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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 543 574
Rank change year-on-year -89 +31 +89
Contract jobs citing TACACS 26 18 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.055% 0.015%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.52% 0.45% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 5
10th Percentile £378 £235 -
25th Percentile £400 - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £503 - £525
90th Percentile £557 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 4,983 3,969 5,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.45% 12.15% 12.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,000 2,423 3,051
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £590 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 194 377
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £13.95
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.15 £17.63
Median hourly rate £26.22 £46.88 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.06% +17.19% -16.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.70 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -37.27% -10.53% -16.67%

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 23 July 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 9 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 23 July 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 -102 25 £425 -15.00% 7
London -53 15 £425 - 4
UK excluding London -94 10 £538 +7.50% 4
South East -69 4 £325 -35.00% 2
South West - 3 £540 -
East of England - 2 £325 -
Work from Home -67 1 £550 +832.84% 1
North of England - 1 - - 2
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 4 (15.38%) OpenStack
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (26.92%) MS Visio
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco ISE
2 14 (53.85%) Network Security
3 13 (50.00%) BGP
4 12 (46.15%) VLAN
5 11 (42.31%) Firewall
6 9 (34.62%) MPLS
7 8 (30.77%) WAN
8 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
9 6 (23.08%) LAN
9 6 (23.08%) SNMP
10 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (19.23%) Wireless
11 4 (15.38%) DHCP
11 4 (15.38%) DNS
11 4 (15.38%) OSPF
11 4 (15.38%) VPN
12 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (11.54%) VXLAN
13 2 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) French Language
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) IP Network Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Network Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Operations Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IP Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) 802.1X
1 6 (23.08%) NETCONF
1 6 (23.08%) OpenConfig
1 6 (23.08%) RESTCONF
1 6 (23.08%) YANG
2 3 (11.54%) LDAP
3 1 (3.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Data Centre
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Private Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Public Cloud
4 3 (11.54%) PKI
5 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.85%) BYOD
6 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ITSM
2 9 (34.62%) Validation
3 6 (23.08%) Network Design
4 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (7.69%) Agile
6 2 (7.69%) Analytics
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.85%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.85%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (3.85%) Migration
7 1 (3.85%) Observability
7 1 (3.85%) Operational Stability
7 1 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.85%) Threat Management
7 1 (3.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) Lisp
2 3 (11.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCIE
3 6 (23.08%) CCNP
3 6 (23.08%) JNCIE
4 3 (11.54%) APMG
4 3 (11.54%) CCIE Security
4 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) GIAC
4 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) SSCP
5 2 (7.69%) Degree
5 2 (7.69%) GSEC
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.85%) CCSA
6 1 (3.85%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) FortiGate
2 7 (26.92%) Ansible
3 3 (11.54%) vCenter Server
4 2 (7.69%) SCOM
5 1 (3.85%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Cisco
2 13 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 12 (46.15%) Palo Alto
4 9 (34.62%) CheckPoint
4 9 (34.62%) F5
5 6 (23.08%) Juniper
5 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) Aruba
7 3 (11.54%) VMware
8 2 (7.69%) Blue Coat
8 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
9 1 (3.85%) HP
9 1 (3.85%) Remedy
9 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow