Internet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 303 233
Rank change year-on-year +49 -70 +40
Permanent jobs citing Internet 1,142 1,140 2,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 1.16% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.48% 7.31% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 876 605 1,100
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,914 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £78,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.09% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Internet.

Salary trend for Internet in the UK

Internet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internet over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Internet in the UK

Internet
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +72 1,046 £50,000 - 567
UK excluding London +60 826 £47,000 +4.44% 413
Work from Home +44 517 £55,000 -12.00% 228
London +25 286 £62,500 -3.85% 226
North of England +108 248 £45,000 +12.50% 111
South East +16 180 £49,665 +4.56% 103
North West +75 136 £45,000 -14.29% 53
East of England +48 124 £55,000 +92.98% 46
Midlands +49 120 £35,000 -26.32% 80
Yorkshire +95 84 £42,500 +7.59% 49
South West -17 82 £55,000 +10.00% 46
East Midlands +35 79 £35,000 -26.32% 36
West Midlands +27 41 £35,000 -1.41% 44
Scotland -94 40 £47,000 -6.93% 19
North East -15 28 £70,000 +91.78% 13
Wales +11 21 £27,500 -50.00% 17
Northern Ireland +30 11 £37,500 -11.76% 7

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 56 (4.90%) Apache
2 47 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (3.42%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.75%) IIS
5 15 (1.31%) CMS
6 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.61%) Confluence
7 7 (0.61%) SAS
8 6 (0.53%) EPiServer
9 5 (0.44%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.44%) Kinematics
10 4 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.18%) nginx
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.088%) Drupal
13 1 (0.088%) JOnAS
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 94 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.26%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.18%) InDesign
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 356 (31.17%) Azure
2 178 (15.59%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (7.71%) AWS
4 63 (5.52%) Amazon S3
5 38 (3.33%) SaaS
6 32 (2.80%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.84%) GCP
10 18 (1.58%) PaaS
11 17 (1.49%) IaaS
12 14 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.23%) Google Workspace
13 12 (1.05%) Serverless
14 11 (0.96%) GitHub
15 8 (0.70%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
17 6 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (0.53%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 257 (22.50%) Firewall
2 176 (15.41%) LAN
2 176 (15.41%) WAN
3 164 (14.36%) VPN
4 111 (9.72%) DNS
5 110 (9.63%) Wireless
6 109 (9.54%) TCP/IP
7 105 (9.19%) Wi-Fi
8 76 (6.65%) SNMP
9 75 (6.57%) Broadband
10 60 (5.25%) Network Security
11 57 (4.99%) IPsec
12 55 (4.82%) DHCP
13 52 (4.55%) HTTP
13 52 (4.55%) MPLS
14 50 (4.38%) BGP
15 46 (4.03%) OSPF
16 45 (3.94%) VoIP
17 36 (3.15%) Intranet
18 35 (3.06%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (14.36%) SQL Server
2 81 (7.09%) Elasticsearch
3 79 (6.92%) MongoDB
4 43 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.93%) Power BI
6 20 (1.75%) MySQL
7 18 (1.58%) Redis
7 18 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (1.14%) Big Data
10 11 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (0.96%) QlikView
11 6 (0.53%) Metabase
11 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.35%) Tableau
14 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 18 (1.58%) Git
3 10 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.79%) JIRA
5 5 (0.44%) GitLab
6 4 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.35%) Maven
6 4 (0.35%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) Selenium
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.26%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 284 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 218 (19.09%) Finance
3 112 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (9.28%) Telecoms
5 104 (9.11%) Retail
6 47 (4.12%) Legal
7 46 (4.03%) Law
8 39 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (3.24%) Electronics
10 34 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.80%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.36%) Billing
12 27 (2.36%) Marketing
13 24 (2.10%) Banking
14 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.66%) Automotive
16 15 (1.31%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.23%) Games
17 14 (1.23%) Local Government
18 13 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 214 (18.74%) Developer
2 160 (14.01%) .NET Developer
3 149 (13.05%) Analyst
4 146 (12.78%) Senior
5 98 (8.58%) Internet Developer
6 90 (7.88%) IT Support
7 79 (6.92%) Network Engineer
8 76 (6.65%) Consultant
9 69 (6.04%) Support Engineer
10 65 (5.69%) C# .NET Developer
10 65 (5.69%) C# Developer
11 54 (4.73%) IT Engineer
11 54 (4.73%) NetApp Consultant
12 48 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 48 (4.20%) Lead
13 42 (3.68%) Architect
14 41 (3.59%) IT Analyst
15 37 (3.24%) Software Engineer
16 36 (3.15%) 2nd Line Support
17 35 (3.06%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (16.29%) .NET
2 124 (10.86%) HTML
3 112 (9.81%) ASP.NET
4 106 (9.28%) ASP.NET MVC
5 104 (9.11%) .NET Core
