802.1X Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IEEE 802.1X
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 502 513 553
Rank change year-on-year +11 +40 +168
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 7 53 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.15% 0.058%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.18% 0.76% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4 35 16
10th Percentile - £40,013 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +44.58% -17.00%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £52,813
90th Percentile - £80,000 £68,763
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,886 7,008 8,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.16% 19.51% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,980 3,898 6,314
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £43,497 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

802.1X
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 802.1X

802.1X
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 802.1X within the UK excluding London 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%
802.1X
UK

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (100.00%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) 802.11
3 4 (57.14%) LTE
3 4 (57.14%) VSAT
4 3 (42.86%) Internet
4 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 3 (42.86%) WAN
5 2 (28.57%) 5G
5 2 (28.57%) LAN
5 2 (28.57%) VoIP
5 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (28.57%) WLAN
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (14.29%) DHCP
6 1 (14.29%) DMZ
6 1 (14.29%) DNS
6 1 (14.29%) IPv4
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) VRRP
General
1 6 (85.71%) Manufacturing
2 5 (71.43%) Electronics
3 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
3 4 (57.14%) Automotive
3 4 (57.14%) Billing
4 2 (28.57%) Games
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (42.86%) CCTV
3 2 (28.57%) BYOD
3 2 (28.57%) IoT
4 1 (14.29%) FMCG
4 1 (14.29%) PKI
4 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) Fault Management
1 4 (57.14%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (57.14%) Statistics
2 2 (28.57%) AI
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Economics
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Presales
2 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Facial Recognition
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Observability
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (57.14%) CCNA
2 4 (57.14%) GCSC
2 4 (57.14%) JNCIA
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Freshdesk
2 2 (28.57%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (14.29%) Splunk