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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 478 508
Rank change year-on-year -56 +30 +127
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 63 54 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.70% 0.78% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 20 48
10th Percentile £357 £249 £401
25th Percentile £409 £279 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -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 9,054 6,938 9,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.17% 22.49% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,049 4,493 6,438
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.59% -7.22%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 85 202
10th Percentile £35.03 £25.65 £24.10
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.50 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +16.82% -17.69%
75th Percentile £73.46 £65.75 £69.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.96 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -19.23%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -82 58 £515 +17.71% 28
UK excluding London -58 48 £513 +23.49% 27
North of England -60 18 £517 +0.83% 8
South East -18 16 £523 +5.56% 12
North West -24 16 £517 +0.83% 8
Work from Home -18 15 £491 +53.52% 5
London -56 10 £550 +22.22% 3
South West -9 7 £519 -35.13% 1
Midlands - 5 £380 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £380 - 2
East of England -33 1 - - 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.76%) Route 53
3 3 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (87.30%) Firewall
2 41 (65.08%) WAN
3 30 (47.62%) Wireless
4 28 (44.44%) Cisco ISE
5 26 (41.27%) BGP
6 25 (39.68%) OSPF
7 22 (34.92%) DHCP
8 21 (33.33%) DNS
8 21 (33.33%) Network Security
9 20 (31.75%) Ethernet VPN
9 20 (31.75%) VXLAN
10 18 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (26.98%) LAN
11 17 (26.98%) VPN
12 14 (22.22%) Junos
13 13 (20.63%) BIG-IP
14 12 (19.05%) IPsec
15 11 (17.46%) VLAN
16 9 (14.29%) 802.11
16 9 (14.29%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 11 (17.46%) Public Sector
2 5 (7.94%) Finance
2 5 (7.94%) Military
2 5 (7.94%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.59%) French Language
4 1 (1.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (52.38%) Network Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Senior
2 8 (12.70%) Senior Network Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Firewall Specialist
5 5 (7.94%) Lead
5 5 (7.94%) Network Specialist
6 4 (6.35%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Lead Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Network Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Access Control Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Network Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 14 (22.22%) PKI
3 13 (20.63%) Clustering
4 10 (15.87%) IoT
5 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.59%) BYOD
7 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
2 1 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Load Balancing
2 15 (23.81%) High Availability
3 13 (20.63%) Identity Access Management
3 13 (20.63%) Network Architecture
3 13 (20.63%) Observability
3 13 (20.63%) Zero Trust
4 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 9 (14.29%) Network Design
5 9 (14.29%) Network Management
5 9 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
6 8 (12.70%) Availability Management
6 8 (12.70%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (12.70%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (12.70%) Security Architecture
6 8 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (11.11%) Change Management
7 7 (11.11%) Inventory Management
7 7 (11.11%) ITIL
8 6 (9.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) Python
2 1 (1.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 19 (30.16%) SC Cleared
3 17 (26.98%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (19.05%) DV Cleared
5 8 (12.70%) CCNP
6 7 (11.11%) JNCIS
7 6 (9.52%) JNCIA
7 6 (9.52%) JNCIP
8 4 (6.35%) CCIE
9 3 (4.76%) CCNA
10 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
10 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.59%) CCDA
11 1 (1.59%) CCDP
11 1 (1.59%) CWNA
11 1 (1.59%) GIAC
11 1 (1.59%) GSEC
11 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Firmware
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (23.81%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.94%) Ansible
3 3 (4.76%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) CASB
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.59%) Grafana
4 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (76.19%) Cisco
2 22 (34.92%) Juniper
3 21 (33.33%) F5
4 18 (28.57%) Meraki
4 18 (28.57%) Palo Alto
5 16 (25.40%) SolarWinds
6 14 (22.22%) Splunk
7 11 (17.46%) Extreme Networks
8 10 (15.87%) ForeScout
9 9 (14.29%) Aruba
9 9 (14.29%) CheckPoint
10 7 (11.11%) Blue Coat
10 7 (11.11%) Fortinet
11 2 (3.17%) Arista
11 2 (3.17%) Ekahau
11 2 (3.17%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (1.59%) AirMagnet
12 1 (1.59%) Google
12 1 (1.59%) SonicWALL
12 1 (1.59%) Zscaler