802.1X Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IEEE 802.1X
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring 802.1X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 802.1X over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 326 440
Rank change year-on-year +34 +114 +166
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 12 19 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.52% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 18
10th Percentile £446 £378 £435
25th Percentile £463 £406 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £431 £538
Median % change year-on-year +24.64% -19.77% -6.52%
75th Percentile £603 £450 £569
90th Percentile - £491 £626
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76.50
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.81
90th Percentile - - £81.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £78.75
% change year-on-year - - +142.31%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

802.1X falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

802.1X
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.1X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

802.1X trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

802.1X
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.1X.

802.1X daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

802.1X
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

802.1X daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

802.1X
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 802.1X.

802.1X hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

802.1X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Akamai
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Wireless
2 5 (41.67%) SSL
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) LAN
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) SNMP
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (25.00%) WLAN
5 2 (16.67%) 802.11
5 2 (16.67%) Broadband
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
5 2 (16.67%) DOCSIS
5 2 (16.67%) IPsec
5 2 (16.67%) OSPF
5 2 (16.67%) TACACS
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) German Language
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Network Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
1 2 (16.67%) SAML
2 1 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) PKI
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (8.33%) Digital TV
3 1 (8.33%) FMCG
3 1 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (8.33%) Smart Home
3 1 (8.33%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) Change Control
2 3 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (25.00%) Information Security
2 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 2 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (16.67%) Network Management
3 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Data Science
4 1 (8.33%) Inventory Management
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (8.33%) The Twelve-Factor App
4 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C
1 1 (8.33%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) CCIE
3 2 (16.67%) CCIE Security
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) CCNP
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
1 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Blue Coat
3 2 (16.67%) F5
3 2 (16.67%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) Arista
4 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Meraki
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) Riverbed
4 1 (8.33%) Zscaler