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 2 January 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
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 423 435
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 +122
Contract jobs citing Aruba 110 74 121
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.27% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 0.74% 0.58% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 54 88
10th Percentile £396 £405 £320
25th Percentile £440 £411 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £406
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +26.15% -14.47%
75th Percentile £545 £580 £501
90th Percentile £650 £600 £544
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £415
% change year-on-year -2.44% +23.49% -12.63%
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 14,919 12,802 16,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.08% 45.98% 44.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,749 7,759 10,475
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 692 367 621
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.24 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.21 £17.08 £19.76
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -34.61% +69.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £64.40
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.65 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -13.36% -39.17% +73.88%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +32 58 £500 -11.74% 9
London -4 32 £550 +4.76% 20
East of England -13 7 £600 +100.00% 2
Midlands -44 5 £380 -34.48%
West Midlands -45 4 £380 -34.48%
North of England -52 4 £520 +9.47% 6
North West -38 2 £520 +6.67% 5
Yorkshire -55 2 £506 +19.12%
South West -18 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 5 (4.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.82%) Azure
2 12 (10.91%) AWS
3 7 (6.36%) GCP
4 5 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.82%) IaaS
5 2 (1.82%) PaaS
5 2 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.91%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (52.73%) Firewall
2 49 (44.55%) WAN
3 29 (26.36%) LAN
4 25 (22.73%) BGP
4 25 (22.73%) OSPF
5 21 (19.09%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (18.18%) SD-WAN
7 17 (15.45%) VPN
8 15 (13.64%) IPsec
8 15 (13.64%) Structured Cabling
9 12 (10.91%) Wireless
10 10 (9.09%) VLAN
11 8 (7.27%) Network Security
12 7 (6.36%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (6.36%) Internet
13 6 (5.45%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (4.55%) EIGRP
14 5 (4.55%) MPLS
14 5 (4.55%) TCP/IP
15 4 (3.64%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (5.45%) JIRA
2 5 (4.55%) GitLab
2 5 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 16 (14.55%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (10.91%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.45%) Finance
7 5 (4.55%) Legal
8 4 (3.64%) Law
8 4 (3.64%) Retail
9 1 (0.91%) Automotive
9 1 (0.91%) Billing
9 1 (0.91%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.91%) French Language
9 1 (0.91%) Local Government
9 1 (0.91%) Military
9 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (42.73%) Network Engineer
2 34 (30.91%) Consultant
3 33 (30.00%) Network Consultant
4 11 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (9.09%) Architect
6 9 (8.18%) Cisco Engineer
6 9 (8.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (7.27%) Network Architect
7 8 (7.27%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.55%) Senior
9 4 (3.64%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (2.73%) Cisco Consultant
10 3 (2.73%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 3 (2.73%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 3 (2.73%) Lead
10 3 (2.73%) Network Security Architect
10 3 (2.73%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) VML
2 3 (2.73%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.91%) CSS
3 1 (0.91%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (26.36%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.64%) PKI
4 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.82%) NHS
4 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.91%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.91%) Replication
5 1 (0.91%) SCADA
5 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.91%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Linux
3 1 (0.91%) Unix
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.09%) Migration
2 36 (32.73%) Roadmaps
3 33 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (28.18%) Collaborative Working
5 14 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 10 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (6.36%) Agile
8 7 (6.36%) DevOps
8 7 (6.36%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (6.36%) Network Architecture
8 7 (6.36%) Network Design
9 6 (5.45%) Load Balancing
9 6 (5.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 5 (4.55%) CI/CD
10 5 (4.55%) Configuration Management
10 5 (4.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (4.55%) Network Monitoring
10 5 (4.55%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) Python
2 1 (0.91%) Bash
2 1 (0.91%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.91%) Perl
2 1 (0.91%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (55.45%) Security Cleared
2 55 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 28 (25.45%) CCNP
3 28 (25.45%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (10.91%) Degree
5 9 (8.18%) CCNA
6 7 (6.36%) CCIE
7 5 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.73%) CCSE
8 3 (2.73%) CISSP
9 1 (0.91%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (0.91%) CCIE Wireless
9 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.91%) CWNA
9 1 (0.91%) CWSP
9 1 (0.91%) GIAC
9 1 (0.91%) GSEC
9 1 (0.91%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.91%) PMP
9 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.82%) SLA
2 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.91%) GDPR
2 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.91%) NIST
2 1 (0.91%) PMO
2 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.91%) Firmware
3 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.91%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (8.18%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.27%) Ansible
3 7 (6.36%) Terraform
4 3 (2.73%) Grafana
4 3 (2.73%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.82%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (1.82%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.91%) Salt
Vendors
1 90 (81.82%) Cisco
2 36 (32.73%) Palo Alto
3 29 (26.36%) CheckPoint
4 20 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 11 (10.00%) Meraki
6 10 (9.09%) F5
7 8 (7.27%) Juniper
7 8 (7.27%) Microsoft
8 6 (5.45%) Zscaler
9 5 (4.55%) Arista
10 4 (3.64%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.64%) VMware
11 2 (1.82%) Broadcom
11 2 (1.82%) Dell
11 2 (1.82%) Ekahau
11 2 (1.82%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (1.82%) ForeScout
11 2 (1.82%) Mitel
11 2 (1.82%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.82%) Symantec