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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 303 238
Rank change year-on-year +41 -65 +35
Permanent jobs citing Internet 1,142 1,156 2,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.17% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.47% 7.40% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 877 619 1,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,400 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,225 £45,000 £49,028
% change year-on-year +4.94% -8.21% +8.95%

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 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
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 £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -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 18 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 18 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 +61 1,045 £51,000 - 415
UK excluding London +41 826 £47,225 +4.94% 306
Work from Home +46 513 £55,000 -12.00% 206
London +20 287 £65,000 +3.80% 146
North of England +115 249 £45,000 +12.50% 77
South East +13 180 £50,000 +5.26% 68
North West +82 135 £45,000 -14.29% 35
East of England +45 124 £55,000 +92.98% 41
Midlands +50 120 £35,000 -26.32% 67
Yorkshire +103 86 £42,500 +16.44% 36
South West -34 80 £52,500 +0.96% 43
East Midlands +32 79 £35,000 -26.32% 29
West Midlands +31 41 £35,000 -2.78% 38
Scotland -99 41 £47,000 -6.93% 10
North East -15 28 £70,000 +91.78% 9
Wales +9 21 £27,500 -50.00% 14
Northern Ireland +24 11 £37,500 -11.76% 3

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 46 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (3.50%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.84%) 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
9 5 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) WordPress
12 1 (0.088%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.088%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 94 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.84%) 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
1 360 (31.52%) Azure
2 177 (15.50%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (7.88%) AWS
4 64 (5.60%) Amazon S3
5 38 (3.33%) SaaS
6 33 (2.89%) Entra ID
7 25 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.84%) GCP
10 19 (1.66%) PaaS
11 17 (1.49%) IaaS
12 16 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.23%) Google Workspace
13 14 (1.23%) Serverless
14 13 (1.14%) GitHub
15 8 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.70%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (0.53%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 256 (22.42%) Firewall
2 175 (15.32%) LAN
2 175 (15.32%) WAN
3 164 (14.36%) VPN
4 112 (9.81%) DNS
5 111 (9.72%) Wireless
6 108 (9.46%) TCP/IP
7 104 (9.11%) Wi-Fi
8 76 (6.65%) SNMP
9 75 (6.57%) Broadband
10 61 (5.34%) 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 43 (3.77%) VoIP
17 36 (3.15%) Intranet
18 34 (2.98%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (14.54%) 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 21 (1.84%) MySQL
7 20 (1.75%) Redis
8 18 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.14%) Big Data
10 11 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (0.96%) QlikView
11 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
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%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.35%) Tableau
14 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.66%) Git
3 10 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.79%) JIRA
5 5 (0.44%) GitLab
5 5 (0.44%) Maven
6 4 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
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%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.18%) Metasploit
General
1 285 (24.96%) Social Skills
2 222 (19.44%) Finance
3 113 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.19%) Telecoms
5 102 (8.93%) Retail
6 49 (4.29%) Legal
7 46 (4.03%) Law
8 39 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (3.15%) Electronics
10 34 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.89%) Public Sector
12 27 (2.36%) Billing
12 27 (2.36%) Marketing
13 24 (2.10%) Banking
14 19 (1.66%) Automotive
14 19 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.31%) Aerospace
15 15 (1.31%) Local Government
16 13 (1.14%) Games
16 13 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (19.00%) Developer
2 160 (14.01%) .NET Developer
3 150 (13.13%) Analyst
4 145 (12.70%) Senior
5 98 (8.58%) Internet Developer
6 89 (7.79%) IT Support
7 80 (7.01%) Network Engineer
8 76 (6.65%) Consultant
9 68 (5.95%) Support Engineer
10 65 (5.69%) C# .NET Developer
10 65 (5.69%) C# Developer
11 54 (4.73%) NetApp Consultant
12 53 (4.64%) IT Engineer
