802.1X Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IEEE 802.1X
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 300 370
Rank change year-on-year -63 +70 +18
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 72 34 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.87% 1.43% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 16 6
10th Percentile £300 £268 £280
25th Percentile £417 £315 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +26.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £530 £603 £450
90th Percentile £576 £626 £470
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 - -
Median hourly rate £57.02 - -
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.02 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -15.53% - -

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 3,853 2,370 3,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.08% 18.62% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,591 1,640 2,159
10th Percentile £350 £350 £323
25th Percentile £412 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £663 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £529
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.76% -3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 83 197
10th Percentile £41.26 £30.98 £21.54
25th Percentile £54.06 £56.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.98 £81.95 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X

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 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X

802.1X
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 802.1X in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 April 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
South East -22 33 £525 +8.81% 3
North of England -68 26 £450 -14.38% 2
North West -32 24 £450 -14.38%
South West -27 8 £516 -11.84% 1
West Midlands -54 6 £380 +162.07% 2
Midlands -64 6 £380 +162.07% 2
North East - 1 £525 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £295 - 1
802.1X
UK

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.78%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (1.39%) AWS
3 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.39%) GCP
3 1 (1.39%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.39%) IaaS
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.39%) PaaS
3 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (81.94%) Firewall
2 48 (66.67%) WAN
3 39 (54.17%) LAN
4 33 (45.83%) Wireless
5 32 (44.44%) BGP
5 32 (44.44%) DHCP
5 32 (44.44%) DNS
5 32 (44.44%) OSPF
5 32 (44.44%) VXLAN
6 31 (43.06%) Ethernet VPN
7 30 (41.67%) Cisco ISE
8 25 (34.72%) BIG-IP
8 25 (34.72%) Junos
9 18 (25.00%) Network Security
10 17 (23.61%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (18.06%) VLAN
11 13 (18.06%) VPN
12 10 (13.89%) SD-WAN
13 8 (11.11%) 802.11
13 8 (11.11%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (9.72%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.56%) Military
2 4 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.39%) Banking
4 1 (1.39%) Finance
Job Titles
1 34 (47.22%) Network Engineer
2 14 (19.44%) Firewall Specialist
2 14 (19.44%) Network Specialist
3 11 (15.28%) Senior
3 11 (15.28%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (5.56%) Architect
4 4 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (5.56%) Wireless Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Network Architect
5 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Security Engineer
5 3 (4.17%) Wireless Network Engineer
6 2 (2.78%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.78%) Lead
6 2 (2.78%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (2.78%) Product Owner
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
7 1 (1.39%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 29 (40.28%) PKI
3 24 (33.33%) Clustering
4 7 (9.72%) Onboarding
5 6 (8.33%) IoT
6 4 (5.56%) BYOD
6 4 (5.56%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Android
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) High Availability
1 28 (38.89%) Load Balancing
2 25 (34.72%) Identity Access Management
3 23 (31.94%) Observability
4 17 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (19.44%) Zero Trust
6 12 (16.67%) ITIL
7 10 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (12.50%) Availability Management
9 8 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
9 8 (11.11%) Service Management
10 7 (9.72%) ITSM
10 7 (9.72%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.72%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (9.72%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (9.72%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (9.72%) Security Architecture
11 6 (8.33%) Migration
11 6 (8.33%) Network Design
11 6 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) Python
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (56.94%) Security Cleared
2 39 (54.17%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (25.00%) CCNP
4 16 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 14 (19.44%) SC Cleared
6 12 (16.67%) CCNA
7 8 (11.11%) JNCIP
7 8 (11.11%) JNCIS
8 7 (9.72%) Degree
8 7 (9.72%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.56%) CCIE
9 4 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.17%) CCIE Wireless
10 3 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (4.17%) CWDP
10 3 (4.17%) CWNA
10 3 (4.17%) CWNE
10 3 (4.17%) CWSP
10 3 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) NIST
2 4 (5.56%) SLA
3 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.78%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Firmware
2 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (36.11%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.17%) CASB
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (75.00%) Cisco
2 28 (38.89%) F5
2 28 (38.89%) Juniper
3 26 (36.11%) SolarWinds
4 24 (33.33%) Splunk
5 22 (30.56%) Extreme Networks
6 19 (26.39%) Aruba
7 15 (20.83%) Palo Alto
8 12 (16.67%) Meraki
9 11 (15.28%) ForeScout
10 9 (12.50%) Ekahau
11 8 (11.11%) CheckPoint
12 4 (5.56%) Fortinet
12 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
13 3 (4.17%) VMware
14 2 (2.78%) Blue Coat
14 2 (2.78%) HP
15 1 (1.39%) Arista
15 1 (1.39%) Dell
15 1 (1.39%) Zscaler