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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 497 528
Rank change year-on-year -100 +31 +76
Contract jobs citing TACACS 23 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.051% 0.033% 0.021%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.54% 0.26% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 6
10th Percentile £355 - £404
25th Percentile £400 - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £469 - £525
90th Percentile £533 - £538
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -75.80%

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 4,256 3,423 4,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.45% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,130 2,651
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -0.45% -
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 321 163 306
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.26
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £18.09
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -10.89% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.29 £48.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year -46.07% +7.28% -9.12%

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 30 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 30 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 -55 15 £425 - 7
South East -69 4 £325 -35.00% 2
East of England - 2 £325 -
North of England - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 £550 -
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 (17.39%) OpenStack
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (30.43%) MS Visio
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) Cisco ISE
2 12 (52.17%) Network Security
3 11 (47.83%) Firewall
3 11 (47.83%) VLAN
4 10 (43.48%) BGP
5 8 (34.78%) WAN
6 7 (30.43%) MPLS
7 6 (26.09%) LAN
7 6 (26.09%) SNMP
7 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
8 5 (21.74%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (21.74%) Wireless
9 4 (17.39%) DHCP
9 4 (17.39%) DNS
10 3 (13.04%) OSPF
10 3 (13.04%) VXLAN
11 2 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (8.70%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (8.70%) VPN
12 1 (4.35%) WLAN
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Network Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Security Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) IP Network Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Network Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Network Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Network Operations Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) IP Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) LAN Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Switch Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) 802.1X
1 6 (26.09%) NETCONF
1 6 (26.09%) OpenConfig
1 6 (26.09%) RESTCONF
1 6 (26.09%) YANG
2 1 (4.35%) LDAP
2 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Data Centre
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (26.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (17.39%) Private Cloud
3 4 (17.39%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.35%) BYOD
5 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) ITSM
2 9 (39.13%) Validation
3 6 (26.09%) Network Design
4 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.35%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.35%) ITIL
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
6 1 (4.35%) Observability
6 1 (4.35%) Operational Stability
6 1 (4.35%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Management
6 1 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) Lisp
3 1 (4.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (43.48%) CCIE
3 6 (26.09%) CCNP
3 6 (26.09%) JNCIE
4 3 (13.04%) CCIE Security
5 1 (4.35%) APMG
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.35%) CCSA
5 1 (4.35%) CCSE
5 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) GIAC
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) FortiGate
2 7 (30.43%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) TrustSec
3 1 (4.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (56.52%) Fortinet
3 11 (47.83%) Palo Alto
4 9 (39.13%) CheckPoint
4 9 (39.13%) F5
5 6 (26.09%) Juniper
5 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
6 4 (17.39%) Aruba
7 2 (8.70%) Blue Coat
7 2 (8.70%) Zscaler
8 1 (4.35%) HP
8 1 (4.35%) Remedy
8 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
8 1 (4.35%) VMware