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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 510 545
Rank change year-on-year -87 +35 +54
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 86 48 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.054%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.73% 0.58% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 28 6
10th Percentile £395 £343 £280
25th Percentile £418 £376 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £338
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +53.85% -32.50%
75th Percentile £587 £591 £350
90th Percentile £670 £603 £444
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £298
% change year-on-year +17.65% +42.62% -41.85%
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 11,809 8,337 9,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.94% 25.41% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 5,631 6,452
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £631 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 184 215
10th Percentile £29.81 £30.40 £23.80
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -8.33% -5.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.32 £79.61 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.67% -10.71% +2.67%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -69 83 £500 +5.99% 13
UK excluding London -77 56 £500 +17.65% 7
South East -43 29 £525 -4.55% 3
London -66 24 £500 -16.67% 8
Work from Home -40 19 £500 -9.09% 6
North of England -57 18 £500 -3.85%
North West -40 17 £475 -8.70%
West Midlands -50 5 £394 +10.92% 2
Midlands -52 5 £394 +10.92% 2
East of England -20 3 £475 +35.71% 1
Wales -19 1 £455 - 1
South West -44 1 - -
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 (3.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.98%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.16%) AWS
3 1 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.16%) GCP
3 1 (1.16%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 55 (63.95%) Firewall
2 46 (53.49%) Wireless
3 43 (50.00%) WAN
4 39 (45.35%) DNS
4 39 (45.35%) LAN
5 36 (41.86%) Network Security
6 29 (33.72%) DHCP
7 28 (32.56%) BGP
8 27 (31.40%) VPN
9 25 (29.07%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (27.91%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (26.74%) OSPF
12 19 (22.09%) VLAN
13 18 (20.93%) VXLAN
14 14 (16.28%) Ethernet VPN
14 14 (16.28%) TCP/IP
14 14 (16.28%) WLAN
15 13 (15.12%) BIG-IP
15 13 (15.12%) SSL
16 12 (13.95%) Junos
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Git
2 4 (4.65%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.98%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.65%) Automotive
4 4 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.65%) Legal
5 2 (2.33%) Publishing
6 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.16%) Banking
6 1 (1.16%) Finance
6 1 (1.16%) German Language
6 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.16%) Law
6 1 (1.16%) Police
6 1 (1.16%) Polish Language
6 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (55.81%) Network Engineer
2 19 (22.09%) Senior
3 16 (18.60%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Firewall Specialist
4 9 (10.47%) Network Specialist
5 8 (9.30%) Architect
5 8 (9.30%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Wireless Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.81%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (5.81%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 4 (4.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 3 (3.49%) REST
3 1 (1.16%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (31.40%) PKI
2 19 (22.09%) Data Centre
3 11 (12.79%) Clustering
4 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
5 6 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (5.81%) Operational Technology
6 5 (5.81%) Security Posture
7 4 (4.65%) BYOD
7 4 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (4.65%) Public Cloud
7 4 (4.65%) Robotics
8 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.16%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.77%) Windows
2 9 (10.47%) Linux
3 4 (4.65%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.26%) High Availability
2 17 (19.77%) Zero Trust
3 16 (18.60%) Load Balancing
4 14 (16.28%) Identity Access Management
4 14 (16.28%) Project Delivery
5 13 (15.12%) Observability
5 13 (15.12%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.95%) Validation
7 11 (12.79%) Change Management
8 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (11.63%) ITIL
8 10 (11.63%) Migration
8 10 (11.63%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (9.30%) AI
9 8 (9.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (9.30%) Network Design
9 8 (9.30%) SIEM
10 7 (8.14%) Runbook
10 7 (8.14%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.95%) Python
2 4 (4.65%) Bash
3 2 (2.33%) Lisp
3 2 (2.33%) Perl
3 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (39.53%) Security Cleared
3 31 (36.05%) CCNP
4 15 (17.44%) SC Cleared
5 13 (15.12%) CCNA
6 11 (12.79%) CCIE
6 11 (12.79%) DV Cleared
7 9 (10.47%) Degree
8 6 (6.98%) JNCIP
8 6 (6.98%) JNCIS
9 5 (5.81%) CWNA
10 4 (4.65%) CCIE Wireless
10 4 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.65%) CWDP
10 4 (4.65%) CWNE
10 4 (4.65%) CWSP
10 4 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.33%) CCIE Security
11 2 (2.33%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.47%) NIST
2 4 (4.65%) NCSC
3 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (3.49%) JSP 440
3 3 (3.49%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.81%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.33%) Firmware
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.16%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (29.07%) FortiGate
2 13 (15.12%) Ansible
3 4 (4.65%) systemd
4 3 (3.49%) CASB
4 3 (3.49%) Nessus
4 3 (3.49%) SCCM
4 3 (3.49%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.33%) TrustSec
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.16%) Grafana
6 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (75.58%) Cisco
2 27 (31.40%) Aruba
3 26 (30.23%) F5
4 25 (29.07%) Palo Alto
5 22 (25.58%) Juniper
6 19 (22.09%) SolarWinds
7 18 (20.93%) Microsoft
8 15 (17.44%) Splunk
9 14 (16.28%) Fortinet
10 13 (15.12%) Ekahau
11 11 (12.79%) CheckPoint
11 11 (12.79%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (11.63%) VMware
13 9 (10.47%) Zscaler
14 8 (9.30%) ForeScout
14 8 (9.30%) Meraki
15 5 (5.81%) Blue Coat
16 4 (4.65%) MikroTik
16 4 (4.65%) Riverbed
16 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow