802.1X Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

IEEE 802.1X
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 58 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.32% 0.21% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.82% 1.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £513 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £525 -
% change year-on-year -14.38% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

802.1X falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 102 97 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.93% 20.12% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 74 44
10th Percentile £350 £315 £288
25th Percentile £389 £358 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £391 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -13.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £615 £492 £515
90th Percentile £675 £586 £620
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £10.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year - +508.70% -
75th Percentile - - £12.25
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £76.25 £48.43
% change year-on-year -8.20% +57.44% +19.32%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 802.1X relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

802.1X job vacancy trend in Cheshire

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing 802.1X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing 802.1X

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 802.1X in Cheshire over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in Cheshire

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing 802.1X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing 802.1X

802.1X
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 802.1X within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 7 £417 -
802.1X
North West

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) DNS
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) 802.11
3 3 (33.33%) Network Security
3 3 (33.33%) VLAN
4 2 (22.22%) BGP
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
4 2 (22.22%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) IPsec
4 2 (22.22%) MPLS
4 2 (22.22%) OSPF
4 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
4 2 (22.22%) VXLAN
4 2 (22.22%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (22.22%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
1 5 (55.56%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Zero Trust
2 4 (44.44%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Deep Packet Inspection
3 2 (22.22%) Escalation Management
3 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) SIEM
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (22.22%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Runbook
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) ForeScout
3 4 (44.44%) Aruba
4 2 (22.22%) Meraki