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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 264 206
Rank change year-on-year -68 -58 +67
Permanent jobs citing Internet 58 178 430
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 1.14% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.60% 8.93% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 37 93 360
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £27,375 £37,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +22.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £46,500 £74,144 £70,625
90th Percentile £68,567 £115,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £30,500 £52,485 £52,500
% change year-on-year -41.89% -0.03% -8.70%

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 1,609 1,994 3,729
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.83% 12.80% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,152 3,234
10th Percentile £27,990 £30,663 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,375 £39,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +4.55% -0.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,377 £88,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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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 February 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 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
3 1 (1.72%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.86%) Azure
2 11 (18.97%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.62%) AWS
4 5 (8.62%) Google Workspace
5 4 (6.90%) Azure App Service
5 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.90%) Serverless
6 3 (5.17%) Azure AKS
6 3 (5.17%) Dropbox
7 2 (3.45%) Azure AI
7 2 (3.45%) GitHub
7 2 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.72%) ClickUp
8 1 (1.72%) GCP
8 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) DNS
1 6 (10.34%) VoIP
2 5 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.90%) Broadband
3 4 (6.90%) Firewall
3 4 (6.90%) VPN
4 3 (5.17%) LAN
4 3 (5.17%) SSL
4 3 (5.17%) Wireless
5 2 (3.45%) ADSL
5 2 (3.45%) DHCP
5 2 (3.45%) IPsec
5 2 (3.45%) NAS
5 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.45%) VLAN
5 2 (3.45%) WAN
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (1.72%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.72%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (1.72%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.72%) Power BI
1 1 (1.72%) Power Query
1 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Advertising
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Retail
4 4 (6.90%) Legal
5 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Police
6 2 (3.45%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.72%) Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Games
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Marketing
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Developer
2 7 (12.07%) IT Support
3 5 (8.62%) Azure Developer
3 5 (8.62%) Senior
3 5 (8.62%) Software Developer
3 5 (8.62%) Telesales Executive
4 4 (6.90%) .NET Developer
4 4 (6.90%) Account Executive
4 4 (6.90%) IT Trainer
4 4 (6.90%) Lead
4 4 (6.90%) Team Leader
4 4 (6.90%) Trainer
5 3 (5.17%) .NET Software Developer
5 3 (5.17%) Digital Transformation
5 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (3.45%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.45%) Support Specialist
6 2 (3.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) .NET
2 6 (10.34%) .NET Core
3 5 (8.62%) .NET Framework
3 5 (8.62%) Blazor
4 3 (5.17%) React
5 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.72%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.72%) CSS
5 1 (1.72%) jQuery
5 1 (1.72%) Node.js
5 1 (1.72%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.07%) IoT
2 7 (12.07%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (8.62%) Driving Licence
3 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
4 4 (6.90%) Machine to Machine
5 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.45%) iPad
5 2 (3.45%) iPhone
5 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.72%) Blog
6 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.72%) PKI
6 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.72%) Social Media
6 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
2 7 (12.07%) Mac OS
3 5 (8.62%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) CRM
2 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.07%) AI
3 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
4 6 (10.34%) B2B
4 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
4 6 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 5 (8.62%) Application Security
5 5 (8.62%) Clean Code
5 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (8.62%) Data Privacy
5 5 (8.62%) DevOps
5 5 (8.62%) ITIL
5 5 (8.62%) Line Management
5 5 (8.62%) Project Management
5 5 (8.62%) Statistics
5 5 (8.62%) Telesales
6 4 (6.90%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) SQL
2 6 (10.34%) Python
3 4 (6.90%) C#
4 3 (5.17%) C++
4 3 (5.17%) Java
5 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) DBS Check
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) CCNA
3 2 (3.45%) City & Guilds
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.72%) CCNP
4 1 (1.72%) CCSP
4 1 (1.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) GDPR
2 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.45%) SLA
3 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) Docker
3 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.72%) Ansible
3 1 (1.72%) CASB
3 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Google
2 6 (10.34%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.17%) Cisco
4 2 (3.45%) Datto
4 2 (3.45%) Foundry
4 2 (3.45%) Nokia
4 2 (3.45%) TP-LINK
4 2 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (3.45%) Veeam
4 2 (3.45%) VMware
5 1 (1.72%) Apple
5 1 (1.72%) Blackboard
5 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.72%) Netskope