802.1X Contracts

IEEE 802.1X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 543 619
Rank change year-on-year +86 +76 +164
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 63 39 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.090% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.95% 0.44% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 67
10th Percentile £278 £299 £239
25th Percentile £408 £313 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £490 £569
90th Percentile £612 £525 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -25.00% +8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £76.60
25th Percentile £66.25 - £76.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £78.75
75th Percentile £68.75 - £82.01
90th Percentile - - £85.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £78.50
% change year-on-year - - +141.54%

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 6,644 8,946 13,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 20.54% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,558 6,207 10,141
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £771 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 233 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £74.89 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 802.1X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 802.1X.

Daily rate trend for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 802.1X.

Hourly rate trend for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 12 Contract 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 1 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
England +76 53 £475 +10.14% 24
UK excluding London +74 34 £475 +26.67% 23
London +51 22 £475 - 4
North of England +35 18 £525 - 3
North West +33 18 £525 - 1
Work from Home +34 12 £538 +24.64% 22
South East +34 5 £483 +29.01% 7
South West +48 4 £585 +27.17% 4
East of England +32 3 £300 - 3
Wales - 3 £290 -
Midlands +22 1 £145 - 4
West Midlands +14 1 £145 - 4

802.1X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Akamai
4 2 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.17%) Nutanix
4 2 (3.17%) Serverless
5 1 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 40 (63.49%) Firewall
2 33 (52.38%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (44.44%) WAN
4 26 (41.27%) Cisco ISE
4 26 (41.27%) Network Security
5 24 (38.10%) OSPF
5 24 (38.10%) Wireless
6 23 (36.51%) BGP
7 20 (31.75%) NetScaler
8 18 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
9 14 (22.22%) 802.11
10 13 (20.63%) EIGRP
11 12 (19.05%) HSRP
12 11 (17.46%) RIP
12 11 (17.46%) Spanning Tree
13 10 (15.87%) IPsec
14 9 (14.29%) SD-WAN
14 9 (14.29%) SSL
14 9 (14.29%) VPN
14 9 (14.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Gerrit
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
1 1 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Banking
4 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
4 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.17%) German Language
6 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (74.60%) Network Engineer
2 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Security Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Wireless Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Automation Tester
8 2 (3.17%) Cisco Architect
8 2 (3.17%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Network Architect
8 2 (3.17%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) Yocto
2 2 (3.17%) LDAP
2 2 (3.17%) SAML
3 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.59%) HTML
3 1 (1.59%) POSIX
3 1 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.35%) PKI
2 4 (6.35%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.76%) Digital TV
3 3 (4.76%) STB
4 2 (3.17%) IoT
4 2 (3.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.59%) FMCG
5 1 (1.59%) Smart Home
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (6.35%) CatOS
2 4 (6.35%) Unix
3 3 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (3.17%) OpenWrt
4 2 (3.17%) Windows
4 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) Network Design
2 22 (34.92%) Network Management
3 20 (31.75%) Load Balancing
4 14 (22.22%) Network Architecture
5 12 (19.05%) Network Monitoring
6 11 (17.46%) Matrix Organization
6 11 (17.46%) Service Management
7 10 (15.87%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
11 6 (9.52%) High Availability
11 6 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 4 (6.35%) Change Control
13 4 (6.35%) Cryptography
13 4 (6.35%) Identity Access Management
13 4 (6.35%) Information Security
13 4 (6.35%) Network Optimisation
13 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) C
2 3 (4.76%) Perl
2 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.17%) SQL
4 1 (1.59%) C++
4 1 (1.59%) Go
4 1 (1.59%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) Lisp
4 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (36.51%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (34.92%) CCNP
3 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 17 (26.98%) SC Cleared
5 13 (20.63%) Degree
6 9 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (9.52%) CCIE
8 4 (6.35%) CCNA
8 4 (6.35%) CCSE
8 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.17%) CCIE Security
10 1 (1.59%) CCDP
10 1 (1.59%) CWNA
10 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) HIPAA
1 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.17%) NIST
1 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (11.11%) Ansible
2 3 (4.76%) Cacti
2 3 (4.76%) OPNET
2 3 (4.76%) Terraform
3 2 (3.17%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.59%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (1.59%) Netcool
Vendors
1 54 (85.71%) Cisco
2 24 (38.10%) Meraki
3 22 (34.92%) Palo Alto
4 13 (20.63%) Juniper
5 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
6 9 (14.29%) SolarWinds
7 5 (7.94%) AirMagnet
7 5 (7.94%) Aruba
7 5 (7.94%) CheckPoint
7 5 (7.94%) Ekahau
8 4 (6.35%) Arista
8 4 (6.35%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (6.35%) Splunk
9 3 (4.76%) F5
9 3 (4.76%) Fortinet
9 3 (4.76%) McAfee
9 3 (4.76%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.17%) Blue Coat
10 2 (3.17%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (3.17%) VMware