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 29 December 2025, 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
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 422 425
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +145
Contract jobs citing Aruba 102 73 124
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 0.56% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 54 91
10th Percentile £363 £405 £320
25th Percentile £434 £411 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £415
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +23.49% -12.63%
75th Percentile £520 £580 £520
90th Percentile £600 £600 £544
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £421
% change year-on-year -2.44% +21.81% -11.42%
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 14,897 13,008 16,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.23% 46.06% 44.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,694 7,904 10,520
10th Percentile £294 £291 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 708 372 610
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -34.70% +70.15%
75th Percentile £47.56 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.73 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -13.36% -40.06% +76.99%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 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
South East +38 54 £500 -11.74% 21
London -1 28 £550 +4.76% 35
East of England -14 7 £400 +33.33% 5
Midlands -49 5 £380 -34.48% 1
West Midlands -36 4 £380 -34.48% 1
North of England -61 4 £520 +9.47% 10
North West -28 2 £520 +6.67% 9
Yorkshire -50 2 £506 +19.12%
South West -14 1 £513 +24.24% 2
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 5 (4.90%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.59%) Azure
2 12 (11.76%) AWS
3 7 (6.86%) GCP
4 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.90%) GitHub
5 2 (1.96%) IaaS
5 2 (1.96%) PaaS
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.98%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.98%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (50.98%) Firewall
2 43 (42.16%) WAN
3 25 (24.51%) LAN
4 22 (21.57%) BGP
4 22 (21.57%) OSPF
4 22 (21.57%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 16 (15.69%) VPN
7 13 (12.75%) Structured Cabling
7 13 (12.75%) Wireless
8 12 (11.76%) IPsec
9 9 (8.82%) VLAN
10 7 (6.86%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (6.86%) Internet
10 7 (6.86%) Network Security
11 5 (4.90%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (4.90%) EIGRP
11 5 (4.90%) TCP/IP
12 4 (3.92%) DNS
12 4 (3.92%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) JIRA
2 5 (4.90%) GitLab
2 5 (4.90%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (39.22%) Public Sector
2 14 (13.73%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (12.75%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Retail
7 3 (2.94%) Finance
7 3 (2.94%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Law
9 1 (0.98%) Automotive
9 1 (0.98%) Billing
9 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.98%) French Language
9 1 (0.98%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Military
9 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (40.20%) Network Engineer
2 34 (33.33%) Consultant
3 33 (32.35%) Network Consultant
4 10 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (7.84%) Architect
6 7 (6.86%) Network Architect
6 7 (6.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Senior
8 5 (4.90%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Cisco Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Lead
10 3 (2.94%) Migration Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Network Manager
10 3 (2.94%) Network Security Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Security Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) VML
2 2 (1.96%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.98%) CSS
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.51%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.90%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) PKI
4 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.98%) Replication
5 1 (0.98%) SCADA
5 1 (0.98%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.98%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.98%) Unix
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (43.14%) Migration
2 36 (35.29%) Roadmaps
3 33 (32.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (30.39%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (12.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (9.80%) Project Delivery
8 8 (7.84%) Customer Requirements
9 7 (6.86%) Agile
9 7 (6.86%) Network Architecture
10 6 (5.88%) DevOps
10 6 (5.88%) Infrastructure Automation
10 6 (5.88%) Load Balancing
10 6 (5.88%) Network Design
10 6 (5.88%) Project Management
10 6 (5.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 5 (4.90%) CI/CD
11 5 (4.90%) Configuration Management
11 5 (4.90%) Test Automation
11 5 (4.90%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.86%) Python
2 1 (0.98%) Bash
2 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.98%) Perl
2 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (55.88%) Security Cleared
2 53 (51.96%) SC Cleared
3 25 (24.51%) CCNP
3 25 (24.51%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (10.78%) Degree
5 8 (7.84%) CCNA
6 7 (6.86%) CCIE
7 3 (2.94%) CCSE
7 3 (2.94%) CISSP
7 3 (2.94%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (0.98%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.98%) CWNA
8 1 (0.98%) CWSP
8 1 (0.98%) GIAC
8 1 (0.98%) GSEC
8 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.98%) PMP
8 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.98%) NIST
2 1 (0.98%) PMO
2 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.98%) Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.98%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (7.84%) Ansible
2 7 (6.86%) FortiGate
2 7 (6.86%) Terraform
3 3 (2.94%) Grafana
3 3 (2.94%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (1.96%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.98%) Salt
Vendors
1 81 (79.41%) Cisco
2 28 (27.45%) Palo Alto
3 26 (25.49%) CheckPoint
4 19 (18.63%) Fortinet
5 9 (8.82%) F5
5 9 (8.82%) Meraki
6 8 (7.84%) Juniper
7 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
8 6 (5.88%) Zscaler
9 5 (4.90%) Arista
10 4 (3.92%) VMware
11 3 (2.94%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.96%) Broadcom
12 2 (1.96%) Dell
12 2 (1.96%) Ekahau
12 2 (1.96%) Extreme Networks
12 2 (1.96%) Mitel
12 2 (1.96%) Netskope
12 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.96%) Symantec