Aruba Contract Job Trends in England

Aruba
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Aruba products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aruba over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Aruba Networks.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 429 446
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 +45
Contract jobs citing Aruba 141 59 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Vendors category 0.87% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 43 65
10th Percentile £400 £382 £320
25th Percentile £448 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £544 £525
90th Percentile £610 £600 £578
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £38.11 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Vendors
England

Aruba falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,229 11,953 16,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.60% 46.78% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,575 7,483 10,386
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.84% -4.18%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £631
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.17% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 849 380 909
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £14.72
Median hourly rate £24.55 £31.42 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% +24.45% -27.86%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -16.67% +18.98% -27.96%

Aruba
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Aruba job vacancy trend in England

Aruba
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aruba.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aruba

Aruba
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aruba in England over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Aruba in England

Aruba
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aruba.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Aruba

Aruba
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aruba in England over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Aruba in England

Aruba
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 Aruba within the England region over the 6 months to 6 March 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
South East +17 68 £500 +21.21% 9
London -8 46 £550 +7.32% 11
North of England -60 13 £508 +6.84% 12
North West -22 7 £508 +6.84% 8
Midlands -55 7 £380 -25.31% 5
West Midlands -51 5 £380 -25.31% 1
Yorkshire -58 5 £363 -35.56% 4
East of England -22 4 £650 +160.00% 2
North East -13 1 £525 -
South West -38 1 £513 +24.24% 1
Aruba
UK

Aruba
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.26%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.99%) Azure
2 16 (11.35%) AWS
3 9 (6.38%) GCP
4 5 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.55%) GitHub
5 3 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.13%) IaaS
5 3 (2.13%) PaaS
6 2 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.42%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (53.90%) Firewall
2 72 (51.06%) WAN
3 50 (35.46%) LAN
4 35 (24.82%) BGP
5 34 (24.11%) OSPF
6 31 (21.99%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (21.28%) Wireless
8 27 (19.15%) SD-WAN
9 26 (18.44%) VPN
10 21 (14.89%) IPsec
11 19 (13.48%) Structured Cabling
12 16 (11.35%) VLAN
13 15 (10.64%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (9.22%) MPLS
14 13 (9.22%) Network Security
15 12 (8.51%) Internet
16 9 (6.38%) Cisco Nexus
16 9 (6.38%) Ethernet
16 9 (6.38%) TCP/IP
17 8 (5.67%) InfiniBand
Development Applications
1 7 (4.96%) JIRA
2 5 (3.55%) GitLab
2 5 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (29.79%) Public Sector
2 20 (14.18%) Documentation Skills
3 18 (12.77%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.51%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.67%) Finance
6 7 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.26%) Law
7 6 (4.26%) Legal
8 4 (2.84%) Retail
9 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Billing
10 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.71%) French Language
10 1 (0.71%) Local Government
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (42.55%) Network Engineer
2 35 (24.82%) Consultant
3 34 (24.11%) Network Consultant
4 13 (9.22%) Architect
4 13 (9.22%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (9.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (7.80%) Network Architect
5 11 (7.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 9 (6.38%) Senior
7 7 (4.96%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.55%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) Network Manager
10 4 (2.84%) Wireless Engineer
11 3 (2.13%) Cisco Consultant
11 3 (2.13%) Migration Consultant
11 3 (2.13%) Security Architect
11 3 (2.13%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.35%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.84%) VML
3 2 (1.42%) CSS
3 2 (1.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.24%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.55%) PKI
4 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.84%) BYOD
6 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.42%) NHS
6 2 (1.42%) Wiki
7 1 (0.71%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.71%) IoT
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.71%) SCADA
7 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.38%) Linux
2 8 (5.67%) Unix
3 3 (2.13%) Windows
4 1 (0.71%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (30.50%) Migration
2 36 (25.53%) Roadmaps
3 34 (24.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (21.99%) Collaborative Working
5 17 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (10.64%) Project Delivery
7 12 (8.51%) Customer Requirements
7 12 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (8.51%) Mentoring
8 10 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (6.38%) Incident Response
9 9 (6.38%) Network Architecture
9 9 (6.38%) Network Monitoring
9 9 (6.38%) Network Segmentation
10 8 (5.67%) Agile
10 8 (5.67%) Network Design
10 8 (5.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 7 (4.96%) AI
11 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure Automation
11 7 (4.96%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.09%) Python
2 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (53.19%) Security Cleared
2 68 (48.23%) SC Cleared
3 48 (34.04%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (33.33%) CCNP
5 21 (14.89%) CCNA
5 21 (14.89%) Degree
6 11 (7.80%) CCIE
7 6 (4.26%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.55%) CCSE
9 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.13%) CISSP
11 2 (1.42%) CCIE Wireless
11 2 (1.42%) CWNA
11 2 (1.42%) CWSP
11 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.42%) PMP
12 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.71%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (0.71%) CWNE
12 1 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.42%) SLA
2 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.71%) GDPR
2 1 (0.71%) NCSC
2 1 (0.71%) NIST
2 1 (0.71%) PMO
2 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.71%) Firmware
3 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (11.35%) Ansible
2 10 (7.09%) Grafana
2 10 (7.09%) Prometheus
3 9 (6.38%) Terraform
4 7 (4.96%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.55%) Salt
6 3 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.42%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.42%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.71%) CASB
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 120 (85.11%) Cisco
2 58 (41.13%) Palo Alto
3 47 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 23 (16.31%) Fortinet
5 17 (12.06%) F5
6 15 (10.64%) Juniper
6 15 (10.64%) Meraki
7 12 (8.51%) Arista
8 11 (7.80%) Ekahau
9 10 (7.09%) Microsoft
10 8 (5.67%) ServiceNow
11 7 (4.96%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.26%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.26%) Splunk
12 6 (4.26%) Zscaler
13 4 (2.84%) VMware
14 3 (2.13%) Broadcom
14 3 (2.13%) ForeScout
14 3 (2.13%) Netskope
14 3 (2.13%) Symantec