802.1X Job Trends

IEEE 802.1X
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring 802.1X skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 646 656
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 +326
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 30 96 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.43% 0.72% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13 73 51
10th Percentile - £41,263 £32,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £52,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +14.29% -20.75%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £70,879
90th Percentile £54,500 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +69.01% -46.42%

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 6,983 13,270 13,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.38% 21.36% 26.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,172 8,094 10,992
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend

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

802.1X job vacancy trend in the UK

802.1X
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 802.1X

802.1X
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 802.1X over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 9 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 12 December 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 +46 27 £40,000 -33.33% 46
UK excluding London +45 21 £40,000 -33.33% 50
South East +10 10 £40,000 -30.43% 11
South West +31 8 £31,000 -43.64% 4
London +62 7 £60,000 -28.36% 3
North East - 2 £50,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £50,000 - 14
Work from Home +60 1 £50,000 -25.93% 10
Scotland - 1 - - 3

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 5 (16.67%) IaaS
3 5 (16.67%) PaaS
3 5 (16.67%) Rubrik
3 5 (16.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (73.33%) Wireless
2 16 (53.33%) Firewall
2 16 (53.33%) WAN
3 14 (46.67%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (43.33%) 802.11
4 13 (43.33%) LAN
4 13 (43.33%) Network Security
5 12 (40.00%) VLAN
5 12 (40.00%) VPN
6 9 (30.00%) BGP
6 9 (30.00%) DHCP
6 9 (30.00%) DNS
6 9 (30.00%) OSPF
7 8 (26.67%) LTE
7 8 (26.67%) SD-WAN
7 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP
7 8 (26.67%) VSAT
8 7 (23.33%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (23.33%) EIGRP
8 7 (23.33%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Manufacturing
3 9 (30.00%) Electronics
4 8 (26.67%) Aerospace
4 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (26.67%) Automotive
4 8 (26.67%) Billing
5 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (16.67%) Marketing
6 3 (10.00%) Games
7 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Finance
8 1 (3.33%) Legal
8 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Support Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Network Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) Senior
4 8 (26.67%) Technical Engineer
4 8 (26.67%) Technical Support
4 8 (26.67%) Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) IT Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (16.67%) IT Support
6 5 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Network Analyst
9 1 (3.33%) Cisco Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) BYOD
1 8 (26.67%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 4 (13.33%) CCTV
4 3 (10.00%) IoT
5 1 (3.33%) e-Health
5 1 (3.33%) FMCG
5 1 (3.33%) PKI
5 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
1 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Customer Service
2 8 (26.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 8 (26.67%) Decision-Making
2 8 (26.67%) Fault Management
2 8 (26.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Statistics
3 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 5 (16.67%) Predictive Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
4 5 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) Time Management
4 5 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (13.33%) Network Design
5 4 (13.33%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (40.00%) CCNP
3 10 (33.33%) CCNA
4 9 (30.00%) Degree
5 8 (26.67%) GCSC
5 8 (26.67%) JNCIA
5 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 8 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (16.67%) CCIE
8 1 (3.33%) CWDP
8 1 (3.33%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (16.67%) PMO
2 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 5 (16.67%) ProxySG
1 5 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (3.33%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) SolarWinds
3 8 (26.67%) Freshdesk
3 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (23.33%) CheckPoint
5 6 (20.00%) Aruba
5 6 (20.00%) F5
6 5 (16.67%) Blue Coat
6 5 (16.67%) HP
6 5 (16.67%) Infoblox
6 5 (16.67%) Meraki
6 5 (16.67%) Motorola
6 5 (16.67%) Veeam
7 3 (10.00%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (6.67%) Riverbed
9 1 (3.33%) Avaya
9 1 (3.33%) Mitel
9 1 (3.33%) NetApp
9 1 (3.33%) SevOne
9 1 (3.33%) Splunk