TACACS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring TACACS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TACACS 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 286 341 466
Rank change year-on-year +55 +125 +153
Contract jobs citing TACACS 18 4 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.026% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.73% 0.25% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £343
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.74%
75th Percentile - - £456
90th Percentile - - £483
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £325
% change year-on-year -2.44% +57.69% -35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £19.93 £53.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.06 £76.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -69.43% +185.45%
75th Percentile £19.50 £35.44 £80.63
90th Percentile - £54.68 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £78.50
% change year-on-year -20.83% -69.43% +217.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

TACACS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

TACACS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

TACACS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

TACACS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

TACACS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

TACACS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

TACACS
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 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) BGP
1 12 (66.67%) Network Security
1 12 (66.67%) OSPF
1 12 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 12 (66.67%) VLAN
1 12 (66.67%) VPN
2 9 (50.00%) IPsec
3 7 (38.89%) Firewall
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (27.78%) SSL
5 3 (16.67%) LAN
5 3 (16.67%) SNMP
6 2 (11.11%) Wireless
6 2 (11.11%) WLAN
7 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
7 1 (5.56%) WAN
7 1 (5.56%) xDSL
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Military
3 4 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) German Language
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Support Specialist
2 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Principal Network Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) 802.1X
1 2 (11.11%) LDAP
1 2 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (27.78%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Change Management
7 1 (5.56%) Communications Security
7 1 (5.56%) Fault Management
7 1 (5.56%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) CCNA
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (16.67%) CCNP
4 2 (11.11%) CCIE
4 2 (11.11%) CCIE Security
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) BC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.56%) CCDP
5 1 (5.56%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) HIPAA
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
1 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco
2 11 (61.11%) Palo Alto
3 5 (27.78%) CheckPoint
3 5 (27.78%) F5
4 3 (16.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.56%) ADVA
5 1 (5.56%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (5.56%) Juniper