Aruba Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Aruba
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Aruba products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Aruba over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Aruba Networks.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 193 209
Rank change year-on-year +25 +16 +1
Permanent jobs citing Aruba 15 9 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.25% 0.41%
As % of the Vendors category 0.95% 0.64% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 24
10th Percentile £36,750 - £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £80,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £85,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% +70.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £95,000 £55,313
90th Percentile - £97,000 £56,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +17.65%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Aruba falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,582 1,399 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.68% 38.60% 36.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 656 1,585
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,313 £58,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £70,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -5.00%

Aruba
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Aruba relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Aruba job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Aruba
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Aruba.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Aruba

Aruba
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Aruba in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Aruba in the Thames Valley

Aruba
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Aruba within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire +21 8 £57,500 -32.35%
Oxfordshire -10 4 £43,750 -56.25%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £42,500 - 1
Aruba
South East

Aruba
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) Firewall
1 12 (80.00%) LAN
1 12 (80.00%) WAN
1 12 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (73.33%) Network Security
2 11 (73.33%) VPN
3 7 (46.67%) SD-WAN
3 7 (46.67%) Wireless
4 6 (40.00%) VLAN
5 4 (26.67%) DHCP
5 4 (26.67%) DNS
5 4 (26.67%) Internet
6 2 (13.33%) OSPF
6 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
6 2 (13.33%) WLAN
General
1 8 (53.33%) Documentation Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Consultant
1 5 (33.33%) Network Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Presales Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Network Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (33.33%) Presales
3 4 (26.67%) Business Continuity
3 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (26.67%) High Availability
3 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (20.00%) ITSM
4 3 (20.00%) Network Design
4 3 (20.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CCNA
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (26.67%) CCNP
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Fortinet
2 11 (73.33%) Cisco
3 9 (60.00%) Palo Alto
4 8 (53.33%) Juniper
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) VMware
7 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (13.33%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (13.33%) WatchGuard
9 1 (6.67%) EMC