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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 536 539
Rank change year-on-year -122 +3 +80
Contract jobs citing TACACS 28 21 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.064% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.55% 0.55% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 14
10th Percentile £363 £235 £354
25th Percentile £409 - £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +19.05% -30.98%
75th Percentile £588 - £525
90th Percentile £705 - £534
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -31.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £49.24 - £20.45
25th Percentile £50.72 - £23.38
Median hourly rate £54.88 - £28.50
75th Percentile £57.47 - £33.38
90th Percentile £58.01 - £36.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.88 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

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 5,079 3,805 4,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.34% 11.55% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,940 2,363 2,666
10th Percentile £231 £225 £225
25th Percentile £392 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 199 252
10th Percentile £14.30 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.59% -25.89% -0.26%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -89 28 £438 -12.50% 18
London - 17 £450 - 15
UK excluding London -115 9 £325 -35.00% 3
South East -69 4 £325 -35.00%
West Midlands -44 2 - -
Midlands -46 2 - -
Work from Home -74 2 £670 +1036.36% 2
East of England - 2 £325 -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 3

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 4 (14.29%) OpenStack
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Visio
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) GitHub
2 4 (14.29%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) Cisco ISE
2 14 (50.00%) BGP
3 13 (46.43%) VLAN
4 10 (35.71%) Firewall
4 10 (35.71%) Network Security
5 9 (32.14%) VXLAN
6 6 (21.43%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (21.43%) LAN
6 6 (21.43%) NX-OS
6 6 (21.43%) SNMP
6 6 (21.43%) WAN
6 6 (21.43%) Wireless
7 5 (17.86%) DHCP
7 5 (17.86%) DNS
7 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (14.29%) MPLS
8 4 (14.29%) OSPF
8 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
9 3 (10.71%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Git
1 6 (21.43%) GitLab
2 2 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) Architect
3 8 (28.57%) Network Architect
4 6 (21.43%) Network Security Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Security Engineer
5 5 (17.86%) Automation Architect
5 5 (17.86%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) IP Network Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Network Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Senior
7 2 (7.14%) Data Centre Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Lead
7 2 (7.14%) Network Operations Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Technical Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Switch Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (28.57%) JSON
1 8 (28.57%) YAML
2 7 (25.00%) 802.1X
2 7 (25.00%) REST
3 4 (14.29%) NETCONF
3 4 (14.29%) OpenConfig
3 4 (14.29%) RESTCONF
3 4 (14.29%) YANG
4 2 (7.14%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (46.43%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 4 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 4 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) CMDB
4 1 (3.57%) Life Science
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Validation
2 8 (28.57%) ITSM
3 6 (21.43%) API Integration
3 6 (21.43%) Change Control
3 6 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 4 (14.29%) GitOps
5 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (14.29%) Network Design
5 4 (14.29%) Workflow
6 3 (10.71%) ITIL
6 3 (10.71%) Regression Testing
7 2 (7.14%) Change Management
7 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (28.57%) CCIE
3 6 (21.43%) CCNP
4 4 (14.29%) JNCIE
5 3 (10.71%) CCIE Security
6 2 (7.14%) CCNA
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CCSA
7 1 (3.57%) CCSE
7 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.86%) Docker
2 5 (17.86%) VMware NSX
3 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) Ansible
2 8 (28.57%) FortiGate
3 2 (7.14%) Nagios
4 1 (3.57%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (39.29%) Fortinet
3 9 (32.14%) Palo Alto
3 9 (32.14%) ServiceNow
4 8 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 7 (25.00%) F5
5 7 (25.00%) VMware
6 6 (21.43%) Juniper
6 6 (21.43%) Red Hat
7 4 (14.29%) Aruba
7 4 (14.29%) Infoblox
7 4 (14.29%) Meraki
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 2 (7.14%) Avid
8 2 (7.14%) Blue Coat
8 2 (7.14%) Isilon
8 2 (7.14%) NetScout
8 2 (7.14%) SevOne
8 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
8 2 (7.14%) Zscaler