802.1X Job Trends in England

IEEE 802.1X
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring 802.1X skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 711 592 714
Rank change year-on-year -119 +122 +27
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 24 55 94
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.027% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% 0.69% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 16 38 81
10th Percentile £36,875 £27,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £30,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £76,600 £85,000
UK median annual salary £63,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.50% -9.09% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,214 7,938 16,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.46% 18.36% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,056 5,377 13,049
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -10.45%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 802.1X relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

802.1X job vacancy trend in England

802.1X
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.1X.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing 802.1X

802.1X
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 802.1X in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for 802.1X in England

802.1X
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 802.1X within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -30 16 £70,000 +7.69% 3
South East -28 4 £45,000 -14.29% 5
North of England -55 2 - - 2
South West -66 2 £32,500 +4.84%
North West 0 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -33 1 - -
802.1X
UK

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.67%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) IaaS
5 2 (8.33%) PaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Rubrik
5 2 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) BGP
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 17 (70.83%) OSPF
3 16 (66.67%) LAN
4 15 (62.50%) WAN
5 14 (58.33%) VPN
6 13 (54.17%) SD-WAN
7 11 (45.83%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (41.67%) VoIP
9 8 (33.33%) Network Security
10 7 (29.17%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (29.17%) TCP/IP
10 7 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (25.00%) DHCP
11 6 (25.00%) DNS
12 5 (20.83%) Wireless
13 4 (16.67%) IPsec
13 4 (16.67%) TACACS
13 4 (16.67%) VLAN
13 4 (16.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Retail Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (20.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
3 3 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (8.33%) BYOD
5 1 (4.17%) PKI
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
1 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL
2 7 (29.17%) Load Balancing
2 7 (29.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Operational Stability
5 3 (12.50%) Application Packaging
5 3 (12.50%) DDoS Mitigation
5 3 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Fintech
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (12.50%) Network Design
5 3 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (12.50%) Software Deployment
5 3 (12.50%) User Experience
5 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Bash
1 3 (12.50%) Bicep
1 3 (12.50%) Python
1 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (45.83%) CCNP
3 4 (16.67%) CCNA
3 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.17%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
2 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Docker
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Check_MK
1 7 (29.17%) FortiGate
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (12.50%) Terraform
4 1 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 12 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 10 (41.67%) SolarWinds
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.50%) Apple
5 3 (12.50%) Aruba
5 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.33%) HP
6 2 (8.33%) Veeam
7 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.17%) Ekahau