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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 310 357
Rank change year-on-year -50 +47 +43
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 66 30 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.74% 1.23% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 11 22
10th Percentile £300 £250 £432
25th Percentile £396 £274 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £415 £587
Median % change year-on-year +23.80% -29.27% +17.35%
75th Percentile £537 £594 £600
90th Percentile £568 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £513 £452 £519
% change year-on-year +13.38% -12.87% +3.75%
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 - -

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 3,788 2,443 3,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.84% 19.08% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,537 1,623 2,227
10th Percentile £350 £350 £318
25th Percentile £411 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.93%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £598
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 68 182
10th Percentile £41.10 £26.43 £20.87
25th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £74.06 £69.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.58 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.62%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -17 26 £523 +5.56% 8
North of England -52 24 £517 -13.88% 5
North West -27 22 £517 -13.88% 5
South West -18 9 £513 -35.94%
West Midlands -55 6 £380 +162.07% 3
Midlands -61 6 £380 +162.07% 3
East of England -37 1 - - 4
North East - 1 £525 -
Yorkshire - 1 £295 -
Scotland - 1 £425 - 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 (3.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.52%) AWS
3 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.52%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.52%) IaaS
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.52%) PaaS
3 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (92.42%) Firewall
2 51 (77.27%) WAN
3 31 (46.97%) Cisco ISE
4 29 (43.94%) LAN
5 28 (42.42%) Wireless
6 27 (40.91%) BGP
6 27 (40.91%) OSPF
7 26 (39.39%) DHCP
7 26 (39.39%) Ethernet VPN
7 26 (39.39%) VXLAN
8 25 (37.88%) DNS
9 20 (30.30%) Junos
10 19 (28.79%) BIG-IP
11 18 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (25.76%) Network Security
13 14 (21.21%) VPN
14 10 (15.15%) IPsec
14 10 (15.15%) VLAN
15 9 (13.64%) NetScaler
15 9 (13.64%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
1 3 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
2 5 (7.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.06%) Military
4 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Finance
6 1 (1.52%) Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.52%) French Language
Job Titles
1 34 (51.52%) Network Engineer
2 10 (15.15%) Firewall Specialist
2 10 (15.15%) Network Specialist
2 10 (15.15%) Senior
2 10 (15.15%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) Security Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Architect
5 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Network Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Lead
6 2 (3.03%) Product Owner
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (1.52%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (1.52%) Implementation Specialist
7 1 (1.52%) Lead Architect
7 1 (1.52%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 31 (46.97%) Data Centre
2 19 (28.79%) Clustering
3 18 (27.27%) PKI
4 6 (9.09%) IoT
4 6 (9.09%) Security Posture
5 4 (6.06%) BYOD
5 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (31.82%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Android
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (42.42%) Load Balancing
2 20 (30.30%) Identity Access Management
3 19 (28.79%) High Availability
4 18 (27.27%) Observability
5 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (18.18%) Network Architecture
7 10 (15.15%) ITIL
8 9 (13.64%) Availability Management
8 9 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (13.64%) Network Design
8 9 (13.64%) Network Management
8 9 (13.64%) Zero Trust
9 8 (12.12%) Network Segmentation
10 7 (10.61%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (10.61%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (10.61%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (10.61%) Security Architecture
10 7 (10.61%) Service Management
10 7 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (9.09%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) Perl
2 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (62.12%) Security Cleared
2 28 (42.42%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (28.79%) SC Cleared
4 15 (22.73%) DV Cleared
5 12 (18.18%) CCNP
6 8 (12.12%) CCNA
7 7 (10.61%) JNCIP
7 7 (10.61%) JNCIS
8 6 (9.09%) JNCIA
9 4 (6.06%) CCIE
10 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.55%) Degree
11 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.52%) CCDA
12 1 (1.52%) CCDP
12 1 (1.52%) CCIE Wireless
12 1 (1.52%) CCIP
12 1 (1.52%) CWDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) SLA
2 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (3.03%) NIST
3 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.03%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Firmware
2 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (30.30%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.55%) Ansible
2 3 (4.55%) CASB
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (78.79%) Cisco
2 26 (39.39%) Juniper
3 25 (37.88%) F5
4 22 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 19 (28.79%) Palo Alto
5 19 (28.79%) Splunk
6 17 (25.76%) Extreme Networks
6 17 (25.76%) Meraki
7 13 (19.70%) Aruba
8 11 (16.67%) CheckPoint
9 6 (9.09%) ForeScout
10 5 (7.58%) Blue Coat
10 5 (7.58%) Ekahau
11 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
12 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
13 2 (3.03%) HP
14 1 (1.52%) Citrix
14 1 (1.52%) LogicMonitor
14 1 (1.52%) VMware
14 1 (1.52%) Zscaler