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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 461 543
Rank change year-on-year -74 +82 +77
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 95 63 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.22% 0.090%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.00% 0.95% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 29 17
10th Percentile £353 £278 £299
25th Percentile £417 £408 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £490
90th Percentile £580 £612 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £475 £375
% change year-on-year +7.89% +26.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.53% - -
75th Percentile £65.01 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.02 - -

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 9,463 6,644 8,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.03% 22.70% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,271 4,556 6,208
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £650
90th Percentile £728 £780 £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 112 233
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.14 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £82.87 £74.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 1 May 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 1 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

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 1 May 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 -63 89 £513 +7.89% 11
UK excluding London -58 72 £513 +7.89% 9
South East -28 33 £525 +8.81% 3
North of England -58 26 £450 -14.38% 1
North West -35 24 £450 -14.38%
Work from Home -27 18 £475 -11.63% 4
London -60 15 £525 +10.53% 4
South West -26 8 £516 -11.84% 1
West Midlands -57 6 £380 +162.07% 2
Midlands -71 6 £380 +162.07% 2
North East - 1 £525 -
Yorkshire - 1 £295 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.16%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.37%) Azure
2 5 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.21%) AWS
4 3 (3.16%) Route 53
4 3 (3.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.05%) GCP
6 1 (1.05%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.05%) IaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.05%) PaaS
6 1 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (72.63%) Firewall
2 53 (55.79%) WAN
3 50 (52.63%) Wireless
4 42 (44.21%) LAN
5 40 (42.11%) BGP
5 40 (42.11%) OSPF
6 35 (36.84%) DHCP
6 35 (36.84%) DNS
7 34 (35.79%) Cisco ISE
8 33 (34.74%) VXLAN
9 31 (32.63%) Ethernet VPN
10 28 (29.47%) Network Security
11 27 (28.42%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (27.37%) BIG-IP
13 25 (26.32%) Junos
14 20 (21.05%) VLAN
15 16 (16.84%) 802.11
15 16 (16.84%) VPN
16 13 (13.68%) SD-WAN
17 10 (10.53%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (9.47%) Public Sector
1 9 (9.47%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (5.26%) Finance
2 5 (5.26%) Military
3 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.05%) Banking
5 1 (1.05%) German Language
5 1 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (46.32%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.74%) Firewall Specialist
2 14 (14.74%) Network Specialist
3 13 (13.68%) Senior
4 12 (12.63%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (7.37%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Lead
8 4 (4.21%) Architect
8 4 (4.21%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.21%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Consultant
9 3 (3.16%) Lead Network Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.16%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 32 (33.68%) Data Centre
1 32 (33.68%) PKI
2 24 (25.26%) Clustering
3 11 (11.58%) IoT
4 8 (8.42%) Onboarding
5 5 (5.26%) BYOD
6 4 (4.21%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.16%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (28.42%) Windows
2 2 (2.11%) Android
2 2 (2.11%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (33.68%) High Availability
2 28 (29.47%) Load Balancing
3 26 (27.37%) Identity Access Management
4 24 (25.26%) Observability
5 22 (23.16%) Zero Trust
6 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.74%) ITIL
8 12 (12.63%) Network Segmentation
8 12 (12.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (12.63%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (11.58%) Availability Management
10 10 (10.53%) Security Architecture
11 9 (9.47%) ITSM
11 9 (9.47%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.47%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (9.47%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (9.47%) Service Management
11 9 (9.47%) SIEM
11 9 (9.47%) Validation
12 8 (8.42%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.16%) Python
2 1 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (48.42%) Security Cleared
2 43 (45.26%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (23.16%) CCNP
4 19 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 16 (16.84%) DV Cleared
6 14 (14.74%) CCNA
7 9 (9.47%) JNCIS
8 8 (8.42%) JNCIA
8 8 (8.42%) JNCIP
9 7 (7.37%) CCIE
9 7 (7.37%) Degree
10 4 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.21%) CWNA
10 4 (4.21%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (3.16%) CCIE Wireless
11 3 (3.16%) CWDP
11 3 (3.16%) CWNE
11 3 (3.16%) CWSP
12 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) NIST
2 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.21%) SLA
3 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.11%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.11%) Firmware
2 2 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (2.11%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (29.47%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.21%) Ansible
2 4 (4.21%) CASB
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.11%) Terraform
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (71.58%) Cisco
2 30 (31.58%) F5
3 29 (30.53%) Juniper
4 28 (29.47%) Aruba
5 26 (27.37%) SolarWinds
5 26 (27.37%) Splunk
6 22 (23.16%) Extreme Networks
7 21 (22.11%) Palo Alto
8 18 (18.95%) Meraki
9 17 (17.89%) ForeScout
10 14 (14.74%) Ekahau
11 12 (12.63%) Fortinet
12 9 (9.47%) CheckPoint
13 7 (7.37%) Microsoft
14 3 (3.16%) Blue Coat
14 3 (3.16%) VMware
15 2 (2.11%) AirMagnet
15 2 (2.11%) HP
15 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
15 2 (2.11%) Zscaler