Hybrid/Remote TACACS Contract Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring TACACS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 289 370
Rank change year-on-year -22 +81 +150
Contract jobs citing TACACS 8 19 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.077% 0.18% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 1.63% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 £404 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £408 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% -32.08% +37.14%
75th Percentile £519 £411 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £413 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -2.94% -19.05% +61.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £20.45 £23.65
25th Percentile - £23.38 £24.25
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +14.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £33.38 £38.04
90th Percentile - £36.15 £55.72
UK median hourly rate - £28.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year - -3.39% +22.92%

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 1,062 1,168 2,069
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.28% 10.76% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 694 1,332
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £681
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 81
10th Percentile £19.23 £18.11 £13.25
25th Percentile £33.00 £36.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £59.25 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.43% -7.89% -26.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £67.70 £73.88 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £52.21
% change year-on-year -11.11% -35.35% +152.14%

TACACS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TACACS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

TACACS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

TACACS
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TACACS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TACACS

TACACS
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TACACS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TACACS

TACACS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (75.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
1 6 (75.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) OSPF
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Wireless
2 6 (75.00%) MPLS
2 6 (75.00%) SNMP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
2 1 (12.50%) French Language
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Designer
1 6 (75.00%) IP Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (75.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (75.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 6 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) High Availability
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) AWS Certification
1 6 (75.00%) CCIE
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (75.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (75.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Ansible
1 6 (75.00%) Terraform
2 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Fortinet
3 6 (75.00%) F5
3 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 6 (75.00%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Aruba
4 1 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds