Hybrid/Remote 802.1X Job Trends

IEEE 802.1X
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring 802.1X skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 409 539
Rank change year-on-year -26 +130 +45
Permanent jobs citing 802.1X 7 17 21
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.10% 0.066%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.17% 0.40% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 19
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile - £27,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £35,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +122.86% -48.15% -2.17%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 4,001 4,289 8,270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.74% 26.01% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,026 2,927 6,948
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -7.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.45%

802.1X
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 802.1X and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

802.1X job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

802.1X
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 802.1X.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 802.1X

802.1X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) OSPF
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) Network Security
2 4 (57.14%) TACACS
2 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) WLAN
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) HTTP
3 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 3 (42.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Operational Stability
2 3 (42.86%) DDoS Mitigation
2 3 (42.86%) Fintech
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bicep
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) FortiGate
2 3 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
3 3 (42.86%) SolarWinds