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 27 February 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
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 425 449
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +40
Contract jobs citing Aruba 139 59 106
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.23% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.87% 0.49% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 42 66
10th Percentile £400 £384 £320
25th Percentile £448 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £448 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -3.24% +2.78%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £525
90th Percentile £610 £598 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £458 £475
% change year-on-year +9.29% -3.68% +2.15%
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 15,906 11,993 16,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.89% 46.65% 43.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,392 7,433 10,384
10th Percentile £305 £285 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.35%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £517
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 361 883
10th Percentile £15.39 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £15.38
Median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +18.38% -21.21%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.21 £82.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.55 £29.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -15.34% +11.54% -21.80%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +29 67 £500 +17.65% 8
London -12 47 £550 +7.32% 4
North of England -62 12 £508 +6.84% 10
North West -26 7 £508 +6.84% 5
Midlands -53 6 £380 -34.48% 2
East of England -26 4 £650 +160.00% 3
West Midlands -50 4 £380 -34.48%
Yorkshire -65 4 £363 -35.56% 5
North East -16 1 £525 -
South West -37 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 (4.32%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.58%) Azure
2 16 (11.51%) AWS
3 9 (6.47%) GCP
4 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.60%) GitHub
5 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.16%) IaaS
5 3 (2.16%) PaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.44%) Google Ads
6 2 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (54.68%) Firewall
2 72 (51.80%) WAN
3 49 (35.25%) LAN
4 35 (25.18%) BGP
5 34 (24.46%) OSPF
6 30 (21.58%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (20.14%) Wireless
8 27 (19.42%) SD-WAN
9 26 (18.71%) VPN
10 21 (15.11%) IPsec
11 19 (13.67%) Structured Cabling
12 17 (12.23%) VLAN
13 14 (10.07%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (9.35%) MPLS
14 13 (9.35%) Network Security
15 11 (7.91%) Internet
16 10 (7.19%) Cisco Nexus
17 9 (6.47%) Ethernet
17 9 (6.47%) TCP/IP
18 8 (5.76%) InfiniBand
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) GitLab
2 5 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (30.22%) Public Sector
2 20 (14.39%) Documentation Skills
3 17 (12.23%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.76%) Finance
6 7 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.04%) Law
7 6 (4.32%) Legal
8 4 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Billing
10 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) French Language
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (43.17%) Network Engineer
2 35 (25.18%) Consultant
3 34 (24.46%) Network Consultant
4 13 (9.35%) Architect
4 13 (9.35%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (9.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (7.91%) Network Architect
5 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 10 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (6.47%) Senior
8 7 (5.04%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) Network Manager
12 3 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
12 3 (2.16%) Cisco Consultant
12 3 (2.16%) Migration Consultant
12 3 (2.16%) Security Architect
12 3 (2.16%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.07%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.88%) VML
3 2 (1.44%) CSS
3 2 (1.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.62%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.04%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.60%) PKI
4 5 (3.60%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.16%) BYOD
6 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.44%) NHS
6 2 (1.44%) Wiki
7 1 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.72%) IoT
7 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.72%) SCADA
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.47%) Linux
2 8 (5.76%) Unix
3 3 (2.16%) Windows
4 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (30.94%) Migration
2 36 (25.90%) Roadmaps
3 34 (24.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (22.30%) Collaborative Working
5 17 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (10.79%) Project Delivery
7 12 (8.63%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (7.91%) Mentoring
9 10 (7.19%) Network Monitoring
9 10 (7.19%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (6.47%) Incident Response
10 9 (6.47%) Network Architecture
10 9 (6.47%) Network Design
10 9 (6.47%) Network Segmentation
11 8 (5.76%) Agile
11 8 (5.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 7 (5.04%) AI
12 7 (5.04%) Infrastructure Automation
12 7 (5.04%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.19%) Python
2 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (53.96%) Security Cleared
2 68 (48.92%) SC Cleared
3 46 (33.09%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (32.37%) CCNP
5 21 (15.11%) Degree
6 20 (14.39%) CCNA
7 10 (7.19%) CCIE
8 6 (4.32%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.60%) CCSE
10 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.16%) CISSP
12 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.44%) PMP
13 1 (0.72%) CCDA
13 1 (0.72%) CCDP
13 1 (0.72%) CCIP
13 1 (0.72%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.72%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.44%) SLA
2 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.72%) GDPR
2 1 (0.72%) NCSC
2 1 (0.72%) NIST
2 1 (0.72%) PMO
2 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.72%) Firmware
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (11.51%) Ansible
2 10 (7.19%) Grafana
2 10 (7.19%) Prometheus
3 9 (6.47%) Terraform
4 7 (5.04%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.60%) Salt
6 4 (2.88%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.44%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.72%) CASB
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 119 (85.61%) Cisco
2 58 (41.73%) Palo Alto
3 47 (33.81%) CheckPoint
4 24 (17.27%) Fortinet
5 17 (12.23%) F5
6 15 (10.79%) Juniper
6 15 (10.79%) Meraki
7 12 (8.63%) Arista
8 10 (7.19%) Ekahau
8 10 (7.19%) Microsoft
9 8 (5.76%) ServiceNow
9 8 (5.76%) SolarWinds
10 6 (4.32%) BigPanda
10 6 (4.32%) Splunk
10 6 (4.32%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.88%) VMware
12 3 (2.16%) Broadcom
12 3 (2.16%) ForeScout
12 3 (2.16%) Netskope
12 3 (2.16%) Symantec