NX-OS Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Cisco NX-OS
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring NX-OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NX-OS 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.65% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £572 - -
25th Percentile £587 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £632 - -
North West median daily rate £612 £425 -
% change year-on-year +44.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

NX-OS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 127 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 41.06% 57.73% 27.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 61
10th Percentile £455 £381 £463
25th Percentile £475 £430 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +26.17%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £650
90th Percentile £630 £638 £670
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £24.59 £26.00
% change year-on-year +70.59% -5.44% -5.45%

NX-OS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NX-OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

NX-OS job vacancy trend in Cumbria

NX-OS
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NX-OS within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £594 - 2
NX-OS
North West

NX-OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) NAS
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow