TACACS Contract Job Trends

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring TACACS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 505 583
Rank change year-on-year -100 +78 +71
Contract jobs citing TACACS 31 24 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.080% 0.021%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 0.64% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 7
10th Percentile - £242 £413
25th Percentile £400 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 - £525
90th Percentile £569 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.98
25th Percentile - - £19.69
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £22.69
90th Percentile - - £23.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -63.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TACACS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,832 3,722 5,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.50% 12.36% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,960 2,275 3,197
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £473 £490
% change year-on-year +1.85% -3.57% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 174 430
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.88 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.04% - +136.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.97 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.10 £78.50 £72.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.69 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -23.74% -26.32% +150.00%

TACACS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TACACS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

TACACS job vacancy trend in the UK

TACACS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TACACS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TACACS

TACACS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TACACS over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TACACS in the UK

TACACS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TACACS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TACACS

TACACS
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TACACS within the UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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 -106 28 £490 -2.00% 1
London -56 17 £425 -5.56%
UK excluding London -111 11 £538 +7.50% 1
South West - 6 £538 -
South East -67 2 - -
North of England - 2 £525 - 1
Work from Home -62 1 £550 +832.84%
East of England - 1 - -
North East - 1 £525 -
North West - 1 - -

TACACS
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 1 (3.23%) OpenStack
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (12.90%) MS Visio
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (64.52%) Network Security
2 18 (58.06%) Cisco ISE
3 16 (51.61%) VLAN
4 14 (45.16%) BGP
5 11 (35.48%) Firewall
6 9 (29.03%) MPLS
7 6 (19.35%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (19.35%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
7 6 (19.35%) VPN
8 5 (16.13%) OSPF
8 5 (16.13%) Wireless
9 4 (12.90%) DHCP
9 4 (12.90%) DNS
9 4 (12.90%) VXLAN
9 4 (12.90%) WAN
10 3 (9.68%) SNMP
11 2 (6.45%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (6.45%) LAN
11 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.68%) French Language
3 3 (9.68%) Marketing
3 3 (9.68%) Military
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Network Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Security Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Network Operations Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Operations Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IP Specialist
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) LAN Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Lead
7 1 (3.23%) Network Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Switch Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.81%) 802.1X
2 6 (19.35%) LDAP
3 3 (9.68%) NETCONF
3 3 (9.68%) OpenConfig
3 3 (9.68%) RESTCONF
3 3 (9.68%) YANG
4 1 (3.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) PKI
2 6 (19.35%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (9.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.23%) BYOD
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Validation
2 11 (35.48%) ITSM
3 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (12.90%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (9.68%) Agile
5 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design
5 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (9.68%) Waterfall
6 2 (6.45%) Analytics
6 2 (6.45%) Change Control
6 2 (6.45%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Migration
6 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Project Management
6 2 (6.45%) RBAC
6 2 (6.45%) SIEM
6 2 (6.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Python
2 4 (12.90%) PHP
3 3 (9.68%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (22.58%) CCIE
3 6 (19.35%) CCNP
3 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) APMG
4 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (12.90%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) GIAC
4 4 (12.90%) SSCP
5 3 (9.68%) CCIE Security
5 3 (9.68%) GSEC
5 3 (9.68%) JNCIE
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.23%) CCSA
6 1 (3.23%) CCSE
6 1 (3.23%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.23%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (19.35%) NIST
2 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) FortiGate
2 6 (19.35%) vCenter Server
3 4 (12.90%) Ansible
4 3 (9.68%) SCOM
5 1 (3.23%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Cisco
2 14 (45.16%) Palo Alto
3 10 (32.26%) CheckPoint
4 9 (29.03%) Fortinet
5 7 (22.58%) Aruba
6 6 (19.35%) F5
6 6 (19.35%) VMware
7 4 (12.90%) Juniper
8 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
9 2 (6.45%) Blue Coat
9 2 (6.45%) ForeScout
9 2 (6.45%) Zscaler
10 1 (3.23%) HP
10 1 (3.23%) Remedy
10 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow