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 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 479 487
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +170
Contract jobs citing Aruba 59 98 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.53% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 57 119
10th Percentile £302 £315 £307
25th Percentile £387 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £516 £488 £544
90th Percentile £588 £659 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £415 £438
% change year-on-year +2.41% -5.14% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £48.88
25th Percentile £66.25 - £61.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £77.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £80.81
90th Percentile - - £84.14
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 14,315 18,488 24,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.58% 42.54% 43.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,775 11,471 16,057
10th Percentile £280 £270 £270
25th Percentile £400 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.25% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 675 1,175 638
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.26 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.71 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -41.23% +84.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £58.70 £63.62
90th Percentile £68.45 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.72 £22.50 £32.15
% change year-on-year +0.97% -30.02% +64.87%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +15 50 £438 -2.78% 93
UK excluding London +24 33 £425 +2.41% 73
Work from Home +30 22 £450 +0.17% 59
London +39 16 £480 +6.67% 32
South East +44 14 £413 +6.45% 16
North of England +13 7 £470 -3.59% 21
South West +38 6 £400 -5.88% 8
North West +6 5 £475 -2.56% 7
Midlands 0 2 £275 -42.11% 9
West Midlands -2 2 £275 -42.11% 4
Northern Ireland -7 2 £575 - 1
Yorkshire -8 2 £465 -23.77% 13
Scotland - 2 £369 - 13

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 1 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.08%) AWS
2 2 (3.39%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (59.32%) Firewall
2 28 (47.46%) Wireless
3 26 (44.07%) WAN
4 22 (37.29%) LAN
5 16 (27.12%) MPLS
6 15 (25.42%) SD-WAN
7 14 (23.73%) Network Security
8 12 (20.34%) VPN
9 11 (18.64%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (16.95%) Internet
11 9 (15.25%) BGP
11 9 (15.25%) IPsec
11 9 (15.25%) OSPF
12 7 (11.86%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (11.86%) DHCP
13 6 (10.17%) DNS
13 6 (10.17%) NGFW
14 4 (6.78%) 802.11
14 4 (6.78%) EIGRP
14 4 (6.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Legal
3 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Law
5 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.39%) Aviation
6 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 41 (69.49%) Network Engineer
2 7 (11.86%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (11.86%) Security Engineer
2 7 (11.86%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) Architect
4 5 (8.47%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Wireless Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Network Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Wireless Network Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Audit Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Field Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Network Field Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.47%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (3.39%) Life Science
5 2 (3.39%) PKI
5 2 (3.39%) PMI
5 2 (3.39%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.69%) SCADA
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.64%) Network Design
1 11 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
2 10 (16.95%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (15.25%) Change Management
4 8 (13.56%) Migration
4 8 (13.56%) Security Management
5 6 (10.17%) Agile
5 6 (10.17%) ITIL
5 6 (10.17%) Load Balancing
6 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.47%) Problem Management
6 5 (8.47%) Runbook
6 5 (8.47%) Zero Trust
7 4 (6.78%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (6.78%) Project Management
8 3 (5.08%) Data Protection
8 3 (5.08%) Network Load Balancing
8 3 (5.08%) Network Security Management
8 3 (5.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.08%) Python
2 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (20.34%) Degree
3 10 (16.95%) CCNP
4 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
5 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
6 7 (11.86%) CCNA
6 7 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.08%) CISSP
7 3 (5.08%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
8 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.39%) PMP
8 2 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.69%) CCIE
9 1 (1.69%) CCSA
9 1 (1.69%) CWNA
9 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (3.39%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.69%) NIST
2 1 (1.69%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Firmware
2 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (3.39%) Ansible
2 2 (3.39%) Terraform
3 1 (1.69%) CASB
3 1 (1.69%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 38 (64.41%) Cisco
2 23 (38.98%) Palo Alto
3 15 (25.42%) F5
4 14 (23.73%) Juniper
5 13 (22.03%) Fortinet
6 12 (20.34%) CheckPoint
7 11 (18.64%) HP
8 10 (16.95%) Extreme Networks
9 9 (15.25%) Ruckus Wireless
10 8 (13.56%) Meraki
11 7 (11.86%) Zscaler
12 6 (10.17%) Infoblox
13 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
13 5 (8.47%) SolarWinds
14 4 (6.78%) AirMagnet
14 4 (6.78%) Arista
14 4 (6.78%) Ekahau
15 3 (5.08%) Ariba
15 3 (5.08%) SAP
16 2 (3.39%) BMC