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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 534 538
Rank change year-on-year -80 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 75 31 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.093% 0.069%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.62% 0.36% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 7
10th Percentile £378 £354 £228
25th Percentile £417 £380 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £320
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +25.00% -44.35%
75th Percentile £568 £529 £444
90th Percentile £670 £550 £558
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £380 £550
% change year-on-year +28.29% -30.91% -6.14%
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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 12,053 8,671 9,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.79% 26.06% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,920 5,742 6,020
10th Percentile £375 £358 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
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% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 189 165
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.20 £25.21
25th Percentile £50.00 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +10.11%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.60 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.67% -15.38% +13.04%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -89 73 £500 +29.87% 49
UK excluding London -72 45 £488 +28.29% 26
London -66 24 £500 +25.00% 19
South East -39 20 £513 +28.13% 2
Work from Home -64 19 £500 -3.71% 21
Midlands -48 10 £350 -7.89% 8
North of England -61 10 £418 -19.71% 4
West Midlands -46 9 £350 -7.89% 6
North West -43 8 £417 -19.81% 1
East of England -26 3 £475 - 1
South West -34 3 £350 -31.71% 10
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £500 - 1
Wales - 1 £455 - 1

802.1X Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Terraform13.3%10
2JSON4.0%3
2REST4.0%3
4YAML2.7%2
5XML1.3%1