IEEE 802.1X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring 802.1X skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 802.1X over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 797 890
Rank change year-on-year +158 +93 +210
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 45 88 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.089% 0.093%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.53% 0.42% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 41 77 67
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +10.58% -30.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.66% +3.33% -33.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,493 21,046 31,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 21.40% 30.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,474 15,738 19,371
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £50,509 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £79,900 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 802.1X as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 802.1X.

Salary trend for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
England +145 44 £65,000 +13.04% 24
London +99 32 £72,000 +2.75% 4
Work from Home +190 23 £60,000 -14.29% 22
UK excluding London +170 13 £57,500 +23.66% 23
South East +102 6 £55,000 +4.27% 7
East of England +54 3 £80,000 - 3
North West - 2 £60,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands +42 1 £45,000 +20.00%
Midlands +42 1 £45,000 -3.23% 4
Wales - 1 - -

802.1X
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (22.22%) Confluence
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (73.33%) Azure
2 14 (31.11%) AWS
2 14 (31.11%) SaaS
3 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (8.89%) Amazon S3
5 4 (8.89%) Google Workspace
5 4 (8.89%) Slack
6 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.22%) GCP
6 1 (2.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (53.33%) BGP
2 23 (51.11%) Wireless
3 22 (48.89%) Firewall
3 22 (48.89%) OSPF
4 21 (46.67%) LAN
5 20 (44.44%) Cisco ISE
6 19 (42.22%) WAN
7 18 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (35.56%) VPN
9 14 (31.11%) WLAN
10 13 (28.89%) DNS
11 12 (26.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (26.67%) Internet
11 12 (26.67%) SD-WAN
12 11 (24.44%) MPLS
13 10 (22.22%) 802.11
13 10 (22.22%) BIG-IP
13 10 (22.22%) DHCP
13 10 (22.22%) IPsec
13 10 (22.22%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.22%) Legal
3 1 (2.22%) Military
3 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Network Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) IT Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) IT Support
2 14 (31.11%) IT Support Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Support Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Automation Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Consultant
4 7 (15.56%) Network Consultant
5 6 (13.33%) Azure Consultant
5 6 (13.33%) Cisco Consultant
5 6 (13.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 6 (13.33%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Juniper Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Architect
7 3 (6.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) iPad
2 4 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) iPhone
4 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.22%) Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) SCADA
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Linux
3 4 (8.89%) Mac OS
3 4 (8.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.22%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
2 7 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (15.56%) Network Management
2 7 (15.56%) Task Automation
3 6 (13.33%) Cloud Security
3 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 6 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (13.33%) WAN Optimisation
4 5 (11.11%) High Availability
4 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 5 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (8.89%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.67%) Change Control
6 3 (6.67%) Change Management
6 3 (6.67%) Project Management
6 3 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) Python
2 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.44%) R
4 1 (2.22%) Bash
4 1 (2.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (48.89%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (46.67%) CCNP
3 8 (17.78%) CCIE
4 6 (13.33%) CCNA
5 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.67%) Degree
8 2 (4.44%) CISSP
8 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Terraform
2 7 (15.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (68.89%) Cisco
2 15 (33.33%) F5
2 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (24.44%) Juniper
4 10 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 7 (15.56%) Arista
5 7 (15.56%) Riverbed
6 6 (13.33%) LogicMonitor
6 6 (13.33%) SolarWinds
7 5 (11.11%) Apple
7 5 (11.11%) Meraki
8 4 (8.89%) Zscaler
9 3 (6.67%) Avaya
9 3 (6.67%) Concur
9 3 (6.67%) HubSpot
9 3 (6.67%) SAP
10 2 (4.44%) ForeScout
10 2 (4.44%) SevOne
10 2 (4.44%) VMware
11 1 (2.22%) Extreme Networks