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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 350 283
Rank change year-on-year +14 -67 -63
Permanent jobs citing Internet 129 71 198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.43% 0.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.84% 4.13% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 97 52 131
10th Percentile £33,500 £27,040 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £28,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.65% -32.73% -21.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,375 £86,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £30,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +55.74% -44.04% -0.91%

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 2,209 1,718 2,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.77% 10.46% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 986 1,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £42,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -10.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 16 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 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (2.33%) InDesign
2 3 (2.33%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (51.94%) Azure
2 33 (25.58%) Azure AI
3 24 (18.60%) GitHub
4 22 (17.05%) GitHub Copilot
5 12 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (4.65%) SaaS
9 5 (3.88%) AWS
9 5 (3.88%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.88%) Serverless
10 2 (1.55%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.55%) Google Data Studio
10 2 (1.55%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.55%) Slack
11 1 (0.78%) GCP
11 1 (0.78%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.78%) MailChimp
11 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.30%) Firewall
2 10 (7.75%) 5G
2 10 (7.75%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (6.98%) Network Security
4 8 (6.20%) LAN
4 8 (6.20%) WAN
5 7 (5.43%) DNS
5 7 (5.43%) Hyperconnected
5 7 (5.43%) VoIP
6 6 (4.65%) DHCP
6 6 (4.65%) VPN
7 5 (3.88%) VLAN
8 4 (3.10%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.33%) HTTP
10 2 (1.55%) FTP
10 2 (1.55%) SAN
10 2 (1.55%) SMTP
10 2 (1.55%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.78%) Multicast
11 1 (0.78%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (41.09%) MongoDB
2 49 (37.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.43%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.55%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.78%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (21.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.95%) Finance
3 11 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.88%) Banking
5 5 (3.88%) Marketing
6 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.10%) Legal
6 4 (3.10%) Retail
7 3 (2.33%) Police
7 3 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Billing
8 2 (1.55%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.78%) Advertising
9 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.78%) International Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Law
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (46.51%) .NET Developer
1 60 (46.51%) Developer
2 11 (8.53%) Analyst
3 10 (7.75%) Operations Engineer
3 10 (7.75%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (7.75%) Technical Operations Engineer
4 5 (3.88%) Lead
4 5 (3.88%) Network Engineer
4 5 (3.88%) Senior
5 4 (3.10%) IT Trainer
5 4 (3.10%) Product Manager
5 4 (3.10%) Technical Manager
5 4 (3.10%) Technical Product Manager
5 4 (3.10%) Trainer
6 3 (2.33%) Architect
6 3 (2.33%) Data Analyst
6 3 (2.33%) Fraud Specialist
6 3 (2.33%) IT Engineer
6 3 (2.33%) Product Analyst
6 3 (2.33%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (46.51%) .NET
1 60 (46.51%) ASP.NET
1 60 (46.51%) ASP.NET Core
2 49 (37.98%) .NET Core
3 33 (25.58%) ML.NET
4 31 (24.03%) RESTful
5 27 (20.93%) ASP.NET Web API
6 22 (17.05%) CSS
6 22 (17.05%) HTML
7 20 (15.50%) AngularJS
7 20 (15.50%) Entity Framework
7 20 (15.50%) LINQ
7 20 (15.50%) Vue
8 19 (14.73%) React
9 18 (13.95%) Blazor
10 7 (5.43%) Node.js
11 2 (1.55%) LDAP
11 2 (1.55%) Terraform
12 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.78%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (16.28%) IoT
3 6 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.10%) Online Banking
4 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.33%) Cyberattack
5 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.33%) Podcast
5 3 (2.33%) Social Media
5 3 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.55%) Clustering
6 2 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.78%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.78%) Photography
7 1 (0.78%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.10%) Windows
2 2 (1.55%) macOS
3 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.78%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (47.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 42 (32.56%) AI
3 33 (25.58%) Machine Learning
4 31 (24.03%) Multithreading
5 24 (18.60%) CI/CD
6 20 (15.50%) Agile
7 18 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (10.85%) DevOps
9 12 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (8.53%) OO
11 10 (7.75%) Tech Ops
12 9 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (5.43%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (5.43%) Incident Response
13 7 (5.43%) Line Management
13 7 (5.43%) Mentoring
13 7 (5.43%) Microservices
13 7 (5.43%) Software Engineering
14 6 (4.65%) Customer Experience
14 6 (4.65%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 60 (46.51%) C#
2 51 (39.53%) SQL
3 21 (16.28%) TypeScript
4 18 (13.95%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.55%) Python
6 1 (0.78%) Bicep
6 1 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.78%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (10.08%) DBS Check
2 9 (6.98%) CCNA
2 9 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.65%) Degree
3 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.88%) CCNP
4 5 (3.88%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (3.10%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.78%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.75%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.10%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (17.05%) Docker
2 6 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (17.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.55%) QRadar
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) Grafana
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.78%) Nessus
3 1 (0.78%) Nmap
3 1 (0.78%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 80 (62.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.43%) Cisco
3 5 (3.88%) Aruba
3 5 (3.88%) Fortinet
3 5 (3.88%) Google
4 4 (3.10%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.10%) VMware
5 3 (2.33%) Adobe
6 2 (1.55%) ArcSight
6 2 (1.55%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.55%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.55%) Splunk
6 2 (1.55%) Veeam
7 1 (0.78%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.78%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.78%) IBM
7 1 (0.78%) Juniper
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle
7 1 (0.78%) Qualys
7 1 (0.78%) Reuters