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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 333 411
Rank change year-on-year +30 +78 +171
Contract jobs citing 802.1X 7 2 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.069% 0.015% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.25% 0.060% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 23
10th Percentile £454 - £433
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £350 £486
Median % change year-on-year +62.14% -27.98% -11.64%
75th Percentile £603 - £569
90th Percentile - - £629
UK median daily rate £425 £312 £500
% change year-on-year +36.44% -37.70% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.75
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.65 £40.00 £81.78
% change year-on-year +6.61% -51.09% +151.62%

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 2,750 3,347 5,513
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.95% 25.42% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,930 2,357 4,094
10th Percentile £350 £325 £373
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +3.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £649 £675 £660
90th Percentile £825 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 84 63
10th Percentile £31.25 £24.68 £26.10
25th Percentile £42.56 - £48.13
Median hourly rate £63.75 £43.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.26% -32.81% +6.67%
75th Percentile £67.00 £60.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £54.94 £53.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +2.21% -10.42% +6.50%

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 3 August 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SSL
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (14.29%) DMVPN
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) IPsec
4 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Control
1 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) OPNET
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Blue Coat
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto