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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 492 516
Rank change year-on-year -32 +24 +121
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 76 56 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.83% 0.80% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 20 41
10th Percentile £310 £249 £406
25th Percentile £400 £279 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% -26.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £600
90th Percentile £575 £594 £627
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £415 £588
% change year-on-year +23.49% -29.36% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 - -
Median hourly rate £57.02 - -
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
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 9,171 6,974 9,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.08% 22.76% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,129 4,541 6,371
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -1.69% -7.13%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 91 219
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.25 £21.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.88 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.36 £68.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.01 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 27 February 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 27 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 14 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 27 February 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 -55 71 £514 +17.43% 18
UK excluding London -47 60 £513 +23.49% 17
North of England -56 23 £515 +0.49% 5
South East -14 21 £523 +5.56% 8
North West -22 21 £515 +0.49% 5
Work from Home -11 17 £504 +57.42% 4
London -52 11 £550 +22.22% 2
South West -15 9 £513 -35.94%
Midlands - 5 £380 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £380 - 2
East of England -38 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £425 - 1
North East - 1 £525 -
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 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.89%) Azure
2 5 (6.58%) AWS
2 5 (6.58%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.95%) Route 53
3 3 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.32%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) PaaS
5 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (85.53%) Firewall
2 49 (64.47%) WAN
3 38 (50.00%) Wireless
4 32 (42.11%) Cisco ISE
5 29 (38.16%) BGP
6 28 (36.84%) OSPF
7 25 (32.89%) DHCP
7 25 (32.89%) LAN
8 24 (31.58%) DNS
8 24 (31.58%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (30.26%) Ethernet VPN
9 23 (30.26%) Network Security
9 23 (30.26%) VXLAN
10 17 (22.37%) Junos
10 17 (22.37%) VPN
11 16 (21.05%) BIG-IP
12 15 (19.74%) VLAN
13 12 (15.79%) IPsec
14 10 (13.16%) 802.11
15 9 (11.84%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 12 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 6 (7.89%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Finance
3 5 (6.58%) Military
3 5 (6.58%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.32%) Banking
5 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.32%) French Language
5 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (51.32%) Network Engineer
2 11 (14.47%) Senior
3 10 (13.16%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (9.21%) Firewall Specialist
4 7 (9.21%) Network Specialist
4 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 7 (9.21%) Security Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Lead
6 4 (5.26%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Architect
7 3 (3.95%) Consultant
7 3 (3.95%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Lead Network Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Network Architect
7 3 (3.95%) Network Consultant
7 3 (3.95%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Wireless Engineer
8 2 (2.63%) Access Control Consultant
8 2 (2.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (40.79%) Data Centre
2 17 (22.37%) PKI
3 16 (21.05%) Clustering
4 11 (14.47%) IoT
5 5 (6.58%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.95%) BYOD
8 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) Android
3 1 (1.32%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.89%) Load Balancing
2 18 (23.68%) High Availability
3 17 (22.37%) Identity Access Management
4 16 (21.05%) Observability
5 15 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (18.42%) Zero Trust
7 13 (17.11%) Network Architecture
8 11 (14.47%) Network Design
9 10 (13.16%) Network Segmentation
10 9 (11.84%) Availability Management
10 9 (11.84%) Impact Assessments
10 9 (11.84%) ITIL
10 9 (11.84%) Network Management
10 9 (11.84%) Regulatory Compliance
10 9 (11.84%) Risk Assessment
10 9 (11.84%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (11.84%) Security Architecture
11 8 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (9.21%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (1.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (55.26%) Security Cleared
2 25 (32.89%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (30.26%) SC Cleared
4 13 (17.11%) DV Cleared
5 12 (15.79%) CCNP
6 8 (10.53%) CCNA
6 8 (10.53%) JNCIS
7 7 (9.21%) JNCIA
7 7 (9.21%) JNCIP
8 4 (5.26%) CCIE
9 3 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.95%) Degree
10 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.32%) CCDA
11 1 (1.32%) CCDP
11 1 (1.32%) CCIP
11 1 (1.32%) CISSP
11 1 (1.32%) CWNA
11 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) SLA
2 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.32%) NCSC
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Firmware
2 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (23.68%) FortiGate
2 5 (6.58%) Ansible
3 3 (3.95%) Terraform
4 2 (2.63%) CASB
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.32%) Grafana
5 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (72.37%) Cisco
2 25 (32.89%) Juniper
3 24 (31.58%) F5
4 23 (30.26%) Palo Alto
5 21 (27.63%) Meraki
6 19 (25.00%) SolarWinds
7 17 (22.37%) Splunk
8 16 (21.05%) Aruba
9 14 (18.42%) Extreme Networks
10 13 (17.11%) CheckPoint
11 10 (13.16%) ForeScout
12 7 (9.21%) Blue Coat
12 7 (9.21%) Ekahau
12 7 (9.21%) Fortinet
13 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
14 2 (2.63%) Arista
14 2 (2.63%) LogicMonitor
15 1 (1.32%) AirMagnet
15 1 (1.32%) SonicWALL
15 1 (1.32%) Zscaler