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 17 May 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 424 450
Rank change year-on-year -35 +26 +28
Contract jobs citing Aruba 136 56 87
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 0.48% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 35 55
10th Percentile £375 £360 £325
25th Percentile £431 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £525 £494
90th Percentile £651 £594 £604
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -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 16,929 11,649 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.18% 47.62% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,957 7,504 9,714
10th Percentile £313 £276 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £635
90th Percentile £710 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 465 1,004
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.84 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.91% -48.24%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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
London -32 45 £520 +8.33% 9
South East -36 35 £445 +7.88% 12
North of England -45 32 £523 +10.00% 12
North West -22 20 £518 +8.95% 6
Midlands -53 17 £413 -5.71% 6
West Midlands -50 14 £413 -5.71% 6
Yorkshire -56 7 £506 -10.00%
North East - 7 £588 - 6
East of England -25 3 £650 +160.00% 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 (2.21%) Confluence
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.41%) Azure
2 25 (18.38%) AWS
3 12 (8.82%) OCI
4 8 (5.88%) SaaS
5 4 (2.94%) GCP
6 3 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.47%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.47%) IaaS
7 2 (1.47%) PaaS
7 2 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 89 (65.44%) WAN
2 81 (59.56%) Firewall
3 61 (44.85%) LAN
4 53 (38.97%) Wi-Fi
5 51 (37.50%) Wireless
6 49 (36.03%) SD-WAN
7 48 (35.29%) BGP
8 47 (34.56%) OSPF
9 29 (21.32%) VPN
10 25 (18.38%) WLAN
11 21 (15.44%) IPsec
12 20 (14.71%) Cisco ISE
12 20 (14.71%) VLAN
12 20 (14.71%) VXLAN
13 19 (13.97%) Structured Cabling
14 18 (13.24%) Ethernet VPN
15 14 (10.29%) Network Security
16 13 (9.56%) Internet
17 12 (8.82%) MPLS
18 11 (8.09%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 11 (8.09%) GitLab
2 4 (2.94%) JIRA
3 1 (0.74%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (16.18%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.71%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (9.56%) Manufacturing
4 12 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.88%) Finance
5 8 (5.88%) Legal
6 7 (5.15%) Law
7 4 (2.94%) Retail
8 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Local Government
9 1 (0.74%) Military
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (55.88%) Network Engineer
2 19 (13.97%) Senior
3 18 (13.24%) Cisco Engineer
3 18 (13.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 17 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (11.76%) Architect
6 12 (8.82%) Network Architect
7 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.62%) Wireless Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) WAN Engineer
12 4 (2.94%) Business Analyst
12 4 (2.94%) Network Manager
13 3 (2.21%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
13 3 (2.21%) DevOps Engineer
13 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 3 (2.21%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 3 (2.21%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (17.65%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.94%) VML
3 2 (1.47%) CSS
3 2 (1.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (34.56%) Data Centre
2 20 (14.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.15%) PKI
5 5 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.94%) BYOD
7 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.21%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.21%) Wiki
8 2 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.47%) IoT
8 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.62%) Linux
2 8 (5.88%) Unix
2 8 (5.88%) Windows
3 1 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.65%) Zero Trust
2 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 16 (11.76%) Network Design
4 16 (11.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 13 (9.56%) CI/CD
5 13 (9.56%) Network Segmentation
5 13 (9.56%) Project Delivery
6 12 (8.82%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (8.82%) Incident Management
6 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (8.82%) Mentoring
6 12 (8.82%) Migration
6 12 (8.82%) Network Architecture
7 11 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (8.09%) User Experience
8 9 (6.62%) Change Management
8 9 (6.62%) DevOps
9 8 (5.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.50%) Python
2 2 (1.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.74%) Lisp
3 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (40.44%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (39.71%) CCNP
3 50 (36.76%) Security Cleared
4 44 (32.35%) SC Cleared
5 23 (16.91%) Degree
6 22 (16.18%) CCNA
7 15 (11.03%) CCIE
8 5 (3.68%) CCSE
9 4 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.21%) CCIE Wireless
10 3 (2.21%) CWDP
10 3 (2.21%) CWNA
10 3 (2.21%) CWNE
10 3 (2.21%) CWSP
10 3 (2.21%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.21%) PMP
11 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.47%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.21%) NIST
2 1 (0.74%) GDPR
2 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.74%) NCSC
2 1 (0.74%) PMO
2 1 (0.74%) QA
2 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.47%) Firmware
2 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (17.65%) Ansible
2 16 (11.76%) Terraform
3 8 (5.88%) Grafana
3 8 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.15%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.68%) Salt
6 3 (2.21%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.74%) CASB
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 104 (76.47%) Cisco
2 71 (52.21%) Palo Alto
3 48 (35.29%) CheckPoint
4 27 (19.85%) F5
5 23 (16.91%) Meraki
6 21 (15.44%) Arista
7 19 (13.97%) Fortinet
7 19 (13.97%) Juniper
8 17 (12.50%) Ekahau
9 11 (8.09%) ServiceNow
10 10 (7.35%) Microsoft
11 6 (4.41%) BigPanda
11 6 (4.41%) SolarWinds
11 6 (4.41%) Splunk
12 5 (3.68%) ForeScout
12 5 (3.68%) HP
12 5 (3.68%) Zscaler
13 3 (2.21%) Broadcom
13 3 (2.21%) Symantec
13 3 (2.21%) VMware