802.1X Contract Job Trends

IEEE 802.1X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring 802.1X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 537 541
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +199
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 31 26 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.069% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% 0.31% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 66
10th Percentile £353 £228 £419
25th Percentile £380 £244 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £320 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -44.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £530 £444 £627
90th Percentile £550 £558 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £550 £586
% change year-on-year -30.91% -6.14% +41.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.53% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.79 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year -55.53% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,621 8,339 10,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.95% 22.15% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,025 5,296 7,691
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -1.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £672
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 168 204
10th Percentile £30.15 £25.54 £38.38
25th Percentile £41.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £51.44 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.86% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.20 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -15.38% +16.99% -14.52%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the UK

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

802.1X
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 October 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
England +13 23 £380 +18.75% 19
UK excluding London -6 22 £380 -30.91% 17
West Midlands - 10 £380 - 1
Midlands - 10 £380 - 1
North West -9 6 £520 -0.95% 4
North of England -16 6 £520 -0.95% 7
Work from Home +28 5 £520 +108.00% 11
London +9 3 £400 +60.00% 6
East of England -10 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £425 - 4
South East +11 1 £400 -30.43% 5
South West +8 1 - - 1

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 24 (77.42%) Firewall
2 22 (70.97%) WAN
3 20 (64.52%) Wireless
4 15 (48.39%) Network Security
4 15 (48.39%) VPN
5 13 (41.94%) DNS
6 11 (35.48%) IPsec
7 10 (32.26%) Cisco IPT
7 10 (32.26%) Cisco ISE
7 10 (32.26%) DMVPN
7 10 (32.26%) SSL
7 10 (32.26%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (22.58%) 802.11
8 7 (22.58%) OSPF
9 6 (19.35%) BGP
9 6 (19.35%) VLAN
10 5 (16.13%) NetScaler
10 5 (16.13%) SD-WAN
11 4 (12.90%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (12.90%) Cisco Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
2 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Network Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) Security Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Cisco Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Principal Network Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Data Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Juniper Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) Professional Services Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) Wireless Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.90%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Change Management
1 10 (32.26%) Inventory Management
2 9 (29.03%) Network Architecture
3 7 (22.58%) Network Design
4 6 (19.35%) Load Balancing
4 6 (19.35%) Network Management
5 4 (12.90%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.68%) High Availability
6 3 (9.68%) Runbook
6 3 (9.68%) SIEM
7 2 (6.45%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (6.45%) ITIL
7 2 (6.45%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
7 2 (6.45%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
8 1 (3.23%) Generative AI
8 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Lisp
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 16 (51.61%) SC Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (22.58%) CCNP
5 4 (12.90%) CCIE
6 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (9.68%) Degree
7 2 (6.45%) CCNA
8 1 (3.23%) CCIE Wireless
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (93.55%) Cisco
2 12 (38.71%) CheckPoint
2 12 (38.71%) F5
2 12 (38.71%) Juniper
3 11 (35.48%) Meraki
3 11 (35.48%) Palo Alto
4 10 (32.26%) Blue Coat
5 3 (9.68%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.45%) ForeScout
6 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.23%) AirMagnet
7 1 (3.23%) Aruba
7 1 (3.23%) Ekahau
7 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.23%) Riverbed
7 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk