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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 466 538
Rank change year-on-year -63 +72 +75
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 98 56 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.19% 0.073%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.03% 0.85% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 23 13
10th Percentile £353 £257 £298
25th Percentile £417 £344 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +27.27% -17.50%
75th Percentile £547 £600 £490
90th Percentile £580 £603 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £425 £298
% change year-on-year +20.59% +42.62% -40.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £44.28 £22.64 -
25th Percentile £48.68 £29.91 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £42.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.70% - -
75th Percentile £65.01 £56.01 -
90th Percentile £69.20 £63.65 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.02 £17.79 -
% change year-on-year +220.50% - -

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 9,479 6,553 8,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.58% 22.76% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,231 4,491 6,213
10th Percentile £363 £361 £346
25th Percentile £420 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £736 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 106 250
10th Percentile £30.61 £27.45 £21.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £65.95
90th Percentile £79.80 £81.35 £74.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -25.49%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -77 92 £513 -4.65% 8
UK excluding London -72 72 £513 +20.59% 5
South East -31 33 £525 +8.81% 2
North of England -72 26 £450 -14.38% 3
North West -36 24 £450 -14.38% 2
Work from Home -24 18 £475 -16.30% 2
London -76 16 £550 -8.33% 4
South West -26 8 £516 -11.84%
Midlands -57 6 £380 +162.07%
West Midlands -58 6 £380 +162.07%
Yorkshire - 1 £295 -
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 (3.06%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.14%) Azure
2 5 (5.10%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.08%) AWS
4 3 (3.06%) Route 53
4 3 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.02%) GCP
6 1 (1.02%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.02%) IaaS
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.02%) PaaS
6 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 71 (72.45%) Firewall
2 56 (57.14%) WAN
3 50 (51.02%) Wireless
4 45 (45.92%) LAN
5 41 (41.84%) BGP
5 41 (41.84%) OSPF
6 37 (37.76%) Cisco ISE
7 36 (36.73%) DHCP
7 36 (36.73%) DNS
8 35 (35.71%) VXLAN
9 33 (33.67%) Ethernet VPN
10 31 (31.63%) Network Security
11 27 (27.55%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (26.53%) BIG-IP
12 26 (26.53%) Junos
13 20 (20.41%) VLAN
14 16 (16.33%) VPN
15 15 (15.31%) 802.11
16 14 (14.29%) SD-WAN
17 10 (10.20%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) JIRA
2 2 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.02%) Git
General
1 9 (9.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.10%) Finance
3 5 (5.10%) Military
4 4 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Banking
7 1 (1.02%) German Language
7 1 (1.02%) Legal
7 1 (1.02%) Police
7 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (45.92%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.29%) Firewall Specialist
2 14 (14.29%) Network Specialist
3 13 (13.27%) Senior
4 12 (12.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (7.14%) Wireless Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.10%) Consultant
7 5 (5.10%) Lead
7 5 (5.10%) Network Consultant
8 4 (4.08%) Architect
8 4 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 3 (3.06%) Product Owner
9 3 (3.06%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (34.69%) Data Centre
2 32 (32.65%) PKI
3 24 (24.49%) Clustering
4 11 (11.22%) IoT
5 8 (8.16%) Onboarding
6 5 (5.10%) BYOD
7 4 (4.08%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
9 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (27.55%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Linux
3 2 (2.04%) Android
4 1 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.63%) High Availability
2 30 (30.61%) Load Balancing
3 26 (26.53%) Identity Access Management
4 24 (24.49%) Observability
5 23 (23.47%) Zero Trust
6 17 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.31%) ITIL
8 13 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (12.24%) Network Segmentation
9 12 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (11.22%) Availability Management
11 10 (10.20%) Security Architecture
11 10 (10.20%) SIEM
12 9 (9.18%) ITSM
12 9 (9.18%) Mentoring
12 9 (9.18%) Regulatory Compliance
12 9 (9.18%) Risk Assessment
12 9 (9.18%) Service Management
12 9 (9.18%) Validation
13 8 (8.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) Python
2 1 (1.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (48.98%) Security Cleared
2 43 (43.88%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (22.45%) CCNP
4 20 (20.41%) SC Cleared
5 18 (18.37%) DV Cleared
6 13 (13.27%) CCNA
7 9 (9.18%) JNCIS
8 8 (8.16%) JNCIA
8 8 (8.16%) JNCIP
9 7 (7.14%) CCIE
9 7 (7.14%) Degree
10 4 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (3.06%) CCIE Wireless
11 3 (3.06%) CWDP
11 3 (3.06%) CWNA
11 3 (3.06%) CWNE
11 3 (3.06%) CWSP
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) NIST
2 4 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.08%) SLA
3 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (3.06%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.04%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.02%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.06%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.04%) Firmware
3 2 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.02%) ProxySG
4 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.12%) Ansible
3 4 (4.08%) CASB
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.04%) Terraform
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.02%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 71 (72.45%) Cisco
2 32 (32.65%) F5
3 31 (31.63%) Juniper
4 28 (28.57%) Aruba
5 27 (27.55%) SolarWinds
6 26 (26.53%) Splunk
7 23 (23.47%) Palo Alto
8 22 (22.45%) Extreme Networks
9 17 (17.35%) ForeScout
9 17 (17.35%) Meraki
10 14 (14.29%) Ekahau
11 13 (13.27%) Fortinet
12 11 (11.22%) CheckPoint
13 7 (7.14%) Microsoft
14 5 (5.10%) VMware
15 4 (4.08%) Blue Coat
16 2 (2.04%) HP
16 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
16 2 (2.04%) Zscaler
17 1 (1.02%) Arista