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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 809 887
Rank change year-on-year +149 +78 +233
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 45 88 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.089% 0.090%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.42% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38 77 72
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £36,875 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% +10.58% -30.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £68,188
90th Percentile £95,750 £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 9,486 21,036 30,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.20% 21.24% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,211 15,734 18,672
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,509
25th Percentile £50,275 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +6.30%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £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 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 802.1X in the UK

802.1X
Top 14 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 15 May 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 +103 43 £63,750 +10.87% 55
London +99 31 £72,000 -0.74% 16
Work from Home +143 22 £58,750 -16.07% 20
UK excluding London +141 14 £57,500 +23.66% 48
South East +84 5 £53,750 +1.90% 12
North of England - 4 £60,000 - 8
East of England +37 2 £72,500 -9.38% 6
North West - 2 £60,000 -
Midlands +46 1 £45,000 -3.23% 11
East Midlands +31 1 £45,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire - 1 - - 4
North East - 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 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 32 (71.11%) Azure
2 14 (31.11%) SaaS
3 12 (26.67%) AWS
4 7 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.89%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (8.89%) Amazon S3
6 4 (8.89%) Google Workspace
6 4 (8.89%) Slack
7 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.22%) GCP
7 1 (2.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (48.89%) Firewall
1 22 (48.89%) Wireless
2 21 (46.67%) BGP
3 20 (44.44%) LAN
3 20 (44.44%) WAN
4 19 (42.22%) OSPF
5 18 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (37.78%) Cisco ISE
7 15 (33.33%) VPN
8 13 (28.89%) Internet
8 13 (28.89%) SD-WAN
8 13 (28.89%) VLAN
9 12 (26.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 12 (26.67%) WLAN
10 11 (24.44%) DNS
11 9 (20.00%) 802.11
11 9 (20.00%) BIG-IP
11 9 (20.00%) IPsec
11 9 (20.00%) MPLS
11 9 (20.00%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Games
4 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Military
4 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 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 8 (17.78%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Automation Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Automation Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Network Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Cisco Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Juniper Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) LDAP
1 1 (2.22%) XMPP
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%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) BYOD
5 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) IoT
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
3 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (13.33%) Task Automation
4 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 5 (11.11%) Network Management
4 5 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 4 (8.89%) Cloud Security
5 4 (8.89%) High Availability
5 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
5 4 (8.89%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (8.89%) WAN Optimisation
6 3 (6.67%) Change Control
6 3 (6.67%) Converged Infrastructure
6 3 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (6.67%) Presales
6 3 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) 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%) CCNP
1 22 (48.89%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (17.78%) CCIE
3 7 (15.56%) CCNA
4 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.44%) CISSP
6 1 (2.22%) CCDP
6 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
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 10 (22.22%) Terraform
2 6 (13.33%) Ansible
3 1 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
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 30 (66.67%) Cisco
2 14 (31.11%) F5
3 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
4 9 (20.00%) Palo Alto
5 8 (17.78%) Juniper
6 7 (15.56%) Meraki
7 5 (11.11%) Apple
7 5 (11.11%) Arista
7 5 (11.11%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (11.11%) Riverbed
7 5 (11.11%) SolarWinds
8 4 (8.89%) CheckPoint
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