TACACS Contract Job Trends in England

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring TACACS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 477 521
Rank change year-on-year -100 +44 +77
Contract jobs citing TACACS 29 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.068% 0.049% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 0.38% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 7
10th Percentile £400 £455 £413
25th Percentile £413 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £553 - £525
90th Percentile £572 - -
UK median daily rate £438 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.98
25th Percentile - - £19.69
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £22.69
90th Percentile - - £23.33
UK median hourly rate - - £21.25
% change year-on-year - - -72.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

TACACS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,046 3,163 4,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 12.90% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,508 1,972 2,886
10th Percentile £263 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £482 £495
% change year-on-year +3.73% -2.63% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.34% -1.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.05 £81.95 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +10.00% +113.73%

TACACS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TACACS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

TACACS job vacancy trend in England

TACACS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TACACS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TACACS

TACACS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TACACS in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TACACS in England

TACACS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TACACS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TACACS

TACACS
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 TACACS within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 -52 18 £425 -5.56% 2
South West - 6 £538 -
North of England - 3 £413 -
South East -76 2 - - 1
North West - 2 £300 -
North East - 1 £525 -
TACACS
UK

TACACS
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 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) Network Security
2 19 (65.52%) Cisco ISE
3 13 (44.83%) VLAN
4 12 (41.38%) Firewall
5 11 (37.93%) BGP
6 9 (31.03%) MPLS
7 6 (20.69%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (20.69%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (20.69%) VPN
7 6 (20.69%) Wireless
8 4 (13.79%) DHCP
8 4 (13.79%) DNS
8 4 (13.79%) VXLAN
8 4 (13.79%) WAN
9 3 (10.34%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (10.34%) OSPF
9 3 (10.34%) SNMP
10 2 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
10 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Network Engineer
2 12 (41.38%) Security Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Network Operations Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) IP Specialist
7 2 (6.90%) Senior
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Switch Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) LAN Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Network Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) 802.1X
2 6 (20.69%) LDAP
3 2 (6.90%) NETCONF
3 2 (6.90%) OpenConfig
3 2 (6.90%) RESTCONF
3 2 (6.90%) YANG
4 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) PKI
2 5 (17.24%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) BYOD
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Linux
1 6 (20.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Validation
2 11 (37.93%) ITSM
3 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
5 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
6 2 (6.90%) Analytics
6 2 (6.90%) Change Control
6 2 (6.90%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) ITIL
6 2 (6.90%) Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Network Design
6 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.90%) Project Management
6 2 (6.90%) RBAC
6 2 (6.90%) SIEM
6 2 (6.90%) Threat Management
6 2 (6.90%) Zero Trust
7 1 (3.45%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) Python
2 4 (13.79%) PHP
3 3 (10.34%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) CCIE
3 6 (20.69%) CCNP
3 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) APMG
4 4 (13.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) GIAC
4 4 (13.79%) SSCP
5 3 (10.34%) CCIE Security
5 3 (10.34%) GSEC
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.90%) JNCIE
7 1 (3.45%) CCSA
7 1 (3.45%) CCSE
7 1 (3.45%) Degree
7 1 (3.45%) JNCIP
7 1 (3.45%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (20.69%) NIST
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) FortiGate
2 6 (20.69%) vCenter Server
3 3 (10.34%) Ansible
3 3 (10.34%) SCOM
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (3.45%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 28 (96.55%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) Palo Alto
3 10 (34.48%) CheckPoint
4 9 (31.03%) Fortinet
5 7 (24.14%) Aruba
6 6 (20.69%) VMware
7 5 (17.24%) F5
8 3 (10.34%) Juniper
9 2 (6.90%) Blue Coat
9 2 (6.90%) ForeScout
9 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
9 2 (6.90%) Zscaler
10 1 (3.45%) HP
10 1 (3.45%) Nokia
10 1 (3.45%) Remedy
10 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow