Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Nexus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 405 406
Rank change year-on-year -128 +1 +62
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 91 110 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.12% 3.24% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 72 71
10th Percentile £383 £400 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £536 £550
90th Percentile £684 £598 £614
UK median daily rate £495 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.65% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £28.30 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £28.75 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £41.69 £39.69 -
90th Percentile £60.93 £39.88 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year -22.58% - -

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 4,296 3,394 4,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.28% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,104 2,581
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £402 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 169 286
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% -19.82% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.33 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.88 £49.00
% change year-on-year -44.23% -4.34% -9.26%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Nexus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in England

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 14 August 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
London -109 29 £500 +8.11% 9
South East -60 18 £463 -9.31% 5
South West -40 17 £498 -7.01% 1
North of England -62 17 £500 +2.15% 6
Yorkshire -40 11 £500 +2.15% 4
North West -40 5 £563 +14.31% 1
Midlands -54 5 £413 -21.43% 4
West Midlands -56 5 £413 -21.43% 3
East of England - 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 1
Cisco Nexus
UK

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Azure
2 16 (17.58%) AWS
3 6 (6.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (5.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.20%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.20%) GCP
6 2 (2.20%) IBM Watson
6 2 (2.20%) OCI
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.10%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.10%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 57 (62.64%) Firewall
2 45 (49.45%) BGP
3 43 (47.25%) WAN
4 39 (42.86%) OSPF
5 36 (39.56%) LAN
6 33 (36.26%) VLAN
7 28 (30.77%) VPN
8 26 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
9 23 (25.27%) VXLAN
10 21 (23.08%) DNS
11 20 (21.98%) Cisco Firepower
11 20 (21.98%) Network Security
11 20 (21.98%) SD-WAN
12 19 (20.88%) Wireless
13 18 (19.78%) MPLS
13 18 (19.78%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (17.58%) TCP/IP
15 15 (16.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 15 (16.48%) IPsec
16 12 (13.19%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.20%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 22 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.69%) Legal
4 6 (6.59%) Finance
4 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.59%) Police
4 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.59%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.49%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Banking
7 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Law
7 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Architect
3 14 (15.38%) Senior
4 13 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (12.09%) Network Architect
6 6 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.49%) Lead
7 5 (5.49%) NOC Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Lead Architect
8 4 (4.40%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.30%) Designer
9 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Network Designer
9 3 (3.30%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.79%) 802.1X
2 5 (5.49%) REST
3 4 (4.40%) LDAP
3 4 (4.40%) SAML
4 2 (2.20%) Middleware
4 2 (2.20%) YAML
5 1 (1.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (43.96%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.99%) PKI
3 8 (8.79%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (8.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (8.79%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.59%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.40%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.30%) Celerra
6 3 (3.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.30%) EMC Centera
6 3 (3.30%) EMC VMAX
6 3 (3.30%) EMC VNX
6 3 (3.30%) IBM XIV
6 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.30%) Symmetrix
6 3 (3.30%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.10%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Windows
2 8 (8.79%) Linux
3 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.10%) CatOS
4 1 (1.10%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.10%) Unix
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.88%) ITIL
2 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (16.48%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 13 (14.29%) Load Balancing
6 12 (13.19%) Migration
6 12 (13.19%) Roadmaps
7 11 (12.09%) Change Management
7 11 (12.09%) Network Architecture
8 9 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.89%) Data Protection
8 9 (9.89%) Project Delivery
9 8 (8.79%) Presales
9 8 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
10 7 (7.69%) High Availability
10 7 (7.69%) Service Design
10 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.79%) Python
2 3 (3.30%) Bash
3 2 (2.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (34.07%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (29.67%) CCNP
3 26 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 16 (17.58%) SC Cleared
5 12 (13.19%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.79%) Degree
7 6 (6.59%) CCIE
7 6 (6.59%) CCNA
8 5 (5.49%) CCSE
8 5 (5.49%) CCSM
9 4 (4.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.10%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (1.10%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.10%) JNCIS
12 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) NCSC
1 5 (5.49%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
2 2 (2.20%) NIST
2 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (20.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (14.29%) VMware NSX
3 9 (9.89%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (7.69%) Active Directory
5 5 (5.49%) Hyper-V
6 4 (4.40%) Firmware
6 4 (4.40%) vSphere
7 3 (3.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.30%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.10%) Docker
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Ansible
2 9 (9.89%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.49%) Avamar
3 5 (5.49%) Terraform
4 4 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.30%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.10%) Grafana
6 1 (1.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.10%) Puppet
6 1 (1.10%) SCCM
6 1 (1.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (46.15%) F5
3 33 (36.26%) Palo Alto
4 29 (31.87%) VMware
5 19 (20.88%) CheckPoint
6 18 (19.78%) Fortinet
7 16 (17.58%) SolarWinds
8 11 (12.09%) Microsoft
9 7 (7.69%) Juniper
10 5 (5.49%) Aruba
10 5 (5.49%) IBM
10 5 (5.49%) Meraki
10 5 (5.49%) NetApp
11 4 (4.40%) Arista
11 4 (4.40%) Infoblox
11 4 (4.40%) Riverbed
12 3 (3.30%) 3PAR
12 3 (3.30%) Brocade
12 3 (3.30%) NetScout
12 3 (3.30%) Veeam