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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 608 633
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +259
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 12 71 47
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.023% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 0.68% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5 54 42
10th Percentile - £45,500 £32,750
25th Percentile - £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £62,559
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.09% -5.57%
75th Percentile - £82,813 £71,757
90th Percentile £49,000 £95,000 £96,125
UK median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £62,941
% change year-on-year -33.33% -4.67% -4.99%

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 6,259 10,404 12,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.84% 21.61% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,819 6,107 10,094
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,663
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
South East +12 7 £40,000 -33.33%
London +40 5 £55,000 -35.29%
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 4 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Wireless
2 8 (66.67%) Network Security
2 8 (66.67%) WAN
3 6 (50.00%) 802.11
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
3 6 (50.00%) VPN
3 6 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (41.67%) BGP
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (41.67%) EIGRP
4 5 (41.67%) Firewall
4 5 (41.67%) HSRP
4 5 (41.67%) OSPF
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) Internet
5 4 (33.33%) LTE
5 4 (33.33%) TACACS
5 4 (33.33%) VSAT
5 4 (33.33%) WAAS
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Electronics
4 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 4 (33.33%) Automotive
4 4 (33.33%) Billing
4 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (33.33%) Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 4 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (25.00%) CCTV
3 2 (16.67%) BYOD
3 2 (16.67%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) e-Health
4 1 (8.33%) FMCG
4 1 (8.33%) PKI
4 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (33.33%) Fault Management
3 4 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 4 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Statistics
3 4 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (25.00%) Network Design
5 2 (16.67%) AI
5 2 (16.67%) Economics
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 2 (16.67%) Presales
5 2 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) CCNP
3 4 (33.33%) CCIE
3 4 (33.33%) CCNA
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) GCSC
3 4 (33.33%) JNCIA
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) ProxySG
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
1 6 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 4 (33.33%) F5
2 4 (33.33%) Freshdesk
2 4 (33.33%) Infoblox
2 4 (33.33%) Motorola
3 2 (16.67%) Meraki
3 2 (16.67%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) NetApp
4 1 (8.33%) Splunk
4 1 (8.33%) Zscaler