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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 344 304
Rank change year-on-year +5 -40 -74
Permanent jobs citing Internet 127 70 188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.42% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.73% 4.08% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 96 50 124
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,040 £29,650
25th Percentile £43,125 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,500 £51,876
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -25.78% -25.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,375 £88,875
UK median annual salary £47,500 £30,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +55.74% -43.52% -1.82%

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 2,217 1,716 3,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.87% 10.40% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 979 1,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,544 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

Internet
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 13 October 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 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (2.36%) InDesign
2 3 (2.36%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 65 (51.18%) Azure
2 31 (24.41%) Azure AI
3 22 (17.32%) GitHub
4 20 (15.75%) GitHub Copilot
5 12 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
8 6 (4.72%) SaaS
9 5 (3.94%) AWS
9 5 (3.94%) Serverless
10 3 (2.36%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.57%) Google Ads
11 2 (1.57%) Google Data Studio
11 2 (1.57%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.57%) Slack
12 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.79%) Canva
12 1 (0.79%) GCP
12 1 (0.79%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.24%) Firewall
2 11 (8.66%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (7.87%) 5G
3 10 (7.87%) Network Security
4 9 (7.09%) LAN
4 9 (7.09%) WAN
5 7 (5.51%) DNS
5 7 (5.51%) Hyperconnected
5 7 (5.51%) VoIP
6 6 (4.72%) DHCP
6 6 (4.72%) VPN
7 5 (3.94%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.94%) VLAN
8 4 (3.15%) HTTP
9 3 (2.36%) FTP
9 3 (2.36%) SAN
9 3 (2.36%) SMTP
10 2 (1.57%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.79%) Multicast
11 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (40.16%) MongoDB
2 47 (37.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.51%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.57%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.79%) Metasploit
General
1 27 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.17%) Finance
3 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.94%) Marketing
6 4 (3.15%) Banking
6 4 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.15%) Retail
7 3 (2.36%) Legal
7 3 (2.36%) Police
7 3 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Billing
9 1 (0.79%) Advertising
9 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.79%) International Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (45.67%) .NET Developer
1 58 (45.67%) Developer
2 12 (9.45%) Analyst
3 10 (7.87%) Operations Engineer
3 10 (7.87%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (7.87%) Technical Operations Engineer
4 5 (3.94%) Lead
4 5 (3.94%) Network Engineer
4 5 (3.94%) Senior
5 4 (3.15%) IT Trainer
5 4 (3.15%) Product Manager
5 4 (3.15%) Technical Manager
5 4 (3.15%) Technical Product Manager
5 4 (3.15%) Trainer
6 3 (2.36%) Architect
6 3 (2.36%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.36%) Product Analyst
6 3 (2.36%) Sales Manager
6 3 (2.36%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (2.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (45.67%) .NET
1 58 (45.67%) ASP.NET
1 58 (45.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 47 (37.01%) .NET Core
3 31 (24.41%) ML.NET
3 31 (24.41%) RESTful
4 27 (21.26%) ASP.NET Web API
5 20 (15.75%) AngularJS
5 20 (15.75%) CSS
5 20 (15.75%) Entity Framework
5 20 (15.75%) HTML
5 20 (15.75%) LINQ
5 20 (15.75%) Vue
6 19 (14.96%) React
7 18 (14.17%) Blazor
8 7 (5.51%) Node.js
9 3 (2.36%) LDAP
10 2 (1.57%) Terraform
11 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.79%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.41%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (16.54%) IoT
3 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.36%) Clustering
5 3 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (2.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.36%) Cyberattack
5 3 (2.36%) Online Banking
5 3 (2.36%) Podcast
5 3 (2.36%) Social Media
5 3 (2.36%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) Photography
7 1 (0.79%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.15%) Windows
2 2 (1.57%) macOS
3 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.79%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.79%) Linux
3 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (46.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 39 (30.71%) AI
3 31 (24.41%) Machine Learning
3 31 (24.41%) Multithreading
4 22 (17.32%) CI/CD
5 20 (15.75%) Agile
6 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.02%) DevOps
8 13 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.66%) OO
10 10 (7.87%) Tech Ops
11 9 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (5.51%) Incident Response
12 7 (5.51%) Line Management
12 7 (5.51%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.51%) Microservices
12 7 (5.51%) Software Engineering
13 6 (4.72%) Coaching
13 6 (4.72%) Decision-Making
13 6 (4.72%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.67%) C#
2 50 (39.37%) SQL
3 21 (16.54%) TypeScript
4 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.57%) Python
6 1 (0.79%) Bicep
6 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (9.45%) DBS Check
2 9 (7.09%) CCNA
2 9 (7.09%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (5.51%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.72%) Degree
5 5 (3.94%) CCNP
5 5 (3.94%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (3.15%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.15%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (15.75%) Docker
2 7 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.51%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (16.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.36%) QRadar
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.79%) Nessus
3 1 (0.79%) Nmap
3 1 (0.79%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 77 (60.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.51%) Cisco
3 5 (3.94%) Aruba
3 5 (3.94%) Fortinet
3 5 (3.94%) Google
4 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.15%) VMware
5 3 (2.36%) Adobe
5 3 (2.36%) ArcSight
5 3 (2.36%) SonicWALL
5 3 (2.36%) Splunk
5 3 (2.36%) Veeam
6 2 (1.57%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.79%) Databricks
7 1 (0.79%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.79%) Juniper
7 1 (0.79%) Qualys
7 1 (0.79%) Reuters
7 1 (0.79%) Sparx
7 1 (0.79%) YouTube