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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 481 560
Rank change year-on-year -72 +79 +55
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 102 55 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.062%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.02% 0.78% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 23 9
10th Percentile £379 £285 £291
25th Percentile £417 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +27.27% -17.50%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £490
90th Percentile £601 £603 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £425 £298
% change year-on-year +20.88% +42.62% -40.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £47.32 £22.64 -
25th Percentile £56.28 £29.91 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £42.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% +6.61% -49.21%
75th Percentile £68.62 £56.01 -
90th Percentile £70.65 £63.65 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £17.79 £40.00
% change year-on-year +265.37% -55.53% -49.04%

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 10,030 7,048 9,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.76% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,577 4,774 6,384
10th Percentile £363 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 144 279
10th Percentile £30.00 £27.97 £22.70
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.10 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.71 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

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 2 July 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 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 13 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 2 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
England -67 96 £510 -5.12% 12
UK excluding London -75 77 £514 +20.88% 11
South East -24 39 £525 +8.81% 7
North of England -69 22 £475 - 1
Work from Home -41 21 £500 -11.89% 5
North West -48 19 £462 -2.68%
London -72 16 £475 -20.83% 4
South West -29 8 £516 -11.84%
Midlands -44 7 £378 +160.34%
West Midlands -53 7 £378 +160.34%
East of England -20 2 - - 2
North East - 2 £513 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £295 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 4 (3.92%) Azure
3 2 (1.96%) AWS
3 2 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.98%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.98%) IaaS
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.98%) PaaS
4 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (68.63%) Firewall
2 54 (52.94%) WAN
3 53 (51.96%) Wireless
4 50 (49.02%) LAN
5 45 (44.12%) DNS
6 44 (43.14%) DHCP
7 39 (38.24%) BGP
8 38 (37.25%) Network Security
9 36 (35.29%) Cisco ISE
9 36 (35.29%) OSPF
10 34 (33.33%) VXLAN
11 30 (29.41%) Ethernet VPN
12 26 (25.49%) BIG-IP
12 26 (25.49%) Junos
13 25 (24.51%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (19.61%) VPN
15 16 (15.69%) VLAN
16 13 (12.75%) 802.11
16 13 (12.75%) WLAN
17 12 (11.76%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Git
2 2 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (3.92%) Military
4 3 (2.94%) Finance
4 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.96%) Legal
5 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.98%) Banking
6 1 (0.98%) German Language
6 1 (0.98%) Police
6 1 (0.98%) Polish Language
6 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (46.08%) Network Engineer
2 19 (18.63%) Senior
3 16 (15.69%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (13.73%) Firewall Specialist
4 14 (13.73%) Network Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Wireless Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Architect
8 5 (4.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Network Consultant
9 4 (3.92%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Product Owner
10 3 (2.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.94%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.35%) PKI
2 32 (31.37%) Data Centre
3 24 (23.53%) Clustering
4 11 (10.78%) IoT
5 7 (6.86%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.90%) BYOD
6 5 (4.90%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.92%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (30.39%) Windows
2 5 (4.90%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.96%) Android
5 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.37%) High Availability
2 29 (28.43%) Load Balancing
3 26 (25.49%) Identity Access Management
4 25 (24.51%) Observability
4 25 (24.51%) Zero Trust
5 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (15.69%) ITIL
7 13 (12.75%) Project Delivery
7 13 (12.75%) Security Architecture
8 12 (11.76%) Network Segmentation
9 11 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (9.80%) Migration
10 10 (9.80%) SIEM
10 10 (9.80%) Validation
11 9 (8.82%) Availability Management
11 9 (8.82%) ITSM
11 9 (8.82%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (8.82%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (8.82%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.86%) Python
2 2 (1.96%) Lisp
2 2 (1.96%) Perl
2 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (49.02%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 29 (28.43%) CCNP
4 19 (18.63%) DV Cleared
5 15 (14.71%) CCNA
6 12 (11.76%) CCIE
6 12 (11.76%) SC Cleared
7 9 (8.82%) Degree
8 8 (7.84%) JNCIP
8 8 (7.84%) JNCIS
9 7 (6.86%) JNCIA
10 4 (3.92%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.92%) CWDP
10 4 (3.92%) CWNA
10 4 (3.92%) CWNE
10 4 (3.92%) CWSP
10 4 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) NIST
2 4 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.96%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.98%) NCSC
5 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.90%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.96%) Firmware
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.98%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (34.31%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.84%) Ansible
3 4 (3.92%) CASB
4 3 (2.94%) Nessus
4 3 (2.94%) SCCM
4 3 (2.94%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.96%) Terraform
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.98%) Grafana
6 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.98%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 75 (73.53%) Cisco
2 35 (34.31%) F5
3 32 (31.37%) Aruba
4 31 (30.39%) SolarWinds
5 30 (29.41%) Juniper
6 27 (26.47%) Splunk
7 22 (21.57%) Extreme Networks
8 20 (19.61%) Palo Alto
9 16 (15.69%) ForeScout
10 15 (14.71%) Ekahau
11 13 (12.75%) Fortinet
11 13 (12.75%) Meraki
11 13 (12.75%) Microsoft
12 10 (9.80%) CheckPoint
12 10 (9.80%) VMware
13 6 (5.88%) Zscaler
14 4 (3.92%) Arista
14 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
15 3 (2.94%) Blue Coat
15 3 (2.94%) Tenable