802.1X Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

IEEE 802.1X
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.14% - 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.71% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £374 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £389 - -
England median daily rate £515 £438 £575
% change year-on-year +17.71% -23.91% +16.16%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

802.1X falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 709 369 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.28% 17.78% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 245 252
10th Percentile £361 £350 £288
25th Percentile £417 £400 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £577
90th Percentile £674 £689 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 14
10th Percentile £15.96 - £10.90
25th Percentile £25.07 £26.25 £11.71
Median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £19.62
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +40.20% -
75th Percentile £57.13 £28.75 £38.25
90th Percentile £71.93 - £51.18
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +16.82% -17.69%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 802.1X relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

802.1X job vacancy trend in the Midlands

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing 802.1X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing 802.1X

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing 802.1X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing 802.1X

802.1X
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 802.1X within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
West Midlands - 5 £380 - 2
802.1X
England

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 5 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) F5
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper