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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 797 1158
Rank change year-on-year +51 +361 -286
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 96 90 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.067%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.55% 0.40% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 84 70 103
10th Percentile £39,380 £34,775 £47,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -24.72% +8.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £66,875
% change year-on-year +3.33% -32.71% +2.88%

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 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 10 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 26 July 2024. 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 +31 85 £55,000 +7.84% 14
UK excluding London -25 58 £46,500 +3.33% 15
South East +3 34 £53,000 +17.78% 8
London +72 26 £75,000 +12.78% 3
Work from Home +48 18 £67,500 -0.74% 4
Midlands -3 18 £46,500 -7.00%
West Midlands +9 13 £46,500 -7.00%
East Midlands - 5 £37,500 -
East of England -1 4 £80,000 +201.89%
South West -4 3 £30,000 -36.84% 3

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 8 (8.33%) Skype for Business
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Confluence
3 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 37 (38.54%) Azure
2 18 (18.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 14 (14.58%) AWS
4 10 (10.42%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (9.38%) Entra ID
5 9 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.13%) SaaS
7 2 (2.08%) IaaS
7 2 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.04%) PaaS
8 1 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 64 (66.67%) OSPF
2 60 (62.50%) Firewall
3 52 (54.17%) BGP
4 43 (44.79%) VPN
5 36 (37.50%) IPsec
6 34 (35.42%) WAN
7 31 (32.29%) SSL
8 30 (31.25%) TCP/IP
9 28 (29.17%) VLAN
10 26 (27.08%) DNS
11 24 (25.00%) EIGRP
11 24 (25.00%) LAN
12 22 (22.92%) 802.11
12 22 (22.92%) Wireless
13 21 (21.88%) Cisco ASA
14 20 (20.83%) Cisco Firepower
15 19 (19.79%) MPLS
15 19 (19.79%) SD-WAN
15 19 (19.79%) VXLAN
16 17 (17.71%) DHCP
General
1 21 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.54%) Telecoms
3 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.38%) Law
5 5 (5.21%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Electronics
6 3 (3.13%) Publishing
7 2 (2.08%) Automotive
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber-Physical System
7 2 (2.08%) Finance
8 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.04%) Avionics
8 1 (1.04%) Games
8 1 (1.04%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 45 (46.88%) Network Engineer
2 14 (14.58%) Analyst
3 12 (12.50%) Architect
3 12 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 12 (12.50%) Network Support
3 12 (12.50%) Senior
4 10 (10.42%) Security Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 8 (8.33%) Network Security Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Firewall Specialist
6 7 (7.29%) Network Specialist
6 7 (7.29%) Systems Architect
7 6 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Administrator
8 5 (5.21%) Network Administrator
8 5 (5.21%) Network Architect
8 5 (5.21%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Support Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.33%) SAML
2 7 (7.29%) HTML
2 7 (7.29%) XML
3 3 (3.13%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 13 (13.54%) Driving Licence
3 11 (11.46%) Management Information System
4 9 (9.38%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (8.33%) Client/Server
5 8 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) Clustering
6 3 (3.13%) IoT
6 3 (3.13%) PCIe
7 2 (2.08%) CAN bus
7 2 (2.08%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.08%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (2.08%) PKI
7 2 (2.08%) SCADA
8 1 (1.04%) BYOD
8 1 (1.04%) iPad
8 1 (1.04%) iPhone
8 1 (1.04%) Robotics
8 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.67%) Linux
2 11 (11.46%) Windows
3 8 (8.33%) Unix
4 3 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.08%) Android
5 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (36.46%) Mentoring
2 30 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (26.04%) Network Management
4 18 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (16.67%) Load Balancing
6 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (13.54%) Agile
7 13 (13.54%) Change Management
7 13 (13.54%) Configuration Management
7 13 (13.54%) Creative Thinking
7 13 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (12.50%) Fault Management
8 12 (12.50%) Information Security
9 11 (11.46%) Change Control
9 11 (11.46%) ITIL
9 11 (11.46%) Roadmaps
10 10 (10.42%) Decision-Making
11 9 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 9 (9.38%) Infrastructure Management
11 9 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.71%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 43 (44.79%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (31.25%) CCNP
4 28 (29.17%) CCNA
5 18 (18.75%) SC Cleared
6 16 (16.67%) DV Cleared
7 9 (9.38%) CCIE
8 7 (7.29%) JNCIA
9 6 (6.25%) CISSP
10 3 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (2.08%) CEH
11 2 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (2.08%) ECSA
11 2 (2.08%) GPEN
11 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.04%) CWAP
12 1 (1.04%) CWDP
12 1 (1.04%) Degree
12 1 (1.04%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) SLA
2 4 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 16 (16.67%) Firmware
3 3 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.04%) KVM
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (10.42%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (8.33%) Progress Chef
2 8 (8.33%) Puppet
3 5 (5.21%) FortiGate
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.13%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.04%) Ansible
6 1 (1.04%) Nessus
6 1 (1.04%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 51 (53.13%) Juniper
2 48 (50.00%) Cisco
3 18 (18.75%) Aruba
4 13 (13.54%) CheckPoint
4 13 (13.54%) Microsoft
5 12 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 11 (11.46%) F5
7 10 (10.42%) Extreme Networks
8 9 (9.38%) Arista
9 8 (8.33%) Palo Alto
9 8 (8.33%) Ribbon
9 8 (8.33%) Tufin
10 6 (6.25%) HP
11 5 (5.21%) Google
11 5 (5.21%) Veeam
12 4 (4.17%) VMware
13 3 (3.13%) Commvault
14 2 (2.08%) SolarWinds
15 1 (1.04%) Concur
15 1 (1.04%) Zscaler