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 13 July 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
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 449 444
Rank change year-on-year -45 -5 +37
Contract jobs citing Aruba 123 55 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.67% 0.42% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 34 57
10th Percentile £379 £363 £315
25th Percentile £421 £387 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £449
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% -1.06% -0.33%
75th Percentile £538 £524 £488
90th Percentile £625 £604 £606
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £449
% change year-on-year +5.56% +0.33% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £44.10 - -
25th Percentile £55.88 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £77.00 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% - -
75th Percentile £78.63 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £78.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.25 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year +14.44% - -

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 18,360 12,945 15,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.43% 43.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,634 8,199 10,031
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 602 1,019
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.84 £12.52
25th Percentile £19.72 £17.66 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -32.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.12 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.56 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.61 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +37.62% +0.60% -38.27%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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
North of England -42 41 £520 +10.64% 11
London -50 32 £500 +4.17% 7
North West -31 26 £515 +8.42% 8
Midlands -27 24 £406 +47.73% 2
West Midlands -45 22 £406 +47.73%
South East -68 21 £467 +9.76% 8
North East - 13 £588 -
Yorkshire -46 8 £363 -22.04% 3
East of England -24 1 £450 +20.00%
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 2 (1.63%) Confluence
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (34.15%) Azure
2 35 (28.46%) AWS
3 19 (15.45%) OCI
4 13 (10.57%) SaaS
5 5 (4.07%) GCP
6 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.44%) GitHub
7 3 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.63%) IaaS
8 2 (1.63%) PaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.81%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 70 (56.91%) WAN
2 68 (55.28%) Wireless
3 67 (54.47%) Firewall
4 52 (42.28%) Wi-Fi
5 51 (41.46%) SD-WAN
6 45 (36.59%) LAN
7 40 (32.52%) BGP
8 37 (30.08%) OSPF
9 35 (28.46%) WLAN
10 28 (22.76%) VXLAN
11 26 (21.14%) Ethernet VPN
12 25 (20.33%) VPN
13 23 (18.70%) VLAN
14 20 (16.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 19 (15.45%) Cisco ISE
16 18 (14.63%) BIG-IP
17 17 (13.82%) Network Security
18 13 (10.57%) Internet
19 12 (9.76%) 5G
19 12 (9.76%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 18 (14.63%) GitLab
2 3 (2.44%) JIRA
3 2 (1.63%) Git
4 1 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (17.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.57%) Public Sector
3 9 (7.32%) Legal
4 7 (5.69%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.07%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.25%) Law
7 2 (1.63%) Finance
8 1 (0.81%) Military
8 1 (0.81%) Police
8 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (47.97%) Network Engineer
2 25 (20.33%) Senior
3 21 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (13.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) Cisco Engineer
6 12 (9.76%) Architect
7 11 (8.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (8.94%) Wireless Engineer
8 9 (7.32%) Network Architect
8 9 (7.32%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) WAN Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Network Manager
11 4 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 4 (3.25%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Consultant
11 4 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
11 4 (3.25%) Network Consultant
11 4 (3.25%) Network Delivery Manager
12 3 (2.44%) Network Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.76%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (28.46%) Data Centre
2 22 (17.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (8.13%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.25%) BYOD
6 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.63%) IoT
7 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.63%) PKI
7 2 (1.63%) Wiki
8 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.32%) Linux
2 8 (6.50%) Windows
3 7 (5.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) VMS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) Zero Trust
2 24 (19.51%) Infrastructure as Code
2 24 (19.51%) Load Balancing
3 23 (18.70%) CI/CD
4 22 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (17.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 17 (13.82%) Network Design
7 16 (13.01%) Network Architecture
8 15 (12.20%) High Availability
9 13 (10.57%) DevOps
9 13 (10.57%) Network Segmentation
10 12 (9.76%) Incident Management
10 12 (9.76%) User Experience
11 11 (8.94%) Migration
11 11 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (8.13%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (8.13%) Project Delivery
13 9 (7.32%) Capacity Planning
13 9 (7.32%) Mentoring
14 8 (6.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.58%) Python
2 3 (2.44%) Lisp
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (31.71%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (30.89%) CCNP
3 34 (27.64%) Security Cleared
4 30 (24.39%) SC Cleared
5 18 (14.63%) CCNA
6 14 (11.38%) CCIE
6 14 (11.38%) Degree
7 4 (3.25%) CCIE Wireless
7 4 (3.25%) CCSE
7 4 (3.25%) CWDP
7 4 (3.25%) CWNA
7 4 (3.25%) CWNE
7 4 (3.25%) CWSP
7 4 (3.25%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.25%) PMP
8 3 (2.44%) CCIE Security
8 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.63%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.44%) NIST
2 2 (1.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) NCSC
3 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.63%) Firmware
4 1 (0.81%) FreeRADIUS
4 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (28.46%) Ansible
2 23 (18.70%) Terraform
3 11 (8.94%) FortiGate
4 7 (5.69%) Grafana
4 7 (5.69%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.25%) Salt
6 2 (1.63%) CASB
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.81%) Nagios
Vendors
1 84 (68.29%) Cisco
2 59 (47.97%) Palo Alto
3 32 (26.02%) F5
4 27 (21.95%) Arista
5 23 (18.70%) CheckPoint
6 21 (17.07%) Fortinet
7 20 (16.26%) Juniper
8 17 (13.82%) Ekahau
9 14 (11.38%) Meraki
10 9 (7.32%) ServiceNow
10 9 (7.32%) SolarWinds
11 6 (4.88%) Microsoft
12 5 (4.07%) BigPanda
12 5 (4.07%) HP
12 5 (4.07%) Splunk
13 4 (3.25%) Zscaler
14 3 (2.44%) Ping Identity
14 3 (2.44%) VMware
15 2 (1.63%) Blue Coat
15 2 (1.63%) Riverbed