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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 421 438
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 +41
Contract jobs citing Aruba 137 54 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 0.47% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 37 62
10th Percentile £400 £365 £321
25th Percentile £434 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £519
90th Percentile £643 £603 £585
UK median daily rate £500 £431 £450
% change year-on-year +15.94% -4.17% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% - -
75th Percentile £38.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -44.44% - -

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 16,848 11,589 15,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.74% 47.32% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,516 10,030
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 436 985
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.18 £14.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £80.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%

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 18 April 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
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 18 April 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 +1 56 £500 +17.65% 12
London -17 42 £515 +7.29% 13
North of England -56 19 £480 +6.67% 11
Midlands -57 13 £396 -9.43% 8
North West -38 11 £480 +6.67% 7
West Midlands -58 10 £396 -9.43% 6
Yorkshire -53 7 £363 -35.56% 3
East of England -29 4 £550 +120.00% 3
North East - 1 £525 - 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 3 (2.19%) Confluence
2 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.90%) Azure
2 13 (9.49%) AWS
3 4 (2.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (2.92%) GCP
4 3 (2.19%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.19%) IaaS
4 3 (2.19%) PaaS
5 2 (1.46%) Google Ads
5 2 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (55.47%) WAN
2 73 (53.28%) Firewall
3 60 (43.80%) LAN
4 42 (30.66%) Wireless
5 41 (29.93%) Wi-Fi
6 38 (27.74%) BGP
7 37 (27.01%) OSPF
8 35 (25.55%) SD-WAN
9 27 (19.71%) VPN
10 21 (15.33%) IPsec
10 21 (15.33%) VLAN
11 19 (13.87%) Structured Cabling
12 17 (12.41%) Cisco ISE
13 15 (10.95%) Internet
13 15 (10.95%) MPLS
13 15 (10.95%) Network Security
14 13 (9.49%) WLAN
15 10 (7.30%) Ethernet
16 9 (6.57%) TCP/IP
16 9 (6.57%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) Git
2 1 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (21.17%) Public Sector
2 21 (15.33%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.60%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.84%) Finance
5 8 (5.84%) Legal
6 7 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.11%) Law
7 4 (2.92%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Local Government
9 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (53.28%) Network Engineer
2 24 (17.52%) Consultant
3 23 (16.79%) Network Consultant
4 15 (10.95%) Cisco Engineer
4 15 (10.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (10.22%) Architect
6 11 (8.03%) Network Architect
6 11 (8.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (6.57%) Senior
8 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Wireless Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) WAN Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 4 (2.92%) Network Manager
12 3 (2.19%) Azure Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) Site Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.33%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.92%) VML
3 2 (1.46%) CSS
3 2 (1.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.28%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.84%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.65%) PKI
5 4 (2.92%) BYOD
6 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.19%) Wiki
7 2 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.73%) IoT
8 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.73%) NHS
8 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.57%) Linux
2 8 (5.84%) Unix
3 6 (4.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.82%) Migration
2 26 (18.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 24 (17.52%) Collaborative Working
3 24 (17.52%) Roadmaps
4 17 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (8.76%) Customer Requirements
5 12 (8.76%) Mentoring
5 12 (8.76%) Network Segmentation
5 12 (8.76%) Project Delivery
6 11 (8.03%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (7.30%) Zero Trust
8 9 (6.57%) Network Design
9 8 (5.84%) Incident Management
9 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (5.84%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (5.84%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 8 (5.84%) User Experience
10 7 (5.11%) AI
10 7 (5.11%) Incident Response
10 7 (5.11%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.65%) Python
2 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.73%) Lisp
3 1 (0.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (47.45%) Security Cleared
2 60 (43.80%) SC Cleared
3 56 (40.88%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (40.15%) CCNP
5 24 (17.52%) CCNA
6 21 (15.33%) Degree
7 16 (11.68%) CCIE
8 5 (3.65%) CCSE
9 4 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.92%) CWNA
9 4 (2.92%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.19%) CCIE Wireless
10 3 (2.19%) CWDP
10 3 (2.19%) CWNE
10 3 (2.19%) CWSP
10 3 (2.19%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.19%) PMP
11 2 (1.46%) CISSP
11 2 (1.46%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.73%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.73%) GDPR
2 1 (0.73%) NCSC
2 1 (0.73%) NIST
2 1 (0.73%) PMO
2 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.19%) Firmware
2 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Ansible
2 8 (5.84%) Grafana
2 8 (5.84%) Prometheus
3 6 (4.38%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.65%) Salt
4 5 (3.65%) Terraform
5 3 (2.19%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.73%) CASB
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 117 (85.40%) Cisco
2 57 (41.61%) Palo Alto
3 48 (35.04%) CheckPoint
4 20 (14.60%) Meraki
5 18 (13.14%) Fortinet
6 17 (12.41%) Ekahau
6 17 (12.41%) Juniper
7 16 (11.68%) F5
8 11 (8.03%) Arista
9 10 (7.30%) Microsoft
9 10 (7.30%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.38%) BigPanda
10 6 (4.38%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.38%) Splunk
11 5 (3.65%) HP
11 5 (3.65%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.19%) Broadcom
12 3 (2.19%) ForeScout
12 3 (2.19%) Netskope
12 3 (2.19%) Symantec