802.1X Contract Job Trends in the South West

IEEE 802.1X
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 120 145
Rank change year-on-year -9 +25 +29
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.052% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.06% 0.27% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £507 - £414
25th Percentile £507 £775 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £800 £443
Median % change year-on-year -35.53% +80.79% -26.19%
75th Percentile £519 £825 £477
90th Percentile £520 - £485
England median daily rate £508 £452 £575
% change year-on-year +12.28% -21.39% +23.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 377 370 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.83% 19.12% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 219 344
10th Percentile £350 £380 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £605 £650 £653
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 40
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £48.32
25th Percentile - £62.50 £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.40 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -0.80% +14.09% -15.72%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the South West

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

802.1X
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Bristol - 4 £516 - 1
802.1X
England

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) TACACS
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (25.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ForeScout
2 1 (25.00%) Aruba
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds