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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 461 552
Rank change year-on-year -78 +91 +60
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 91 62 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.098%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.96% 0.94% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 28 22
10th Percentile £345 £259 £300
25th Percentile £419 £353 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% +3.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £507
90th Percentile £582 £617 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +21.18% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.53% - -
75th Percentile £65.01 £68.75 -
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 9,511 6,623 8,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.78% 22.66% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,333 4,544 6,234
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £729 £775 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.11% -1.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 101 178
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £19.43
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.50 £32.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +38.59% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £62.85
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 11 April 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 11 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 12 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 11 April 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 -68 85 £519 +9.16% 18
UK excluding London -64 70 £515 +21.18% 17
South East -29 30 £525 +8.81% 8
North of England -58 26 £515 -1.90% 3
North West -22 24 £515 -1.90% 1
Work from Home -24 19 £504 -4.95% 4
London -81 13 £550 +15.79% 4
South West -25 9 £513 -12.39% 2
West Midlands -57 6 £380 +162.07%
Midlands -59 6 £380 +162.07%
Yorkshire - 1 £295 - 1
North East - 1 £525 - 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 (3.30%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Azure
2 5 (5.49%) AWS
2 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.30%) Route 53
3 3 (3.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.20%) GCP
5 1 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.10%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.10%) IaaS
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.10%) PaaS
5 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (79.12%) Firewall
2 56 (61.54%) WAN
3 43 (47.25%) Wireless
4 41 (45.05%) LAN
5 40 (43.96%) BGP
6 39 (42.86%) OSPF
7 36 (39.56%) Cisco ISE
8 33 (36.26%) DHCP
9 31 (34.07%) VXLAN
10 30 (32.97%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (31.87%) DNS
11 29 (31.87%) Ethernet VPN
12 24 (26.37%) BIG-IP
12 24 (26.37%) Network Security
13 23 (25.27%) Junos
14 21 (23.08%) VLAN
15 14 (15.38%) 802.11
15 14 (15.38%) VPN
16 13 (14.29%) SD-WAN
17 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.10%) Git
General
1 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
1 10 (10.99%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (6.59%) Finance
3 5 (5.49%) Military
4 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.10%) Banking
5 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.10%) French Language
5 1 (1.10%) German Language
5 1 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 46 (50.55%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.19%) Firewall Specialist
2 12 (13.19%) Network Specialist
2 12 (13.19%) Senior
3 11 (12.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Lead
8 4 (4.40%) Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Consultant
9 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Lead Network Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Network Architect
9 3 (3.30%) Network Consultant
9 3 (3.30%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 36 (39.56%) Data Centre
2 23 (25.27%) PKI
3 22 (24.18%) Clustering
4 11 (12.09%) IoT
5 6 (6.59%) Onboarding
6 5 (5.49%) BYOD
7 4 (4.40%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (26.37%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Android
3 1 (1.10%) Linux
3 1 (1.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Load Balancing
2 26 (28.57%) High Availability
3 24 (26.37%) Identity Access Management
4 23 (25.27%) Observability
5 18 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (18.68%) Zero Trust
7 13 (14.29%) ITIL
8 12 (13.19%) Network Design
8 12 (13.19%) Network Segmentation
9 11 (12.09%) Availability Management
9 11 (12.09%) Network Architecture
9 11 (12.09%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (10.99%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (10.99%) Security Architecture
11 9 (9.89%) ITSM
11 9 (9.89%) Migration
11 9 (9.89%) Network Management
11 9 (9.89%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (9.89%) Service Management
11 9 (9.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) Python
2 1 (1.10%) Perl
2 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (52.75%) Security Cleared
2 38 (41.76%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (25.27%) SC Cleared
4 19 (20.88%) CCNP
5 15 (16.48%) DV Cleared
6 10 (10.99%) CCNA
7 9 (9.89%) JNCIS
8 8 (8.79%) JNCIA
8 8 (8.79%) JNCIP
9 7 (7.69%) CCIE
10 5 (5.49%) Degree
11 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (4.40%) CWNA
12 3 (3.30%) CCIE Wireless
12 3 (3.30%) CWDP
12 3 (3.30%) CWNE
12 3 (3.30%) CWSP
13 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
13 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (1.10%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (4.40%) SLA
2 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (3.30%) NIST
2 3 (3.30%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.20%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.20%) Firmware
1 2 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.49%) Ansible
3 4 (4.40%) CASB
4 3 (3.30%) Terraform
5 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.10%) Grafana
6 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (73.63%) Cisco
2 28 (30.77%) F5
3 27 (29.67%) Juniper
4 26 (28.57%) Palo Alto
5 25 (27.47%) Aruba
6 24 (26.37%) SolarWinds
6 24 (26.37%) Splunk
7 21 (23.08%) Meraki
8 20 (21.98%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (15.38%) Ekahau
10 12 (13.19%) Fortinet
11 11 (12.09%) ForeScout
12 9 (9.89%) CheckPoint
13 6 (6.59%) Microsoft
14 3 (3.30%) Blue Coat
15 2 (2.20%) AirMagnet
15 2 (2.20%) HP
15 2 (2.20%) LogicMonitor
15 2 (2.20%) VMware
15 2 (2.20%) Zscaler