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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 520 532
Rank change year-on-year -77 +12 +16
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 75 39 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.071%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 0.46% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 26 7
10th Percentile £380 £351 £228
25th Percentile £417 £380 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £320
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +25.00% -44.35%
75th Percentile £581 £549 £350
90th Percentile £677 £594 £425
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £380 £525
% change year-on-year +28.29% -27.62% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £64.38 - -
25th Percentile £74.63 - -
Median hourly rate £96.00 £17.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +439.63% -55.53% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £96.00 £17.79 £40.00
% change year-on-year +439.63% -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 11,754 8,517 9,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.61% 25.95% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,733 5,676 6,164
10th Percentile £375 £353 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 187 189
10th Percentile £28.64 £31.25 £25.56
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -12.48% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.80 £74.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.84% -9.62% +10.11%

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 28 September 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 15 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 28 September 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
England -80 72 £500 +25.00% 38
UK excluding London -75 45 £488 +28.29% 27
South East -39 23 £525 +10.53% 3
London -64 23 £500 - 11
Work from Home -44 18 £500 -4.76% 18
North of England -66 10 £418 -19.60% 4
North West -55 8 £417 -19.69%
Midlands -46 7 £363 -4.61% 5
West Midlands -49 6 £363 -4.61% 5
East of England -21 3 £475 +35.71%
South West -36 3 £350 -40.17% 14
Wales - 1 £455 - 1
North East - 1 £500 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
2 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.67%) AWS
3 2 (2.67%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (2.67%) GCP
3 2 (2.67%) GitHub
4 1 (1.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (54.67%) Firewall
2 40 (53.33%) Wireless
3 36 (48.00%) Network Security
3 36 (48.00%) VPN
4 34 (45.33%) DNS
5 31 (41.33%) WAN
6 22 (29.33%) LAN
7 20 (26.67%) Cisco ISE
7 20 (26.67%) DHCP
7 20 (26.67%) SSL
8 19 (25.33%) BGP
9 16 (21.33%) IPsec
9 16 (21.33%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (18.67%) VLAN
11 13 (17.33%) OSPF
12 12 (16.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (14.67%) WLAN
14 10 (13.33%) DMVPN
14 10 (13.33%) VXLAN
15 8 (10.67%) Cisco IPT
Development Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Git
2 3 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 15 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Automotive
5 4 (5.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.67%) Publishing
7 1 (1.33%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.33%) Finance
7 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.33%) Law
7 1 (1.33%) Police
7 1 (1.33%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (57.33%) Network Engineer
2 15 (20.00%) Senior
3 13 (17.33%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (14.67%) Architect
4 11 (14.67%) Security Engineer
5 8 (10.67%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (9.33%) Network Security Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Business Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Firewall Specialist
10 3 (4.00%) Network Specialist
10 3 (4.00%) Wireless Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
11 2 (2.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.67%) Terraform
2 3 (4.00%) JSON
2 3 (4.00%) REST
3 2 (2.67%) YAML
4 1 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.67%) PKI
2 16 (21.33%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.33%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (5.33%) Operational Technology
5 4 (5.33%) Public Cloud
5 4 (5.33%) Robotics
6 3 (4.00%) Clustering
6 3 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.33%) BYOD
8 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.67%) Linux
2 10 (13.33%) Windows
3 4 (5.33%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.00%) Change Management
2 14 (18.67%) Zero Trust
3 13 (17.33%) Validation
4 12 (16.00%) High Availability
4 12 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (14.67%) Project Delivery
5 11 (14.67%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (13.33%) Runbook
7 9 (12.00%) Migration
8 8 (10.67%) AI
8 8 (10.67%) Load Balancing
9 7 (9.33%) Incident Response
9 7 (9.33%) Inventory Management
9 7 (9.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (9.33%) Security Architecture
10 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (8.00%) Network Design
11 5 (6.67%) ITIL
11 5 (6.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.67%) Python
2 4 (5.33%) Bash
2 4 (5.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.67%) Lisp
3 2 (2.67%) Perl
4 1 (1.33%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 28 (37.33%) Security Cleared
2 27 (36.00%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (30.67%) CCNP
4 15 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (13.33%) CCIE
5 10 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.00%) CCNA
7 5 (6.67%) Degree
8 4 (5.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (5.33%) JNCIP
8 4 (5.33%) JNCIS
8 4 (5.33%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (4.00%) CWNA
10 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.67%) CCIE Security
10 2 (2.67%) CCIE Wireless
10 2 (2.67%) CWDP
10 2 (2.67%) CWNE
10 2 (2.67%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) NCSC
1 6 (8.00%) NIST
2 5 (6.67%) JSP 440
3 3 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.67%) VMware NSX
4 4 (5.33%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.67%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.33%) Firmware
6 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.33%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (22.67%) FortiGate
2 13 (17.33%) Ansible
3 4 (5.33%) systemd
4 3 (4.00%) Nessus
4 3 (4.00%) SCCM
4 3 (4.00%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.67%) Grafana
5 2 (2.67%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.67%) TrustSec
6 1 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.33%) Iperf
Vendors
1 55 (73.33%) Cisco
2 24 (32.00%) F5
3 22 (29.33%) Juniper
3 22 (29.33%) Palo Alto
4 20 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 14 (18.67%) Aruba
6 13 (17.33%) Zscaler
7 12 (16.00%) SolarWinds
7 12 (16.00%) VMware
8 11 (14.67%) CheckPoint
8 11 (14.67%) Fortinet
9 10 (13.33%) Blue Coat
10 8 (10.67%) ForeScout
11 7 (9.33%) Meraki
12 6 (8.00%) Splunk
13 4 (5.33%) Arista
13 4 (5.33%) Ekahau
13 4 (5.33%) MikroTik
13 4 (5.33%) Riverbed
13 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow