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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 367 381
Rank change year-on-year +64 +14 +86
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 33 19 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.093% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.40% 0.59% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 45
10th Percentile £264 £270 £254
25th Percentile £305 £280 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £298 £486
Median % change year-on-year +42.62% -38.68% +0.13%
75th Percentile £601 £394 £569
90th Percentile £603 £452 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £436 £494
% change year-on-year +8.88% -11.65% -8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.63
90th Percentile - - £80.85
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £78.75
% change year-on-year - - +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 2,358 3,244 4,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.36% 15.84% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,630 2,123 3,183
10th Percentile £348 £325 £357
25th Percentile £405 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 211 93
10th Percentile £33.91 £21.73 £22.28
25th Percentile £56.25 £43.00 £50.05
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +24.27%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £74.50
90th Percentile £81.80 £75.00 £78.95
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.00%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 of England +35 18 £525 - 9
North West +29 18 £525 - 1
South East +35 5 £483 +68.41% 11
South West +43 3 £585 +27.17% 5
Wales - 3 £290 -
East of England - 3 £300 - 6
West Midlands +21 1 £145 - 11
Midlands +17 1 £145 - 11
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 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Akamai
2 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
3 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (63.64%) Firewall
1 21 (63.64%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (60.61%) WAN
3 19 (57.58%) Cisco ISE
4 18 (54.55%) NetScaler
5 11 (33.33%) Wireless
6 9 (27.27%) Network Security
7 8 (24.24%) 802.11
8 7 (21.21%) BGP
8 7 (21.21%) IPsec
8 7 (21.21%) OSPF
9 6 (18.18%) SD-WAN
9 6 (18.18%) SSL
10 5 (15.15%) VLAN
11 4 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (12.12%) HSRP
11 4 (12.12%) VPN
12 3 (9.09%) DNS
12 3 (9.09%) Internet
12 3 (9.09%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.03%) Banking
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Retail
3 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (78.79%) Network Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Wireless Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Firewall Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) HTML
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) PKI
3 2 (6.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.03%) FMCG
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Network Design
2 19 (57.58%) Network Management
3 18 (54.55%) Load Balancing
4 12 (36.36%) Network Architecture
5 10 (30.30%) Impact Assessments
6 7 (21.21%) Computer Science
7 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.09%) Change Control
8 3 (9.09%) Cryptography
8 3 (9.09%) Data Collection
8 3 (9.09%) High Availability
8 3 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (9.09%) Information Security
8 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 3 (9.09%) Network Optimisation
9 2 (6.06%) Agile
9 2 (6.06%) Business Continuity
9 2 (6.06%) Change Management
9 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Perl
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Security Cleared
2 16 (48.48%) SC Cleared
3 8 (24.24%) Degree
4 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (21.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (18.18%) CCNP
6 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.03%) CCDP
7 1 (3.03%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Ansible
1 3 (9.09%) Cacti
1 3 (9.09%) OPNET
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Cisco
2 20 (60.61%) Meraki
3 18 (54.55%) Palo Alto
4 6 (18.18%) Juniper
5 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
5 5 (15.15%) SolarWinds
6 4 (12.12%) AirMagnet
6 4 (12.12%) Aruba
6 4 (12.12%) Ekahau
7 3 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (6.06%) Arista
8 2 (6.06%) Blue Coat
8 2 (6.06%) F5
8 2 (6.06%) VMware
8 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
9 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.03%) Citrix
9 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.03%) McAfee
9 1 (3.03%) Splunk