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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 419 405
Rank change year-on-year -116 -14 +30
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 93 95 122
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.14% 2.90% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 66 71
10th Percentile £370 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £591 £525 £578
90th Percentile £706 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £28.40 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £56.00 £39.69 -
90th Percentile £66.65 £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 4,340 3,280 3,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.32% 11.74% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,560 2,064 2,307
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 168 192
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.50 £15.33
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £44.25 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.38 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.35% -15.00% -11.49%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -121 25 £450 - 19
North of England -65 20 £500 +1.88% 6
South West -26 17 £538 +0.47% 2
South East -60 16 £463 -9.31% 5
Yorkshire -37 14 £500 +1.63% 6
West Midlands -45 6 £450 -16.28% 6
Midlands -46 6 £450 -16.28% 6
North West -43 5 £563 +25.11%
East of England -35 1 - - 2
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 (2.15%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (20.43%) Azure
2 10 (10.75%) AWS
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.23%) GitHub
6 2 (2.15%) GCP
6 2 (2.15%) IBM Watson
7 1 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.08%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.08%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 55 (59.14%) Firewall
2 48 (51.61%) BGP
3 45 (48.39%) WAN
4 42 (45.16%) LAN
5 41 (44.09%) OSPF
6 36 (38.71%) VLAN
7 29 (31.18%) VPN
8 27 (29.03%) Wireless
9 25 (26.88%) Cisco ASA
9 25 (26.88%) DNS
10 22 (23.66%) VXLAN
11 21 (22.58%) Network Security
11 21 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (21.51%) Cisco Firepower
13 19 (20.43%) TCP/IP
14 17 (18.28%) SD-WAN
15 16 (17.20%) MPLS
16 15 (16.13%) IPsec
17 14 (15.05%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (13.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.23%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 23 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.53%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.45%) Legal
4 6 (6.45%) Police
4 6 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.38%) Finance
5 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.23%) Retail
7 2 (2.15%) Banking
7 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (63.44%) Network Engineer
2 19 (20.43%) Senior
3 15 (16.13%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (12.90%) Architect
5 9 (9.68%) Network Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Lead
6 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Lead Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Network Specialist
7 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Technical Architect
8 3 (3.23%) Deployment Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Network Designer
8 3 (3.23%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) NOC Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.83%) 802.1X
2 6 (6.45%) Terraform
3 5 (5.38%) YAML
4 3 (3.23%) JSON
4 3 (3.23%) LDAP
4 3 (3.23%) REST
4 3 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (48.39%) Data Centre
2 13 (13.98%) PKI
3 9 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (7.53%) Private Cloud
5 6 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.08%) EMC Centera
9 1 (1.08%) EMC VMAX
9 1 (1.08%) EMC VNX
9 1 (1.08%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (1.08%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.75%) Windows
2 6 (6.45%) Linux
3 5 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.23%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.08%) CatOS
5 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.08%) Unix
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (17.20%) ITIL
3 15 (16.13%) Mentoring
4 14 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (12.90%) Migration
5 12 (12.90%) Network Monitoring
6 11 (11.83%) Network Architecture
7 10 (10.75%) Load Balancing
8 9 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.68%) High Availability
8 9 (9.68%) Network Segmentation
8 9 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 9 (9.68%) Roadmaps
8 9 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (8.60%) Change Management
9 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (7.53%) CI/CD
10 7 (7.53%) Data Protection
10 7 (7.53%) Network Management
10 7 (7.53%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.68%) Python
2 3 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (35.48%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (30.11%) CCNP
3 27 (29.03%) Security Cleared
4 15 (16.13%) SC Cleared
5 14 (15.05%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.60%) Degree
7 7 (7.53%) CCIE
8 6 (6.45%) CCNA
9 4 (4.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.23%) CCSE
10 3 (3.23%) CCSM
10 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (2.15%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.08%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (1.08%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.08%) JNCIS
12 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.38%) NCSC
2 3 (3.23%) SLA
3 2 (2.15%) GDPR
3 2 (2.15%) NIST
3 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (18.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (12.90%) VMware NSX
3 8 (8.60%) Active Directory
3 8 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.30%) vSphere
6 3 (3.23%) Firmware
7 1 (1.08%) Docker
7 1 (1.08%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (9.68%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.38%) Ansible
3 3 (3.23%) Avamar
3 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.08%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (1.08%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.08%) Puppet
4 1 (1.08%) SCCM
4 1 (1.08%) SCOM
Vendors
1 93 (100.00%) Cisco
2 35 (37.63%) F5
3 29 (31.18%) VMware
4 27 (29.03%) Palo Alto
5 18 (19.35%) CheckPoint
6 15 (16.13%) Fortinet
7 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
7 13 (13.98%) SolarWinds
8 11 (11.83%) Meraki
9 7 (7.53%) Arista
9 7 (7.53%) Juniper
10 5 (5.38%) NetApp
11 4 (4.30%) Aruba
11 4 (4.30%) Riverbed
12 3 (3.23%) IBM
12 3 (3.23%) Infoblox
13 2 (2.15%) Forcepoint
13 2 (2.15%) Google
13 2 (2.15%) HP
13 2 (2.15%) Nokia