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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 385 415
Rank change year-on-year -150 +30 +76
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 83 123 129
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.95% 3.56% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 82 77
10th Percentile £384 £400 £300
25th Percentile £431 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% +1.62%
75th Percentile £598 £547 £550
90th Percentile £719 £635 £598
UK median daily rate £495 £492 £470
% change year-on-year +0.61% +4.68% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £28.20 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £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 4,252 3,453 4,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 12.62% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 2,150 2,724
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 161 332
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.80% +5.56% -10.00%

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 24 July 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
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 24 July 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 -122 24 £525 +10.53% 3
South East -51 20 £463 -9.31% 4
South West -40 17 £498 -13.48% 1
North of England -71 12 £500 +1.63% 7
Yorkshire -51 6 £500 +2.15% 6
North West -45 5 £563 +3.78% 1
Midlands -58 5 £413 -21.43%
West Midlands -64 5 £413 -21.43%
East of England -18 2 £563 -6.25%
North East - 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 (2.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.51%) Azure
2 17 (20.48%) AWS
3 6 (7.23%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (7.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.61%) GCP
6 2 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.41%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.41%) OCI
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.20%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.20%) IBM Watson
7 1 (1.20%) PaaS
7 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (62.65%) Firewall
2 43 (51.81%) BGP
3 39 (46.99%) OSPF
4 37 (44.58%) WAN
5 33 (39.76%) VLAN
6 31 (37.35%) LAN
7 25 (30.12%) VPN
8 23 (27.71%) VXLAN
9 21 (25.30%) SD-WAN
10 20 (24.10%) Cisco ASA
11 19 (22.89%) DNS
11 19 (22.89%) Wireless
12 17 (20.48%) MPLS
12 17 (20.48%) Network Security
13 16 (19.28%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (19.28%) IPsec
14 13 (15.66%) TCP/IP
14 13 (15.66%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (14.46%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (14.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.41%) Git
3 1 (1.20%) GitLab
3 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.43%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.23%) Finance
4 6 (7.23%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 5 (6.02%) Police
5 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.02%) Retail
6 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Law
7 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (61.45%) Network Engineer
2 15 (18.07%) Architect
3 11 (13.25%) Network Architect
4 9 (10.84%) Senior
5 8 (9.64%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Lead
6 5 (6.02%) NOC Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Lead Architect
7 4 (4.82%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) IP Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) IP Network Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) 802.1X
2 5 (6.02%) REST
3 4 (4.82%) LDAP
3 4 (4.82%) SAML
4 2 (2.41%) Middleware
5 1 (1.20%) JSON
5 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (46.99%) Data Centre
2 9 (10.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (10.84%) PKI
3 8 (9.64%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (7.23%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (7.23%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.61%) Celerra
6 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.61%) EMC Centera
6 3 (3.61%) EMC VMAX
6 3 (3.61%) EMC VNX
6 3 (3.61%) IBM XIV
6 3 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.61%) Symmetrix
6 3 (3.61%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.07%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) CatOS
4 1 (1.20%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) VMS
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) ITIL
2 15 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.66%) Load Balancing
3 13 (15.66%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (14.46%) Change Management
4 12 (14.46%) Mentoring
4 12 (14.46%) Roadmaps
5 11 (13.25%) Migration
6 10 (12.05%) Network Architecture
7 8 (9.64%) Network Design
7 8 (9.64%) Network Management
7 8 (9.64%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.64%) Zero Trust
8 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security
8 7 (8.43%) Commercial Awareness
8 7 (8.43%) Presales
8 7 (8.43%) Service Design
8 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 2 (2.41%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (36.14%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (33.73%) Security Cleared
3 27 (32.53%) CCNP
4 17 (20.48%) SC Cleared
5 14 (16.87%) DV Cleared
6 7 (8.43%) Degree
7 6 (7.23%) CCIE
7 6 (7.23%) CCNA
8 5 (6.02%) CCSE
8 5 (6.02%) CCSM
9 4 (4.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.41%) CCIP
10 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.20%) CCDA
11 1 (1.20%) CCNA CyberOps
11 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) NCSC
2 5 (6.02%) SLA
3 2 (2.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.41%) NIST
3 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (15.66%) VMware NSX
3 11 (13.25%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (9.64%) Active Directory
5 6 (7.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (6.02%) vSphere
7 3 (3.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (3.61%) Firmware
7 3 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.20%) Docker
8 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) Ansible
2 7 (8.43%) FortiGate
3 5 (6.02%) Avamar
3 5 (6.02%) Terraform
4 4 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.61%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.41%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.20%) CASB
7 1 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.20%) Grafana
7 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.20%) Puppet
7 1 (1.20%) SCCM
7 1 (1.20%) SCOM
7 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Cisco
2 38 (45.78%) F5
3 31 (37.35%) Palo Alto
3 31 (37.35%) VMware
4 18 (21.69%) CheckPoint
4 18 (21.69%) Fortinet
5 14 (16.87%) SolarWinds
6 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
7 10 (12.05%) Juniper
8 5 (6.02%) NetApp
9 4 (4.82%) Aruba
9 4 (4.82%) HP
9 4 (4.82%) IBM
9 4 (4.82%) Meraki
9 4 (4.82%) Veeam
10 3 (3.61%) 3PAR
10 3 (3.61%) Brocade
10 3 (3.61%) EMC
11 2 (2.41%) Dell
11 2 (2.41%) Google