5 104 (9.11%) AngularJS
6 100 (8.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 91 (7.97%) HTML5
8 84 (7.36%) Entity Framework
9 81 (7.09%) CSS
10 65 (5.69%) YAML
11 61 (5.34%) CSS3
12 60 (5.25%) RESTful
13 56 (4.90%) Blazor
13 56 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
14 51 (4.47%) REST
15 49 (4.29%) .NET Framework
16 36 (3.15%) React
17 33 (2.89%) LINQ
18 32 (2.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (11.47%) Data Centre
2 85 (7.44%) IoT
3 69 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (5.25%) Greenfield Project
5 55 (4.82%) Driving Licence
6 52 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.24%) Cyberattack
8 23 (2.01%) Clustering
8 23 (2.01%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.84%) NHS
10 20 (1.75%) Smartphone
10 20 (1.75%) Social Media
11 18 (1.58%) Client/Server
12 17 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (1.14%) GNSS
15 13 (1.14%) Onboarding
15 13 (1.14%) Replication
16 12 (1.05%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 298 (26.09%) Windows
2 210 (18.39%) Linux
3 86 (7.53%) Windows Server
4 60 (5.25%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.73%) Data ONTAP
6 47 (4.12%) Apple iOS
7 46 (4.03%) Ubuntu
8 41 (3.59%) VMS
9 39 (3.42%) Android
10 26 (2.28%) Mac OS
11 22 (1.93%) Unix
11 22 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
12 19 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
13 18 (1.58%) VyOS
14 10 (0.88%) Debian
15 9 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
16 8 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 7 (0.61%) Kali Linux
18 5 (0.44%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (21.89%) Agile
2 223 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (15.41%) Full Stack Development
4 172 (15.06%) Customer Service
5 112 (9.81%) MVC
6 105 (9.19%) Project Management
7 95 (8.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 93 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
9 90 (7.88%) Actionable Insight
10 87 (7.62%) Microservices
11 86 (7.53%) Infrastructure Management
12 70 (6.13%) TDD
13 69 (6.04%) ITIL
14 68 (5.95%) Software Engineering
15 62 (5.43%) Computer Science
16 60 (5.25%) BDD
17 59 (5.17%) Release Management
18 57 (4.99%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (4.99%) Mentoring
18 57 (4.99%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 188 (16.46%) JavaScript
2 186 (16.29%) C#
3 120 (10.51%) SQL
4 116 (10.16%) Python
5 68 (5.95%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.50%) C
7 27 (2.36%) PHP
8 25 (2.19%) Bash
9 23 (2.01%) Java
9 23 (2.01%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.84%) C++
11 20 (1.75%) Embedded C
12 17 (1.49%) Go
13 12 (1.05%) ActionScript
13 12 (1.05%) VB
14 11 (0.96%) Perl
15 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.70%) XAML
16 7 (0.61%) XPath
17 6 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 217 (19.00%) Degree
2 83 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
3 65 (5.69%) Security Cleared
4 54 (4.73%) CCNA
5 50 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 36 (3.15%) CCNP
8 26 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.28%) JNCIA
9 24 (2.10%) HND
10 23 (2.01%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.66%) CISSP
12 18 (1.58%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.58%) ACCA
12 18 (1.58%) CIMA
12 18 (1.58%) HNC
13 17 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.49%) MCSE
14 15 (1.31%) SC Cleared
15 14 (1.23%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.08%) SLA
2 27 (2.36%) QA
3 22 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.75%) NIST
5 17 (1.49%) GDPR
6 13 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.53%) NCSC
8 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.35%) PMO
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.088%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 192 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 146 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (7.09%) Docker
4 39 (3.42%) vSphere
5 36 (3.15%) Hyper-V
6 28 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (1.40%) Firmware
9 12 (1.05%) OpenSSH
9 12 (1.05%) XenApp
10 8 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.44%) KVM
11 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.26%) QEMU
13 3 (0.26%) Xen
14 2 (0.18%) NFS
14 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
14 2 (0.18%) Varnish
15 1 (0.088%) Samba
Systems Management
1 122 (10.68%) Ansible
2 84 (7.36%) Kubernetes
3 76 (6.65%) vCenter Server
4 67 (5.87%) Terraform
5 57 (4.99%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.80%) CASB
7 27 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.75%) FortiGate
9 17 (1.49%) Grafana
10 13 (1.14%) Puppet
10 13 (1.14%) SCCM
11 12 (1.05%) IBM BigFix
11 12 (1.05%) PowerCLI
12 9 (0.79%) Graphite
12 9 (0.79%) HAProxy
12 9 (0.79%) Nagios
13 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.61%) Progress Chef
15 6 (0.53%) PaperCut
15 6 (0.53%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 356 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 159 (13.92%) VMware
3 92 (8.06%) Cisco
4 76 (6.65%) Palo Alto
5 72 (6.30%) Juniper
6 70 (6.13%) Red Hat
7 61 (5.34%) NetApp
8 54 (4.73%) Fortinet
8 54 (4.73%) SolidFire
9 47 (4.12%) Virgin Media
10 39 (3.42%) Google
11 26 (2.28%) Nokia
11 26 (2.28%) Openreach
12 25 (2.19%) Citrix
13 24 (2.10%) Apple
13 24 (2.10%) HP
13 24 (2.10%) Ruckus Wireless
14 23 (2.01%) Veeam
15 22 (1.93%) CheckPoint
15 22 (1.93%) Sandvine