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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 329 379
Rank change year-on-year -52 +50 +7
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 74 31 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.21% 0.057%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.75% 1.12% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 13 2
10th Percentile £375 £333 £266
25th Percentile £417 £363 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £287
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +83.25% -42.70%
75th Percentile £567 £603 £295
90th Percentile £657 - £297
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £312
% change year-on-year -4.76% +68.54% -37.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £47.32 - -
25th Percentile £56.28 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £17.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +265.37% -55.53% -49.04%
75th Percentile £68.62 - -
90th Percentile £70.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £42.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +52.42% +6.61% -51.09%

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 4,226 2,765 3,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.64% 18.30% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,769 1,871 2,075
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £610
90th Percentile £677 £625 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 120 215
10th Percentile £32.50 £31.25 £25.86
25th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -1.37% -0.49%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.10 £74.26
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £52.50
% change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -12.50%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -35 42 £525 +8.81% 4
North of England -72 19 £475 -0.05% 2
North West -48 17 £475 -0.05% 1
West Midlands -46 7 £378 +160.34%
Midlands -47 7 £378 +160.34%
South West -39 5 £513 -12.39%
East of England -18 2 - - 2
North East - 1 £500 -
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 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.70%) AWS
2 2 (2.70%) Azure
2 2 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.35%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.35%) IaaS
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.35%) PaaS
3 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (75.68%) Firewall
2 46 (62.16%) WAN
3 43 (58.11%) LAN
4 41 (55.41%) DNS
5 34 (45.95%) DHCP
5 34 (45.95%) Wireless
6 31 (41.89%) BGP
7 30 (40.54%) OSPF
8 29 (39.19%) Cisco ISE
9 28 (37.84%) VXLAN
10 26 (35.14%) Ethernet VPN
11 25 (33.78%) BIG-IP
12 24 (32.43%) Junos
13 23 (31.08%) Network Security
14 17 (22.97%) VPN
14 17 (22.97%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (13.51%) Internet
15 10 (13.51%) IPsec
15 10 (13.51%) SSL
15 10 (13.51%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Military
2 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.35%) Banking
4 1 (1.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 36 (48.65%) Network Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Senior
3 15 (20.27%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (18.92%) Firewall Specialist
4 14 (18.92%) Network Specialist
5 7 (9.46%) Architect
6 5 (6.76%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Wireless Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Lead
9 2 (2.70%) Network Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Product Owner
10 1 (1.35%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 31 (41.89%) PKI
2 28 (37.84%) Data Centre
3 24 (32.43%) Clustering
4 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.41%) BYOD
5 4 (5.41%) Operational Technology
5 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.05%) IoT
7 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (39.19%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Linux
3 2 (2.70%) Android
4 1 (1.35%) VMS
4 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.54%) High Availability
2 25 (33.78%) Identity Access Management
2 25 (33.78%) Load Balancing
3 24 (32.43%) Observability
4 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (21.62%) Zero Trust
6 14 (18.92%) ITIL
7 9 (12.16%) Availability Management
7 9 (12.16%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (10.81%) Service Management
9 7 (9.46%) Change Management
9 7 (9.46%) ITSM
9 7 (9.46%) Mentoring
9 7 (9.46%) Migration
9 7 (9.46%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.46%) Security Architecture
9 7 (9.46%) SIEM
10 6 (8.11%) Analytics
10 6 (8.11%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (6.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) Perl
2 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.35%) Lisp
3 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (59.46%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (54.05%) Security Cleared
3 23 (31.08%) CCNP
4 16 (21.62%) DV Cleared
5 14 (18.92%) CCNA
6 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
7 9 (12.16%) Degree
8 8 (10.81%) CCIE
9 7 (9.46%) JNCIA
9 7 (9.46%) JNCIP
9 7 (9.46%) JNCIS
10 4 (5.41%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (5.41%) CWDP
10 4 (5.41%) CWNA
10 4 (5.41%) CWNE
10 4 (5.41%) CWSP
11 3 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) NIST
2 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (2.70%) NCSC
3 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.70%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.41%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.70%) Firmware
5 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (41.89%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.41%) Ansible
3 3 (4.05%) CASB
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.70%) Terraform
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.35%) Grafana
5 1 (1.35%) Nessus
5 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.35%) SCCM
5 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (74.32%) Cisco
2 31 (41.89%) F5
3 29 (39.19%) Juniper
4 28 (37.84%) SolarWinds
5 26 (35.14%) Splunk
6 22 (29.73%) Extreme Networks
7 20 (27.03%) Aruba
8 16 (21.62%) Palo Alto
9 10 (13.51%) CheckPoint
9 10 (13.51%) Ekahau
9 10 (13.51%) Microsoft
10 8 (10.81%) ForeScout
11 6 (8.11%) Fortinet
11 6 (8.11%) Meraki
11 6 (8.11%) VMware
12 4 (5.41%) Arista
12 4 (5.41%) Blue Coat
12 4 (5.41%) Zscaler
13 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
14 2 (2.70%) Becrypt