802.1X Contracts in the UK excluding London

IEEE 802.1X
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 802.1X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 802.1X over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 382 392
Rank change year-on-year +56 +10 +80
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 34 16 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.076% 0.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.33% 0.46% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 34
10th Percentile £285 £270 £373
25th Percentile £344 £280 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £298 £500
Median % change year-on-year +42.62% -40.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £394 £569
90th Percentile £603 £452 £664
UK median daily rate £488 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -17.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.53% -49.04% +141.54%
75th Percentile - - £80.63
90th Percentile - - £80.85
UK median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year +6.61% -49.21% +142.31%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,548 3,441 4,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.42% 16.33% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,745 2,202 3,036
10th Percentile £319 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.05%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 244 93
10th Percentile £31.25 £24.00 £22.28
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.30 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -6.72% +13.64%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.31 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 802.1X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 802.1X in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 802.1X in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 802.1X in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 802.1X in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 802.1X in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 802.1X in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 June 2025. 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
North West +28 17 £475 - 7
North of England +23 17 £475 - 11
South East +50 5 £483 +68.41% 6
South West +41 4 £585 +27.17% 3
Wales +11 3 £290 - 4
East of England +27 2 £350 - 1
Midlands +12 2 £145 - 7
West Midlands +8 2 £145 - 7
Scotland - 1 - - 9
802.1X
UK

802.1X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Akamai
3 2 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.94%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (58.82%) Firewall
2 19 (55.88%) WAN
2 19 (55.88%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (52.94%) Cisco ISE
4 16 (47.06%) NetScaler
5 14 (41.18%) Wireless
6 11 (32.35%) Network Security
7 8 (23.53%) 802.11
7 8 (23.53%) BGP
7 8 (23.53%) OSPF
8 7 (20.59%) VLAN
9 6 (17.65%) IPsec
9 6 (17.65%) SD-WAN
9 6 (17.65%) SSL
10 5 (14.71%) VPN
11 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (11.76%) LAN
12 3 (8.82%) HSRP
12 3 (8.82%) Multicast
12 3 (8.82%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Retail
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Network Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Senior
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Wireless Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Firewall Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) HTML
1 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.82%) PKI
3 2 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) FMCG
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) Network Design
2 18 (52.94%) Network Management
3 16 (47.06%) Load Balancing
4 12 (35.29%) Network Architecture
5 10 (29.41%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
7 5 (14.71%) High Availability
7 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (11.76%) Network Optimisation
9 3 (8.82%) Change Control
9 3 (8.82%) Cryptography
9 3 (8.82%) Data Collection
9 3 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (8.82%) Information Security
9 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
9 3 (8.82%) Roadmaps
10 2 (5.88%) Agile
10 2 (5.88%) Change Management
10 2 (5.88%) ITIL
10 2 (5.88%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
3 10 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (26.47%) CCNP
4 9 (26.47%) Degree
5 8 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) CCDP
7 1 (2.94%) CCIE
7 1 (2.94%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Ansible
2 3 (8.82%) Cacti
2 3 (8.82%) OPNET
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Cisco
2 19 (55.88%) Meraki
3 18 (52.94%) Palo Alto
4 7 (20.59%) Juniper
4 7 (20.59%) SolarWinds
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 4 (11.76%) AirMagnet
6 4 (11.76%) Ekahau
7 3 (8.82%) Aruba
7 3 (8.82%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (5.88%) Arista
8 2 (5.88%) Blue Coat
8 2 (5.88%) F5
8 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
8 2 (5.88%) Riverbed
8 2 (5.88%) VMware
8 2 (5.88%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.94%) Dell KACE
9 1 (2.94%) McAfee
9 1 (2.94%) Ubiquiti