802.1X Contracts in England

IEEE 802.1X
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 802.1X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 802.1X over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 439 533 572
Rank change year-on-year +94 +39 +149
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 47 26 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.069% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.83% 0.33% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 45
10th Percentile £351 £299 £343
25th Percentile £409 £341 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £436 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.21% -12.75% +5.04%
75th Percentile £602 £499 £575
90th Percentile £617 £525 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £436 £500
% change year-on-year +20.34% -12.75% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £22.64 - -
25th Percentile £29.91 - £76.75
Median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -49.04% +141.54%
75th Percentile £56.01 - £81.00
90th Percentile £63.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year +6.61% -49.21% +142.31%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,678 7,900 10,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.61% 21.10% 22.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,947 5,517 7,901
10th Percentile £358 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £514 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.37% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 263 134
10th Percentile £31.78 £22.96 £32.03
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £58.88 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -13.46% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £74.49 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +28.40%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 802.1X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 802.1X in England

802.1X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 802.1X in England.

Daily rate trend for 802.1X in England

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 802.1X in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in England

802.1X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 802.1X in England.

Hourly rate trend for 802.1X in England

802.1X
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 802.1X in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. 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
London +53 17 £600 +26.32% 18
North of England +34 17 £475 - 4
North West +18 17 £475 - 1
South East +43 5 £483 +68.41% 4
South West +50 4 £585 +27.17% 3
East of England +25 2 £350 - 2
Midlands +13 2 £145 - 5
West Midlands +7 2 £145 - 5
802.1X
UK

802.1X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Akamai
2 3 (6.38%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (4.26%) Nutanix
3 2 (4.26%) Serverless
4 1 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 34 (72.34%) Firewall
2 24 (51.06%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (48.94%) WAN
4 21 (44.68%) Network Security
5 19 (40.43%) BGP
5 19 (40.43%) Cisco ISE
5 19 (40.43%) OSPF
6 16 (34.04%) NetScaler
6 16 (34.04%) Wireless
7 15 (31.91%) Cisco IOS
8 13 (27.66%) EIGRP
9 11 (23.40%) RIP
9 11 (23.40%) Spanning Tree
10 9 (19.15%) Wireshark
11 8 (17.02%) HSRP
11 8 (17.02%) SSL
12 7 (14.89%) NX-OS
12 7 (14.89%) VLAN
12 7 (14.89%) VPN
12 7 (14.89%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.38%) Banking
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (80.85%) Network Engineer
2 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Wireless Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Data Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) HTML
1 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.38%) PKI
3 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) CatOS
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
1 4 (8.51%) Unix
2 2 (4.26%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (46.81%) Network Design
2 18 (38.30%) Network Management
3 16 (34.04%) Load Balancing
4 12 (25.53%) Network Architecture
4 12 (25.53%) Network Monitoring
5 11 (23.40%) Matrix Organization
6 10 (21.28%) Impact Assessments
6 10 (21.28%) Service Management
7 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
7 5 (10.64%) ITIL
8 4 (8.51%) Change Management
8 4 (8.51%) High Availability
8 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (8.51%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.38%) Architecture Roadmap
9 3 (6.38%) Data Collection
9 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
9 3 (6.38%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) Perl
2 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (38.30%) CCNP
2 18 (38.30%) Security Cleared
3 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (17.02%) Degree
5 5 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.51%) CCIE
6 4 (8.51%) CCSE
7 3 (6.38%) CCNA
7 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.13%) CCDP
8 1 (2.13%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) Ansible
2 3 (6.38%) OPNET
2 3 (6.38%) Terraform
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.13%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (2.13%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.13%) Netcool
Vendors
1 44 (93.62%) Cisco
2 20 (42.55%) Meraki
3 19 (40.43%) Palo Alto
4 13 (27.66%) Juniper
5 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
6 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds
7 5 (10.64%) AirMagnet
7 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
7 5 (10.64%) Ekahau
8 4 (8.51%) Arista
8 4 (8.51%) Aruba
8 4 (8.51%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (8.51%) Fortinet
9 3 (6.38%) F5
9 3 (6.38%) McAfee
9 3 (6.38%) Splunk
10 2 (4.26%) Blue Coat
10 2 (4.26%) Riverbed
10 2 (4.26%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (4.26%) Zscaler