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 23 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
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 416 450
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +37
Contract jobs citing Aruba 149 53 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Vendors category 0.91% 0.45% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 41 63
10th Percentile £400 £375 £320
25th Percentile £445 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £525
90th Percentile £623 £600 £583
UK median daily rate £500 £431 £475
% change year-on-year +15.94% -9.21% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £28.21 - -
25th Percentile £43.44 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.25 - -
90th Percentile £72.00 - -
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 16,396 11,660 16,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.86% 47.22% 42.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,701 7,487 10,245
10th Percentile £310 £293 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -4.70%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 405 950
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.23 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.30 £14.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +24.25% -31.01%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.75 £52.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.80 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £23.61
% change year-on-year -13.28% +22.83% -37.87%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +2 69 £500 +17.65% 11
London -8 47 £550 +14.58% 6
North of England -55 18 £480 +6.67% 13
North West -17 11 £480 +9.71% 9
Midlands -57 10 £396 -9.43% 3
West Midlands -54 8 £396 -9.43% 1
Yorkshire -61 6 £363 -35.56% 3
East of England -24 3 £650 +160.00% 4
North East -14 1 £525 - 1
South West -34 1 £513 +24.24% 4
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 (4.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.82%) Azure
2 17 (11.41%) AWS
3 9 (6.04%) GCP
4 6 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.36%) GitHub
6 3 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.01%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.01%) IaaS
6 3 (2.01%) PaaS
7 2 (1.34%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (51.68%) Firewall
1 77 (51.68%) WAN
2 56 (37.58%) LAN
3 39 (26.17%) BGP
3 39 (26.17%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (25.50%) OSPF
5 37 (24.83%) Wireless
6 31 (20.81%) SD-WAN
7 28 (18.79%) VPN
8 21 (14.09%) IPsec
8 21 (14.09%) VLAN
9 19 (12.75%) Structured Cabling
10 17 (11.41%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (10.07%) Network Security
12 14 (9.40%) Internet
12 14 (9.40%) MPLS
13 12 (8.05%) TCP/IP
14 10 (6.71%) WLAN
15 9 (6.04%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (6.04%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 8 (5.37%) JIRA
2 5 (3.36%) GitLab
2 5 (3.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.67%) Git
3 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (28.19%) Public Sector
2 20 (13.42%) Documentation Skills
3 18 (12.08%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.05%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.04%) Finance
6 8 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (4.03%) Law
7 6 (4.03%) Legal
8 4 (2.68%) Retail
9 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Billing
10 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.67%) French Language
10 1 (0.67%) Local Government
10 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (45.64%) Network Engineer
2 35 (23.49%) Consultant
3 34 (22.82%) Network Consultant
4 15 (10.07%) Architect
5 13 (8.72%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (8.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.05%) Network Architect
7 11 (7.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Senior
9 8 (5.37%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) WAN Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) Wireless Engineer
12 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 3 (2.01%) Azure Engineer
13 3 (2.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 3 (2.01%) Network Security Architect
13 3 (2.01%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.42%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.68%) VML
3 2 (1.34%) CSS
3 2 (1.34%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.83%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.70%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.03%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.36%) PKI
6 4 (2.68%) BYOD
7 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.34%) Wiki
9 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.67%) IoT
9 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.67%) NHS
9 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.67%) SCADA
9 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.04%) Linux
2 8 (5.37%) Unix
3 4 (2.68%) Windows
4 1 (0.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.20%) Migration
2 36 (24.16%) Roadmaps
2 36 (24.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 31 (20.81%) Collaborative Working
4 17 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (10.74%) Project Delivery
6 13 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (8.05%) Customer Requirements
7 12 (8.05%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.38%) Network Segmentation
8 11 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (6.04%) Network Architecture
9 9 (6.04%) Network Design
9 9 (6.04%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (5.37%) Agile
10 8 (5.37%) DevOps
10 8 (5.37%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.37%) Load Balancing
10 8 (5.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 7 (4.70%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.38%) Python
2 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.67%) Perl
3 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (51.68%) Security Cleared
2 70 (46.98%) SC Cleared
3 52 (34.90%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (34.23%) CCNP
5 23 (15.44%) CCNA
6 21 (14.09%) Degree
7 13 (8.72%) CCIE
8 6 (4.03%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.36%) CCSE
10 4 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.01%) CISSP
12 2 (1.34%) CWNA
12 2 (1.34%) JNCIS
12 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.34%) PMP
13 1 (0.67%) CWNE
13 1 (0.67%) CWSP
13 1 (0.67%) GIAC
13 1 (0.67%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.67%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.67%) GDPR
2 1 (0.67%) NCSC
2 1 (0.67%) NIST
2 1 (0.67%) PMO
2 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Firmware
1 3 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (11.41%) Ansible
2 10 (6.71%) Grafana
2 10 (6.71%) Prometheus
2 10 (6.71%) Terraform
3 7 (4.70%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.36%) Salt
5 3 (2.01%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.34%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.34%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.67%) CASB
7 1 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 126 (84.56%) Cisco
2 58 (38.93%) Palo Alto
3 49 (32.89%) CheckPoint
4 24 (16.11%) Fortinet
5 18 (12.08%) Meraki
6 16 (10.74%) F5
6 16 (10.74%) Juniper
7 15 (10.07%) Ekahau
8 12 (8.05%) Arista
9 10 (6.71%) Microsoft
10 8 (5.37%) ServiceNow
11 7 (4.70%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.03%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.03%) Splunk
13 5 (3.36%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.68%) VMware
15 3 (2.01%) Broadcom
15 3 (2.01%) ForeScout
15 3 (2.01%) Netskope
15 3 (2.01%) Symantec