Aruba Contracts

Aruba
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Aruba products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Aruba over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Aruba Networks.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 502 487
Rank change year-on-year +43 -15 +177
Contract jobs citing Aruba 61 96 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.22% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.52% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 132
10th Percentile £365 £321 £310
25th Percentile £405 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £525
90th Percentile £588 £612 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 24
10th Percentile - - £35.75
25th Percentile £66.25 - £60.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £76.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £81.00
90th Percentile - - £85.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +210.00%

All Vendors
UK

Aruba falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,937 18,466 25,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.50% 42.44% 42.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,733 11,432 17,058
10th Percentile £289 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,111 690
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £14.48 £19.02
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.00 £43.69
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% -49.65% +107.85%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.41 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

Aruba
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Aruba as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Aruba in the UK

Aruba
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Aruba.

Daily rate trend for Aruba in the UK

Aruba
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Aruba over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Aruba in the UK

Aruba
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Aruba.

Hourly rate trend for Aruba in the UK

Aruba
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Aruba within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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 +21 56 £438 -2.78% 132
UK excluding London +39 36 £425 - 132
Work from Home +49 20 £463 +2.78% 41
London +28 16 £480 +6.67% 19
South East +42 11 £413 +2.48% 42
North of England +11 10 £475 -2.56% 28
South West +46 8 £413 -2.94% 11
North West +13 5 £475 +5.56% 11
Yorkshire -3 5 £563 +7.14% 13
Midlands +10 4 £438 -7.89% 21
West Midlands +8 4 £438 -7.89% 14
Scotland - 2 £450 - 15
East of England +29 1 £250 -56.52% 17

Aruba
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.64%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 45 (73.77%) Firewall
2 30 (49.18%) Wireless
3 27 (44.26%) WAN
4 22 (36.07%) Network Security
5 21 (34.43%) LAN
6 17 (27.87%) SD-WAN
6 17 (27.87%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (24.59%) MPLS
8 13 (21.31%) VPN
9 11 (18.03%) BGP
9 11 (18.03%) DHCP
10 10 (16.39%) DNS
10 10 (16.39%) Internet
10 10 (16.39%) OSPF
11 9 (14.75%) IPsec
12 8 (13.11%) NGFW
13 7 (11.48%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (11.48%) VoIP
14 6 (9.84%) VLAN
15 5 (8.20%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Legal
5 4 (6.56%) Law
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.28%) Retail
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (67.21%) Network Engineer
2 11 (18.03%) Senior
3 8 (13.11%) Network Security Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Security Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Architect
6 5 (8.20%) Wireless Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Network Architect
8 3 (4.92%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.92%) Wireless Network Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) Consultant
9 2 (3.28%) Field Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) IT Manager
9 2 (3.28%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (3.28%) Network Consultant
9 2 (3.28%) Network Manager
9 2 (3.28%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (4.92%) PKI
5 2 (3.28%) Life Science
5 2 (3.28%) PMI
5 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Linux
2 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.03%) Network Design
1 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (16.39%) Computer Science
3 9 (14.75%) Migration
3 9 (14.75%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (13.11%) Change Management
5 7 (11.48%) Load Balancing
5 7 (11.48%) Security Management
6 6 (9.84%) Agile
6 6 (9.84%) ITIL
7 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.20%) Project Management
7 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (8.20%) Zero Trust
8 4 (6.56%) Customer Service
8 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (6.56%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.56%) Network Architecture
8 4 (6.56%) Problem Management
8 4 (6.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.92%) Python
2 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (21.31%) Degree
3 10 (16.39%) CCNP
4 7 (11.48%) CCNA
4 7 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.20%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.56%) CISSP
7 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.28%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.28%) JNCIP
8 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
8 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.28%) PMP
8 2 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.64%) CCIE
9 1 (1.64%) CCSA
9 1 (1.64%) CWNA
9 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
1 2 (3.28%) NIST
2 1 (1.64%) GDPR
2 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.64%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.64%) Firmware
3 1 (1.64%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Cisco Prime
1 4 (6.56%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.28%) Ansible
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
3 1 (1.64%) CASB
3 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.64%) OfficeScan
3 1 (1.64%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 1 (1.64%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 44 (72.13%) Cisco
2 25 (40.98%) Palo Alto
3 15 (24.59%) F5
4 14 (22.95%) Juniper
5 13 (21.31%) Extreme Networks
6 12 (19.67%) CheckPoint
6 12 (19.67%) Fortinet
7 9 (14.75%) Meraki
7 9 (14.75%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (14.75%) Zscaler
8 7 (11.48%) HP
8 7 (11.48%) Infoblox
9 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
9 6 (9.84%) SolarWinds
10 4 (6.56%) AirMagnet
10 4 (6.56%) Arista
10 4 (6.56%) Ekahau
11 3 (4.92%) Mitel
11 3 (4.92%) SAP
11 3 (4.92%) VMware