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 29 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 418 447
Rank change year-on-year -34 +29 +22
Contract jobs citing Aruba 148 56 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.86% 0.49% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 32 59
10th Percentile £388 £353 £324
25th Percentile £428 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -4.17% -5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £488 £488
90th Percentile £652 £548 £603
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -5.26%
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 17,110 11,395 15,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.91% 47.62% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,018 7,293 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £514
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.73% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 481 1,021
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.28 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.12% +14.53% -47.06%

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 29 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Aruba in England over the 6 months to 29 May 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 29 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 -42 47 £525 +9.38% 6
North of England -43 39 £525 +13.51% 8
South East -32 33 £445 +7.88% 19
North West -14 24 £523 +10.00% 3
Midlands -41 21 £406 -7.14% 4
West Midlands -46 18 £406 -7.14% 4
North East - 11 £588 - 5
Yorkshire -50 8 £506 +19.12%
East of England -26 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 (2.03%) Confluence
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.08%) Azure
2 32 (21.62%) AWS
3 17 (11.49%) OCI
4 11 (7.43%) SaaS
5 4 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.70%) GCP
6 3 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.35%) IaaS
7 2 (1.35%) PaaS
8 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub
8 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 90 (60.81%) WAN
2 85 (57.43%) Firewall
3 62 (41.89%) LAN
4 59 (39.86%) Wireless
5 56 (37.84%) Wi-Fi
6 55 (37.16%) SD-WAN
7 48 (32.43%) BGP
8 47 (31.76%) OSPF
9 30 (20.27%) VXLAN
9 30 (20.27%) WLAN
10 28 (18.92%) VPN
11 24 (16.22%) Ethernet VPN
12 22 (14.86%) Cisco ISE
13 21 (14.19%) VLAN
14 19 (12.84%) IPsec
15 17 (11.49%) Network Security
16 16 (10.81%) BIG-IP
16 16 (10.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 15 (10.14%) Structured Cabling
18 13 (8.78%) Internet
Development Applications
1 16 (10.81%) GitLab
2 4 (2.70%) JIRA
3 2 (1.35%) Git
4 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (15.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.49%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (8.78%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.43%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.76%) Legal
6 8 (5.41%) Finance
7 7 (4.73%) Law
8 6 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.35%) Retail
10 1 (0.68%) Military
10 1 (0.68%) Police
10 1 (0.68%) Publishing
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (52.03%) Network Engineer
2 26 (17.57%) Senior
3 22 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (14.19%) Cisco Engineer
5 20 (13.51%) Architect
6 19 (12.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (10.81%) Network Architect
8 15 (10.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (7.43%) Wireless Engineer
10 10 (6.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (6.08%) Wireless Network Engineer
12 8 (5.41%) Senior Network Engineer
13 6 (4.05%) WAN Engineer
14 4 (2.70%) Business Analyst
14 4 (2.70%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
14 4 (2.70%) Consultant
15 3 (2.03%) Network Consultant
15 3 (2.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 3 (2.03%) Site Engineer
15 3 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (18.92%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.35%) CSS
2 2 (1.35%) HTML
2 2 (1.35%) VML
3 1 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (35.14%) Data Centre
2 26 (17.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (6.08%) Security Posture
4 8 (5.41%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.73%) PKI
6 4 (2.70%) BYOD
7 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.03%) Wiki
8 2 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.35%) IoT
8 2 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.76%) Linux
2 8 (5.41%) Unix
2 8 (5.41%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.59%) Zero Trust
2 22 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (14.19%) Load Balancing
4 20 (13.51%) Network Design
4 20 (13.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 19 (12.84%) CI/CD
6 18 (12.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (12.16%) Network Architecture
7 15 (10.14%) Migration
7 15 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (9.46%) Project Delivery
8 14 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (8.78%) DevOps
9 13 (8.78%) Incident Management
9 13 (8.78%) Mentoring
9 13 (8.78%) Network Segmentation
10 12 (8.11%) User Experience
11 11 (7.43%) High Availability
12 10 (6.76%) Customer Requirements
13 8 (5.41%) Bill of Materials
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.54%) Python
2 3 (2.03%) Lisp
3 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (35.81%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (35.14%) CCNP
3 51 (34.46%) Security Cleared
4 44 (29.73%) SC Cleared
5 22 (14.86%) Degree
6 19 (12.84%) CCNA
7 16 (10.81%) CCIE
8 7 (4.73%) CCSE
9 5 (3.38%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.70%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.70%) CWDP
10 4 (2.70%) CWNA
10 4 (2.70%) CWNE
10 4 (2.70%) CWSP
11 3 (2.03%) CCIE Security
12 2 (1.35%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.35%) JNCIS
12 2 (1.35%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.70%) NIST
2 2 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) NCSC
3 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) FreeRADIUS
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (20.95%) Ansible
2 21 (14.19%) Terraform
3 10 (6.76%) FortiGate
4 8 (5.41%) Grafana
4 8 (5.41%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.38%) Salt
6 3 (2.03%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 111 (75.00%) Cisco
2 76 (51.35%) Palo Alto
3 44 (29.73%) CheckPoint
4 33 (22.30%) F5
5 26 (17.57%) Arista
6 24 (16.22%) Fortinet
7 23 (15.54%) Juniper
8 20 (13.51%) Meraki
9 18 (12.16%) Ekahau
10 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow
11 10 (6.76%) Microsoft
12 6 (4.05%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.05%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.05%) Splunk
13 5 (3.38%) ForeScout
13 5 (3.38%) HP
14 4 (2.70%) VMware
14 4 (2.70%) Zscaler
15 3 (2.03%) Netskope
15 3 (2.03%) Symantec