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 19 August 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
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 461 438
Rank change year-on-year -44 -23 +14
Contract jobs citing Aruba 117 43 85
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.61% 0.33% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 27 52
10th Percentile £376 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £403 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £470
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -9.57% +10.59%
75th Percentile £550 £504 £538
90th Percentile £648 £555 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £48.03 - -
25th Percentile £65.69 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £77.25 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year +14.81% - -

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 19,046 13,021 14,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.66% 47.21% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,996 8,234 9,236
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £614 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £715 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,029 645 729
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.75 £13.65
25th Percentile £18.07 £17.55 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £62.56
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.96 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +27.09% -10.18% -31.40%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -44 40 £520 +11.83% 12
London -56 31 £500 +12.04% 20
Midlands -13 29 £413 +13.79% 8
North West -29 27 £515 +11.35% 7
West Midlands -33 24 £413 +13.79% 3
South East -73 12 £467 +9.76% 19
North East - 12 £650 - 2
Yorkshire -38 7 - - 3
East Midlands - 4 - - 5
East of England -30 1 £450 +20.00% 3
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 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 41 (35.04%) Azure
2 33 (28.21%) AWS
3 19 (16.24%) OCI
4 12 (10.26%) SaaS
5 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.42%) GCP
7 3 (2.56%) GitHub
7 3 (2.56%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.85%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 63 (53.85%) WAN
2 62 (52.99%) Wireless
3 59 (50.43%) Firewall
4 49 (41.88%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (38.46%) SD-WAN
6 37 (31.62%) BGP
6 37 (31.62%) LAN
7 34 (29.06%) WLAN
8 31 (26.50%) OSPF
9 27 (23.08%) VXLAN
10 24 (20.51%) VLAN
11 22 (18.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 21 (17.95%) Ethernet VPN
13 19 (16.24%) Network Security
13 19 (16.24%) VPN
14 18 (15.38%) BIG-IP
15 15 (12.82%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (11.11%) DNS
17 12 (10.26%) 5G
18 11 (9.40%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 18 (15.38%) GitLab
2 2 (1.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.26%) Legal
2 12 (10.26%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.42%) Finance
5 2 (1.71%) Law
5 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.85%) French Language
6 1 (0.85%) Games
6 1 (0.85%) Military
6 1 (0.85%) Police
6 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (49.57%) Network Engineer
2 28 (23.93%) Senior
3 20 (17.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (10.26%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (9.40%) Architect
7 10 (8.55%) Wireless Engineer
8 9 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) Consultant
9 8 (6.84%) Network Architect
9 8 (6.84%) Wireless Network Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Network Consultant
10 4 (3.42%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
11 3 (2.56%) Implementation Engineer
11 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 3 (2.56%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (23.08%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.56%) SAML
3 1 (0.85%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.06%) Data Centre
2 23 (19.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (8.55%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.42%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.56%) BYOD
5 3 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.56%) IoT
5 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.71%) Handset
6 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.71%) PKI
7 1 (0.85%) Animation
7 1 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) SCADA
7 1 (0.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.11%) Windows
2 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 26 (22.22%) Zero Trust
3 24 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (19.66%) CI/CD
4 23 (19.66%) Load Balancing
5 20 (17.09%) Network Design
6 15 (12.82%) High Availability
6 15 (12.82%) Migration
6 15 (12.82%) Network Architecture
7 14 (11.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 13 (11.11%) DevOps
8 13 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.26%) User Experience
10 11 (9.40%) Validation
11 10 (8.55%) Network Segmentation
12 9 (7.69%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.22%) Python
2 3 (2.56%) Lisp
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (29.06%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (28.21%) CCNP
3 26 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 23 (19.66%) SC Cleared
5 14 (11.97%) CCIE
6 13 (11.11%) CCNA
7 11 (9.40%) Degree
8 4 (3.42%) CCIE Wireless
8 4 (3.42%) CCSE
8 4 (3.42%) CWDP
8 4 (3.42%) CWNA
8 4 (3.42%) CWNE
8 4 (3.42%) CWSP
9 3 (2.56%) CCIE Security
9 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.56%) PMP
10 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) NIST
2 2 (1.71%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.56%) Firmware
3 3 (2.56%) FreeRADIUS
4 1 (0.85%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (23.93%) Ansible
2 22 (18.80%) Terraform
3 15 (12.82%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.85%) CASB
4 1 (0.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 75 (64.10%) Cisco
2 48 (41.03%) Palo Alto
3 27 (23.08%) F5
4 25 (21.37%) Arista
5 24 (20.51%) Fortinet
6 18 (15.38%) Juniper
7 15 (12.82%) Ekahau
8 12 (10.26%) CheckPoint
8 12 (10.26%) Meraki
9 8 (6.84%) SolarWinds
10 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
11 5 (4.27%) VMware
12 4 (3.42%) HP
12 4 (3.42%) Riverbed
13 3 (2.56%) Ping Identity
13 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
14 2 (1.71%) ForeScout
14 2 (1.71%) NVIDIA
14 2 (1.71%) Perforce
14 2 (1.71%) Zscaler