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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 490 550
Rank change year-on-year -104 +60 +65
Contract jobs citing TACACS 26 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.058% 0.037% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 0.29% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 5
10th Percentile £378 - £432
25th Percentile £403 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £530 - £525
90th Percentile £557 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -15.79%
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 4,290 3,421 4,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 12.57% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,633 2,120 2,792
10th Percentile £250 £238 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 158 367
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.63 £25.04 £17.24
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +11.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.18 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £48.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -46.22% +21.88% +14.29%

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 18 July 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 18 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
London -45 15 £425 -
South East -57 4 £325 -35.00%
South West - 3 £540 -
East of England - 2 £325 -
North of England - 2 £525 - 1
North East - 1 £525 -
North West - 1 - -
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 4 (15.38%) OpenStack
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco ISE
2 14 (53.85%) Network Security
3 12 (46.15%) BGP
4 11 (42.31%) Firewall
4 11 (42.31%) VLAN
5 9 (34.62%) MPLS
6 8 (30.77%) WAN
7 6 (23.08%) LAN
7 6 (23.08%) SNMP
7 6 (23.08%) TCP/IP
8 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (19.23%) Wireless
9 4 (15.38%) DHCP
9 4 (15.38%) DNS
9 4 (15.38%) VPN
9 4 (15.38%) VXLAN
10 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (11.54%) OSPF
11 2 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Network Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 3 (11.54%) IP Network Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Operations Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IP Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) LAN Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) 802.1X
2 6 (23.08%) NETCONF
2 6 (23.08%) OpenConfig
2 6 (23.08%) RESTCONF
2 6 (23.08%) YANG
3 3 (11.54%) LDAP
4 1 (3.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Data Centre
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Private Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Public Cloud
4 3 (11.54%) PKI
5 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.85%) BYOD
6 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ITSM
2 9 (34.62%) Validation
3 6 (23.08%) Network Design
4 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (7.69%) Agile
6 2 (7.69%) Analytics
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.69%) Migration
6 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.85%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (3.85%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (3.85%) ITIL
7 1 (3.85%) Observability
7 1 (3.85%) Operational Stability
7 1 (3.85%) Threat Management
7 1 (3.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) Lisp
2 3 (11.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCIE
3 6 (23.08%) CCNP
3 6 (23.08%) JNCIE
4 3 (11.54%) APMG
4 3 (11.54%) CCIE Security
4 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) GIAC
4 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) SSCP
5 2 (7.69%) GSEC
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.85%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) CCSE
6 1 (3.85%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.85%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) FortiGate
2 7 (26.92%) Ansible
3 3 (11.54%) vCenter Server
4 2 (7.69%) SCOM
5 1 (3.85%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Cisco
2 13 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 11 (42.31%) Palo Alto
4 9 (34.62%) CheckPoint
4 9 (34.62%) F5
5 7 (26.92%) Juniper
6 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 5 (19.23%) Aruba
8 3 (11.54%) VMware
9 2 (7.69%) Blue Coat
9 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
10 1 (3.85%) HP
10 1 (3.85%) Remedy
10 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow