%) RESTful
4 30 (22.39%) ML.NET
5 27 (20.15%) ASP.NET Web API
6 20 (14.93%) AngularJS
6 20 (14.93%) Entity Framework
6 20 (14.93%) LINQ
6 20 (14.93%) Vue
7 19 (14.18%) CSS
7 19 (14.18%) HTML
8 18 (13.43%) Blazor
8 18 (13.43%) React
9 7 (5.22%) HEVC
9 7 (5.22%) Node.js
10 4 (2.99%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.13%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (7.46%) IoT
2 10 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.73%) Clustering
5 4 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (2.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.99%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.24%) Blog
6 3 (2.24%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.24%) Social Media
7 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.75%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.72%) Windows
2 6 (4.48%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.49%) Linux
5 1 (0.75%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (42.54%) Full-Stack Development
2 32 (23.88%) AI
3 31 (23.13%) Multithreading
4 30 (22.39%) Machine Learning
5 21 (15.67%) Agile
6 19 (14.18%) CI/CD
7 15 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (9.70%) DevOps
9 11 (8.21%) Line Management
9 11 (8.21%) OO
10 10 (7.46%) Tech Ops
11 8 (5.97%) CRM
11 8 (5.97%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.97%) Storytelling
12 7 (5.22%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (5.22%) Microservices
12 7 (5.22%) Patch Management
12 7 (5.22%) Strategic Thinking
12 7 (5.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 57 (42.54%) C#
2 51 (38.06%) SQL
3 20 (14.93%) TypeScript
4 18 (13.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Degree
2 6 (4.48%) CCNA
2 6 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.99%) CCNP
3 4 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.75%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.75%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (14.93%) Docker
2 13 (9.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) KVM
4 1 (0.75%) QEMU
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.75%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.99%) QRadar
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) Nessus
3 1 (0.75%) Nmap
3 1 (0.75%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (58.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) Google
3 5 (3.73%) SonicWALL
3 5 (3.73%) Veeam
3 5 (3.73%) VMware
4 4 (2.99%) ArcSight
4 4 (2.99%) Aruba
4 4 (2.99%) Cisco
4 4 (2.99%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.99%) Palo Alto
4 4 (2.99%) Splunk
5 1 (0.75%) Qualys
5 1 (0.75%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce