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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 503 541
Rank change year-on-year -85 +38 +36
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 82 47 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.051%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.70% 0.57% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 28 5
10th Percentile £391 £343 £283
25th Percentile £417 £376 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +48.36% -33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £591 -
90th Percentile £670 £603 £463
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £63.13 £22.64 -
25th Percentile £65.94 £29.91 -
Median hourly rate £81.75 £42.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.70% +6.61% -52.97%
75th Percentile £96.00 £56.01 -
90th Percentile - £63.65 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.75 £17.79 £40.00
% change year-on-year +359.53% -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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11,704 8,306 9,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.82% 25.37% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,703 5,615 6,430
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £630 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 183 208
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.35 £23.80
25th Percentile £45.31 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -2.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £79.74 £74.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +4.17%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 79 £500 +5.99% 24
UK excluding London -73 52 £500 +17.65% 10
South East -42 28 £525 -4.55% 4
London -60 24 £500 -16.67% 17
Work from Home -50 19 £500 -9.09% 9
North of England -58 15 £475 -8.70%
North West -32 14 £450 -13.56%
West Midlands -48 5 £394 +10.92% 1
Midlands -65 5 £394 +10.92% 1
East of England -20 3 £475 +35.71% 1
Wales -14 1 £455 - 1
South West -45 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £500 -

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 (3.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.66%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Azure
2 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.22%) AWS
3 1 (1.22%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 51 (62.20%) Firewall
2 43 (52.44%) Wireless
3 39 (47.56%) DNS
3 39 (47.56%) WAN
4 37 (45.12%) Network Security
5 34 (41.46%) LAN
6 28 (34.15%) DHCP
6 28 (34.15%) VPN
7 27 (32.93%) BGP
8 24 (29.27%) Cisco ISE
9 22 (26.83%) OSPF
10 21 (25.61%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (20.73%) VXLAN
12 16 (19.51%) VLAN
13 14 (17.07%) SSL
13 14 (17.07%) WLAN
14 13 (15.85%) Ethernet VPN
15 12 (14.63%) BIG-IP
15 12 (14.63%) IPsec
16 11 (13.41%) Junos
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Git
2 4 (4.88%) JIRA
3 1 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.88%) Automotive
4 4 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.88%) Legal
5 2 (2.44%) Publishing
6 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.22%) Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Finance
6 1 (1.22%) German Language
6 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.22%) Law
6 1 (1.22%) Police
6 1 (1.22%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (56.10%) Network Engineer
2 19 (23.17%) Senior
3 16 (19.51%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Architect
4 8 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Firewall Specialist
4 8 (9.76%) Network Specialist
4 8 (9.76%) Security Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Wireless Network Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.66%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) Terraform
2 3 (3.66%) REST
3 1 (1.22%) JSON
3 1 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.71%) PKI
2 18 (21.95%) Data Centre
3 10 (12.20%) Clustering
4 7 (8.54%) Onboarding
5 6 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (6.10%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (4.88%) Public Cloud
7 4 (4.88%) Robotics
8 3 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.66%) BYOD
8 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 3 (3.66%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.22%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.51%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Linux
3 4 (4.88%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.17%) High Availability
2 17 (20.73%) Zero Trust
3 15 (18.29%) Load Balancing
4 14 (17.07%) Project Delivery
5 13 (15.85%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (14.63%) Change Management
6 12 (14.63%) Observability
6 12 (14.63%) Validation
7 11 (13.41%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (12.20%) ITIL
8 10 (12.20%) Migration
9 8 (9.76%) AI
9 8 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (9.76%) Network Design
9 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (9.76%) SIEM
10 7 (8.54%) Analytics
10 7 (8.54%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.63%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) Bash
3 2 (2.44%) Lisp
3 2 (2.44%) Perl
3 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.22%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (46.34%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (37.80%) Security Cleared
3 28 (34.15%) CCNP
4 13 (15.85%) SC Cleared
5 11 (13.41%) CCIE
6 10 (12.20%) DV Cleared
7 9 (10.98%) CCNA
8 6 (7.32%) Degree
8 6 (7.32%) JNCIP
8 6 (7.32%) JNCIS
9 5 (6.10%) CWNA
10 4 (4.88%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.88%) CWDP
10 4 (4.88%) CWNE
10 4 (4.88%) CWSP
10 4 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.44%) CCIE Security
11 2 (2.44%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) NIST
2 4 (4.88%) NCSC
3 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (3.66%) JSP 440
3 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.10%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.44%) Firmware
5 2 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.22%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (29.27%) FortiGate
2 13 (15.85%) Ansible
3 4 (4.88%) systemd
4 3 (3.66%) CASB
4 3 (3.66%) Nessus
4 3 (3.66%) SCCM
4 3 (3.66%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.44%) TrustSec
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.22%) Grafana
6 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (78.05%) Cisco
2 26 (31.71%) F5
3 23 (28.05%) Aruba
4 22 (26.83%) Juniper
4 22 (26.83%) Palo Alto
5 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
5 18 (21.95%) SolarWinds
6 14 (17.07%) Fortinet
6 14 (17.07%) Splunk
7 10 (12.20%) Ekahau
7 10 (12.20%) Extreme Networks
7 10 (12.20%) VMware
7 10 (12.20%) Zscaler
8 9 (10.98%) CheckPoint
9 8 (9.76%) ForeScout
9 8 (9.76%) Meraki
10 6 (7.32%) Blue Coat
11 4 (4.88%) MikroTik
11 4 (4.88%) Riverbed
11 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow