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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 474 561
Rank change year-on-year -58 +87 +54
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 104 55 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.071%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.05% 0.80% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 23 12
10th Percentile £379 £285 £299
25th Percentile £417 £363 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £436
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.34% -12.75%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £499
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 9,927 6,897 9,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.90% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,526 4,700 6,384
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 135 279
10th Percentile £30.05 £29.14 £22.40
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.76% -10.08%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -71 98 £513 -4.65% 11
UK excluding London -69 78 £514 +20.88% 10
South East -29 39 £525 +8.81% 6
North of England -68 23 £475 - 2
Work from Home -35 22 £500 -11.89% 5
North West -36 20 £462 -2.68% 1
London -69 17 £500 -16.67% 3
South West -40 8 £516 -11.84%
West Midlands -52 7 £378 +160.34%
Midlands -54 7 £378 +160.34%
East of England -26 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 (2.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.73%) Entra ID
2 5 (4.81%) Azure
3 3 (2.88%) AWS
4 2 (1.92%) GCP
5 1 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.96%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.96%) IaaS
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.96%) PaaS
5 1 (0.96%) Route 53
5 1 (0.96%) SaaS
5 1 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 71 (68.27%) Firewall
2 54 (51.92%) WAN
2 54 (51.92%) Wireless
3 50 (48.08%) LAN
4 45 (43.27%) DNS
5 44 (42.31%) DHCP
6 40 (38.46%) BGP
7 38 (36.54%) Network Security
7 38 (36.54%) OSPF
8 37 (35.58%) Cisco ISE
9 35 (33.65%) VXLAN
10 31 (29.81%) Ethernet VPN
11 26 (25.00%) BIG-IP
11 26 (25.00%) Junos
11 26 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (20.19%) VPN
13 18 (17.31%) VLAN
14 14 (13.46%) 802.11
15 13 (12.50%) SD-WAN
15 13 (12.50%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.35%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (3.85%) Finance
3 4 (3.85%) Military
3 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.96%) Banking
5 1 (0.96%) German Language
5 1 (0.96%) Legal
5 1 (0.96%) Police
5 1 (0.96%) Polish Language
5 1 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (45.19%) Network Engineer
2 19 (18.27%) Senior
3 16 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (13.46%) Firewall Specialist
4 14 (13.46%) Network Specialist
5 8 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
5 8 (7.69%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (5.77%) Architect
7 5 (4.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.85%) Consultant
8 4 (3.85%) Network Consultant
8 4 (3.85%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Product Owner
9 3 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.88%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (32.69%) PKI
2 32 (30.77%) Data Centre
3 24 (23.08%) Clustering
4 11 (10.58%) IoT
5 8 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.81%) BYOD
6 5 (4.81%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.85%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (29.81%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Linux
3 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.92%) Android
5 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.77%) High Availability
2 28 (26.92%) Load Balancing
3 26 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 26 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 25 (24.04%) Observability
5 19 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (15.38%) ITIL
7 13 (12.50%) Security Architecture
7 13 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (11.54%) Network Segmentation
8 12 (11.54%) Project Delivery
9 11 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (10.58%) SIEM
9 11 (10.58%) Validation
10 10 (9.62%) Availability Management
10 10 (9.62%) Migration
11 9 (8.65%) ITSM
11 9 (8.65%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (8.65%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (8.65%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.73%) Python
2 2 (1.92%) Lisp
2 2 (1.92%) Perl
2 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (48.08%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (41.35%) Security Cleared
3 29 (27.88%) CCNP
4 19 (18.27%) DV Cleared
5 15 (14.42%) CCNA
6 13 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 12 (11.54%) CCIE
8 9 (8.65%) Degree
9 8 (7.69%) JNCIP
9 8 (7.69%) JNCIS
10 7 (6.73%) JNCIA
11 4 (3.85%) CCIE Wireless
11 4 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.85%) CWDP
11 4 (3.85%) CWNA
11 4 (3.85%) CWNE
11 4 (3.85%) CWSP
11 4 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) NIST
2 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.92%) SLA
4 2 (1.92%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.81%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.92%) Firmware
5 2 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.96%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (32.69%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.69%) Ansible
3 4 (3.85%) CASB
4 3 (2.88%) Nessus
4 3 (2.88%) SCCM
4 3 (2.88%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.96%) Grafana
6 1 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.96%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 76 (73.08%) Cisco
2 34 (32.69%) F5
3 32 (30.77%) Aruba
4 30 (28.85%) Juniper
4 30 (28.85%) SolarWinds
5 27 (25.96%) Splunk
6 22 (21.15%) Extreme Networks
7 20 (19.23%) Palo Alto
8 17 (16.35%) ForeScout
9 15 (14.42%) Ekahau
10 13 (12.50%) Fortinet
10 13 (12.50%) Meraki
10 13 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 10 (9.62%) CheckPoint
11 10 (9.62%) VMware
12 6 (5.77%) Zscaler
13 4 (3.85%) Arista
13 4 (3.85%) ServiceNow
14 3 (2.88%) Blue Coat
14 3 (2.88%) Tenable