802.1X Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IEEE 802.1X
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 89 95
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +18
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.99% 0.85% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -
England median daily rate £475 £400 £298
% change year-on-year +18.75% +34.45% -45.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £61.88 - -
25th Percentile £62.81 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £66.56 - -
90th Percentile £67.13 - -
England median hourly rate £96.00 £42.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +125.11% +6.61% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 303 236 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.04% 18.21% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 114 117
10th Percentile £345 £346 £300
25th Percentile £413 £428 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +17.65% -18.74%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £550
90th Percentile £643 £685 £630
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 52 57
10th Percentile £17.12 £40.75 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £43.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.61 £63.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +46.51% -33.85%
75th Percentile £87.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -3.85%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the East of England

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing 802.1X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing 802.1X

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing 802.1X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing 802.1X

802.1X
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Bedfordshire - 2 - -
Essex - 1 £475 - 2
802.1X
England

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) CWNA
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Forcepoint