802.1X Job Trends in the South East

IEEE 802.1X
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring 802.1X skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 266 364
Rank change year-on-year -21 +98 -18
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 4 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.028% 0.064% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% 0.42% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 14
10th Percentile - - £39,380
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +1.90% +17.22%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,938 £54,500
90th Percentile - £57,625 -
England median annual salary £56,500 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.37% +10.87% +10.58%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,368 1,201 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.48% 15.40% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 840 2,463
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £66,720 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.70% +10.42% -11.11%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the South East

802.1X
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 802.1X.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 802.1X

802.1X
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 802.1X within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Surrey - 3 £45,000 - 1
Kent - 1 - -
802.1X
England

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) MPLS
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) Multicast
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DMZ
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) IPv4
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VRRP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CCTV
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Facial Recognition
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Meraki
3 1 (25.00%) NetApp
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk