Cisco Nexus Contracts in England

Cisco Nexus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco Nexus over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 412 498
Rank change year-on-year +20 +86 +129
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 106 144 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.39% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.19% 2.98% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 87 75
10th Percentile £400 £300 £363
25th Percentile £425 £369 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £434 £463
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -6.23% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £620 £584 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £36.63 - £56.68
25th Percentile £37.19 - £62.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.62
75th Percentile £39.69 - £63.23
90th Percentile £39.88 - £69.61
UK median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.62
% change year-on-year - - -0.97%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco Nexus 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,319 4,832 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,882 3,916
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 391 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco Nexus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 52 £500 +5.26% 65
North of England +2 20 £492 +24.24% 9
South West +37 16 £575 +27.78% 3
Yorkshire +15 12 £490 +138.78% 5
Midlands +2 10 £390 -35.00% 1
North West -7 8 £543 +30.30% 4
West Midlands -2 7 £390 -22.00% 1
South East +18 5 £500 +11.73% 15
East Midlands +1 3 - -
East of England +14 1 £600 +8.11% 1
Cisco Nexus
UK

Cisco Nexus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.60%) Azure
2 5 (4.72%) Akamai
2 5 (4.72%) AWS
3 2 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.94%) GCP
4 1 (0.94%) GitHub
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.94%) npm
4 1 (0.94%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 78 (73.58%) Firewall
2 44 (41.51%) WAN
3 43 (40.57%) LAN
4 35 (33.02%) BGP
5 30 (28.30%) SD-WAN
6 28 (26.42%) OSPF
7 26 (24.53%) VPN
8 24 (22.64%) Cisco ASA
8 24 (22.64%) Wireless
9 21 (19.81%) VXLAN
10 16 (15.09%) DNS
11 15 (14.15%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (13.21%) Cisco Firepower
12 14 (13.21%) Network Security
13 13 (12.26%) Cisco IOS
14 12 (11.32%) Ethernet
15 11 (10.38%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (10.38%) DHCP
16 10 (9.43%) Cisco Wireless
16 10 (9.43%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 23 (21.70%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.83%) GitLab
3 2 (1.89%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.94%) webpack
General
1 22 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.38%) Finance
3 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.66%) Law
3 6 (5.66%) Legal
4 5 (4.72%) Advertising
4 5 (4.72%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.83%) Banking
6 2 (1.89%) Military
6 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.89%) Retail
7 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (75.47%) Network Engineer
2 16 (15.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 15 (14.15%) Senior
4 12 (11.32%) Architect
4 12 (11.32%) Cisco Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Implementation Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (9.43%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Network Architect
7 7 (6.60%) Consultant
8 4 (3.77%) LAN Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Security Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) Lead
9 3 (2.83%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) WAN Engineer
10 2 (1.89%) Network Consultant
10 2 (1.89%) Support Engineer
10 2 (1.89%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) Spine.js
2 3 (2.83%) JSON
3 1 (0.94%) CSS
3 1 (0.94%) HTML
3 1 (0.94%) Jest
3 1 (0.94%) React
3 1 (0.94%) REST
3 1 (0.94%) RESTful
3 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (42.45%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.77%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.72%) Windows
2 2 (1.89%) Linux
2 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.09%) Migration
2 15 (14.15%) Network Architecture
3 13 (12.26%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (9.43%) Network Design
5 9 (8.49%) Analytics
5 9 (8.49%) Change Management
5 9 (8.49%) High Availability
5 9 (8.49%) ITIL
5 9 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (6.60%) Mentoring
6 7 (6.60%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (6.60%) Validation
7 6 (5.66%) Incident Management
7 6 (5.66%) Load Balancing
7 6 (5.66%) Task Automation
8 5 (4.72%) Computer Science
8 5 (4.72%) Service Management
8 5 (4.72%) System Testing
9 4 (3.77%) Problem Management
9 4 (3.77%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.21%) Python
2 1 (0.94%) Bash
2 1 (0.94%) Java
2 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.94%) Perl
2 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (41.51%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (40.57%) Security Cleared
3 39 (36.79%) SC Cleared
4 27 (25.47%) CCNP
5 8 (7.55%) CCNA
6 7 (6.60%) CCIE
6 7 (6.60%) Degree
7 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.72%) JNCIA
8 5 (4.72%) JNCIS
8 5 (4.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.94%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (0.94%) CCSP
9 1 (0.94%) CISSP
9 1 (0.94%) GSEC
9 1 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.77%) Firmware
3 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (16.98%) Ansible
2 9 (8.49%) Cisco Prime
3 8 (7.55%) FortiGate
3 8 (7.55%) Terraform
4 6 (5.66%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.83%) OpenView
6 2 (1.89%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.89%) OPNET
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.94%) Nagios
7 1 (0.94%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 106 (100.00%) Cisco
2 27 (25.47%) F5
2 27 (25.47%) Palo Alto
3 26 (24.53%) Fortinet
4 16 (15.09%) Microsoft
4 16 (15.09%) SolarWinds
5 13 (12.26%) CheckPoint
6 12 (11.32%) Arista
6 12 (11.32%) VMware
7 8 (7.55%) Juniper
8 7 (6.60%) Aruba
9 5 (4.72%) Infoblox
9 5 (4.72%) Meraki
10 4 (3.77%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (3.77%) Splunk
11 3 (2.83%) AlgoSec
11 3 (2.83%) ServiceNow
12 2 (1.89%) NetScout
12 2 (1.89%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.94%) CrowdStrike