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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 507 562
Rank change year-on-year -49 +55 +53
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 102 54 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.044%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.00% 0.73% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 23 4
10th Percentile £378 £333 £273
25th Percentile £417 £400 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £312
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +68.54% -37.70%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £341
90th Percentile £664 £603 £346
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £525 £287
% change year-on-year -2.14% +83.25% -42.70%
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 10,235 7,379 8,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.41% 22.59% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,677 4,985 6,032
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £543
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £664
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £500
% change year-on-year +5.87% -5.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 155 260
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.10 £23.70
25th Percentile £46.39 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £74.82 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.61 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +8.00% +7.20% -0.87%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -66 96 £506 -3.57% 12
UK excluding London -53 74 £514 -2.14% 9
South East -31 42 £525 +8.81% 4
Work from Home -46 19 £500 -11.89% 3
North of England -69 19 £475 -0.05% 3
London -63 18 £500 -2.44% 3
North West -45 17 £475 -0.05% 1
Midlands -50 7 £378 +160.34%
West Midlands -55 7 £378 +160.34%
South West -36 5 £513 -12.39%
East of England -24 2 - - 2
North East - 1 £500 - 1
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 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Azure
2 5 (4.90%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.96%) AWS
3 2 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.98%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.98%) IaaS
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.98%) PaaS
4 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (70.59%) Firewall
2 57 (55.88%) WAN
3 52 (50.98%) Wireless
4 51 (50.00%) DNS
4 51 (50.00%) LAN
5 44 (43.14%) DHCP
6 39 (38.24%) BGP
6 39 (38.24%) Network Security
7 36 (35.29%) Cisco ISE
7 36 (35.29%) OSPF
8 32 (31.37%) VXLAN
9 28 (27.45%) Ethernet VPN
10 26 (25.49%) BIG-IP
10 26 (25.49%) VPN
11 25 (24.51%) Junos
11 25 (24.51%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (16.67%) VLAN
13 13 (12.75%) IPsec
13 13 (12.75%) SSL
13 13 (12.75%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Git
2 4 (3.92%) JIRA
3 2 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.92%) Military
6 3 (2.94%) Automotive
6 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 1 (0.98%) Banking
8 1 (0.98%) Finance
8 1 (0.98%) German Language
8 1 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.98%) Police
8 1 (0.98%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 22 (21.57%) Senior
3 19 (18.63%) Senior Network Engineer
4 14 (13.73%) Firewall Specialist
4 14 (13.73%) Network Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Security Engineer
5 8 (7.84%) Wireless Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Architect
6 7 (6.86%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (34.31%) PKI
2 32 (31.37%) Data Centre
3 24 (23.53%) Clustering
4 8 (7.84%) IoT
5 6 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.90%) BYOD
6 5 (4.90%) Operational Technology
6 5 (4.90%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.94%) Robotics
8 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (30.39%) Windows
2 8 (7.84%) Linux
3 3 (2.94%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.96%) Android
5 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.37%) High Availability
2 29 (28.43%) Load Balancing
3 26 (25.49%) Identity Access Management
4 25 (24.51%) Observability
5 22 (21.57%) Zero Trust
6 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (15.69%) ITIL
8 13 (12.75%) Project Delivery
9 12 (11.76%) Migration
10 11 (10.78%) Change Management
11 10 (9.80%) Security Architecture
11 10 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (9.80%) Validation
12 9 (8.82%) Availability Management
12 9 (8.82%) ITSM
12 9 (8.82%) Network Segmentation
12 9 (8.82%) Service Management
12 9 (8.82%) SIEM
13 8 (7.84%) Network Design
13 8 (7.84%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.80%) Python
2 3 (2.94%) Bash
3 2 (1.96%) Lisp
3 2 (1.96%) Perl
3 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (50.98%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (43.14%) Security Cleared
3 31 (30.39%) CCNP
4 18 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 15 (14.71%) CCNA
5 15 (14.71%) SC Cleared
6 12 (11.76%) CCIE
7 10 (9.80%) JNCIP
7 10 (9.80%) JNCIS
8 9 (8.82%) Degree
9 7 (6.86%) JNCIA
10 4 (3.92%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.92%) CWDP
10 4 (3.92%) CWNA
10 4 (3.92%) CWNE
10 4 (3.92%) CWSP
10 4 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.96%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) NIST
2 4 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.96%) NCSC
4 2 (1.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.90%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.96%) Firmware
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.98%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (36.27%) FortiGate
2 11 (10.78%) Ansible
3 5 (4.90%) Terraform
4 4 (3.92%) CASB
5 3 (2.94%) Nessus
5 3 (2.94%) SCCM
5 3 (2.94%) systemd
5 3 (2.94%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.98%) Grafana
7 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.98%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 79 (77.45%) Cisco
2 38 (37.25%) F5
3 35 (34.31%) Juniper
4 31 (30.39%) SolarWinds
5 30 (29.41%) Aruba
6 27 (26.47%) Splunk
7 24 (23.53%) Palo Alto
8 22 (21.57%) Extreme Networks
9 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
10 15 (14.71%) Ekahau
11 14 (13.73%) Fortinet
12 13 (12.75%) CheckPoint
13 12 (11.76%) ForeScout
13 12 (11.76%) Meraki
14 10 (9.80%) VMware
15 9 (8.82%) Zscaler
16 6 (5.88%) Blue Coat
17 4 (3.92%) Arista
17 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
18 3 (2.94%) MikroTik