13 47 (4.12%) Lead
14 45 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (3.68%) Architect
16 41 (3.59%) IT Analyst
17 38 (3.33%) Software Engineer
18 35 (3.06%) 2nd Line Support
18 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 53 (4.64%) REST
15 49 (4.29%) .NET Framework
16 37 (3.24%) React
17 33 (2.89%) LINQ
18 32 (2.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (11.47%) Data Centre
2 84 (7.36%) IoT
3 69 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (5.25%) Greenfield Project
5 55 (4.82%) Driving Licence
6 54 (4.73%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.33%) Cyberattack
8 23 (2.01%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.93%) Clustering
9 22 (1.93%) 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
13 15 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.14%) GNSS
14 13 (1.14%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.14%) Replication
15 12 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 296 (25.92%) Windows
2 208 (18.21%) Linux
3 85 (7.44%) Windows Server
4 59 (5.17%) Windows 10
5 54 (4.73%) Data ONTAP
6 47 (4.12%) Apple iOS
7 44 (3.85%) Ubuntu
8 39 (3.42%) Android
8 39 (3.42%) VMS
9 26 (2.28%) Mac OS
10 23 (2.01%) Unix
11 21 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
12 19 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
13 18 (1.58%) VyOS
14 11 (0.96%) 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%) CentOS
18 5 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (21.80%) Agile
2 223 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (15.67%) Full Stack Development
4 175 (15.32%) Customer Service
5 112 (9.81%) MVC
6 106 (9.28%) Project Management
7 93 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
8 91 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 90 (7.88%) Actionable Insight
10 87 (7.62%) Microservices
11 86 (7.53%) Infrastructure Management
12 72 (6.30%) ITIL
13 70 (6.13%) TDD
14 69 (6.04%) Software Engineering
15 62 (5.43%) Computer Science
16 60 (5.25%) BDD
16 60 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 59 (5.17%) Release Management
18 58 (5.08%) Mentoring
19 57 (4.99%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (16.55%) JavaScript
2 188 (16.46%) C#
3 123 (10.77%) SQL
4 118 (10.33%) Python
5 70 (6.13%) PowerShell
6 40 (3.50%) C
7 27 (2.36%) Bash
7 27 (2.36%) PHP
8 24 (2.10%) Java
8 24 (2.10%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.01%) C++
10 21 (1.84%) Go
11 20 (1.75%) Embedded C
12 11 (0.96%) ActionScript
12 11 (0.96%) Perl
12 11 (0.96%) VB
13 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.70%) XAML
14 7 (0.61%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.61%) XPath
Qualifications
1 218 (19.09%) Degree
2 83 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (5.34%) Security Cleared
4 54 (4.73%) CCNA
5 50 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (3.50%) DV Cleared
7 36 (3.15%) CCNP
8 26 (2.28%) JNCIA
9 25 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (2.10%) HND
11 23 (2.01%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.66%) CISSP
13 18 (1.58%) A+ Certification
13 18 (1.58%) ACCA
13 18 (1.58%) CIMA
13 18 (1.58%) HNC
14 17 (1.49%) Master's Degree
14 17 (1.49%) MCSE
15 15 (1.31%) SC Cleared
16 14 (1.23%) MCSA
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%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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
1 189 (16.55%) Active Directory
2 144 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (7.09%) Docker
4 38 (3.33%) vSphere
5 36 (3.15%) Hyper-V
6 27 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.49%) Firmware
9 11 (0.96%) OpenSSH
9 11 (0.96%) XenApp
10 8 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.35%) KVM
12 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.18%) NFS
13 2 (0.18%) QEMU
13 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
13 2 (0.18%) Varnish
13 2 (0.18%) Xen
14 1 (0.088%) Samba
Systems Management
1 121 (10.60%) Ansible
2 85 (7.44%) Kubernetes
3 75 (6.57%) vCenter Server
4 66 (5.78%) Terraform
5 57 (4.99%) Prometheus
6 33 (2.89%) CASB
7 29 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (1.75%) FortiGate
9 17 (1.49%) Grafana
10 13 (1.14%) Puppet
10 13 (1.14%) SCCM
11 11 (0.96%) IBM BigFix
11 11 (0.96%) PowerCLI
12 9 (0.79%) Graphite
12 9 (0.79%) HAProxy
12 9 (0.79%) Nagios
13 8 (0.70%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.53%) PaperCut
14 6 (0.53%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 357 (31.26%) Microsoft
2 157 (13.75%) VMware
3 92 (8.06%) Cisco
4 76 (6.65%) Palo Alto
5 72 (6.30%) Juniper
6 69 (6.04%) 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 24 (2.10%) Apple
12 24 (2.10%) Citrix
12 24 (2.10%) HP
12 24 (2.10%) Ruckus Wireless
13 23 (2.01%) Veeam
14 22 (1.93%) CheckPoint
14 22 (1.93%) Sandvine