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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 465 530
Rank change year-on-year -62 +65 +94
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 85 53 72
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.92% 0.78% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 20 34
10th Percentile £330 £239 £304
25th Percentile £413 £285 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £452 £519
Median % change year-on-year +13.38% -12.87% +3.75%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £594
90th Percentile £575 £605 £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £415 £587
% change year-on-year +23.80% -29.27% +17.35%
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 9,229 6,756 9,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.75% 22.85% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 4,490 6,316
10th Percentile £358 £361 £336
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 94 222
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.75 £39.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.62%
75th Percentile £73.09 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.88 £75.00
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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -52 79 £515 +13.44% 19
UK excluding London -50 66 £514 +23.80% 20
South East -17 26 £523 +5.56% 6
North of England -52 24 £517 -13.88% 7
North West -27 22 £517 -13.88% 6
Work from Home -17 17 £504 +6.05% 6
London -40 13 £550 +18.41% 1
South West -18 9 £513 -35.94%
West Midlands -55 6 £380 +162.07% 3
Midlands -61 6 £380 +162.07% 3
East of England -37 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £525 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £295 -
Scotland - 1 £425 - 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 (3.53%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.24%) Azure
2 5 (5.88%) AWS
2 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.53%) Route 53
3 3 (3.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.18%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.18%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.18%) IaaS
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.18%) PaaS
5 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (83.53%) Firewall
2 54 (63.53%) WAN
3 41 (48.24%) Wireless
4 35 (41.18%) Cisco ISE
5 34 (40.00%) BGP
6 33 (38.82%) OSPF
7 32 (37.65%) LAN
8 30 (35.29%) DHCP
9 28 (32.94%) DNS
10 26 (30.59%) Ethernet VPN
10 26 (30.59%) VXLAN
10 26 (30.59%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (29.41%) Network Security
12 20 (23.53%) Junos
13 19 (22.35%) BIG-IP
14 17 (20.00%) VLAN
14 17 (20.00%) VPN
15 13 (15.29%) 802.11
16 11 (12.94%) IPsec
16 11 (12.94%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
2 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 12 (14.12%) Public Sector
2 7 (8.24%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Finance
4 5 (5.88%) Military
5 4 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Banking
7 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.18%) French Language
7 1 (1.18%) German Language
7 1 (1.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (49.41%) Network Engineer
2 11 (12.94%) Senior
3 10 (11.76%) Firewall Specialist
3 10 (11.76%) Network Specialist
3 10 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Security Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Lead
7 4 (4.71%) Wireless Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Consultant
8 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Lead Network Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Network Consultant
8 3 (3.53%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Product Owner
9 2 (2.35%) Access Control Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 33 (38.82%) Data Centre
2 20 (23.53%) PKI
3 19 (22.35%) Clustering
4 11 (12.94%) IoT
5 6 (7.06%) Security Posture
6 5 (5.88%) BYOD
6 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.71%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Android
3 1 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.94%) Load Balancing
2 22 (25.88%) High Availability
3 20 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (23.53%) Observability
4 17 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (18.82%) Zero Trust
6 13 (15.29%) Network Architecture
7 12 (14.12%) ITIL
7 12 (14.12%) Network Design
8 11 (12.94%) Availability Management
8 11 (12.94%) Network Segmentation
9 10 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (11.76%) Security Architecture
10 9 (10.59%) Impact Assessments
10 9 (10.59%) Network Management
10 9 (10.59%) Regulatory Compliance
10 9 (10.59%) Risk Assessment
10 9 (10.59%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (9.41%) Mentoring
11 8 (9.41%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.71%) Python
2 1 (1.18%) Perl
2 1 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 30 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (27.06%) SC Cleared
4 15 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 14 (16.47%) CCNP
6 9 (10.59%) CCNA
7 8 (9.41%) JNCIS
8 7 (8.24%) JNCIA
8 7 (8.24%) JNCIP
9 5 (5.88%) CCIE
10 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.53%) Degree
11 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.35%) CWNA
12 1 (1.18%) CCIE Wireless
12 1 (1.18%) CWDP
12 1 (1.18%) CWNE
12 1 (1.18%) CWSP
12 1 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.71%) SLA
2 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (3.53%) NIST
2 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.18%) Firmware
2 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (24.71%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.88%) Ansible
3 4 (4.71%) CASB
4 3 (3.53%) Terraform
5 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.18%) Grafana
6 1 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (72.94%) Cisco
2 27 (31.76%) Juniper
3 26 (30.59%) F5
4 25 (29.41%) Palo Alto
5 22 (25.88%) SolarWinds
6 21 (24.71%) Meraki
6 21 (24.71%) Splunk
7 20 (23.53%) Aruba
8 17 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (14.12%) CheckPoint
10 11 (12.94%) ForeScout
11 9 (10.59%) Ekahau
11 9 (10.59%) Fortinet
12 6 (7.06%) Blue Coat
12 6 (7.06%) Microsoft
13 2 (2.35%) AirMagnet
13 2 (2.35%) Arista
13 2 (2.35%) HP
13 2 (2.35%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (2.35%) Zscaler