Cisco Nexus Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Nexus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Nexus over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Cisco Nexus UK / England
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	363	353	403
Rank change year-on-year	-10	+50
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus	231	289	235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.54%	0.58%	0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	3.93%	3.68%	3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	159	181	137
Median daily rate	£411	£400	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.81%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£310	£325	£288
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£525	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£395	£388	£350
% change year-on-year	+1.93%	+10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	1	3
Median hourly rate	£27.38	£42.50	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-35.57%	+6.25%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.38	-	£40.00

Cisco Nexus is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Contract Communications & Computer Network Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	5880	7860	7562
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	13.68%	15.90%	14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	3504	4878	4329
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+0.07%	+10.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£220	£245	£220
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£365	£347
% change year-on-year	+2.73%	+5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted	354	355	436
Median hourly rate	£24.86	£28.00	£23.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.21%	+21.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.50	£13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.83	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.50	£32.50	£26.00
% change year-on-year	-15.38%	+25.00%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing Cisco Nexus as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Nexus in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Cisco Nexus in England

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus in England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in England

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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 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+13	82	£450	-	14
South East	-17	70	£416	+2.77%	3
South West	+5	30	£370	-1.33%
North West	+28	14	£376	-5.93%	5
Yorkshire	+16	14	£430	+1.17%	5
West Midlands	-10	11	£425	+13.33%	6
East of England	-12	6	£400	-5.88%	4
East Midlands	-7	5	£375	+29.31%
North East	+68	1	£450	-
Cisco Nexus UK

Cisco Nexus
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Cisco Nexus also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Cisco Nexus.

1	464 (98.93%)	Cisco
2	271 (57.78%)	Cisco Certification
3	264 (56.29%)	Firewall
4	201 (42.86%)	CCNP
5	178 (37.95%)	Data Centre
6	170 (36.25%)	Cisco ASA
7	139 (29.64%)	F5
8	137 (29.21%)	BGP
9	133 (28.36%)	Wireless
10	128 (27.29%)	CheckPoint
11	119 (25.37%)	OSPF
12	116 (24.73%)	WAN
13	112 (23.88%)	MPLS
14	111 (23.67%)	LAN
15	101 (21.54%)	Security Cleared

16	97 (20.68%)	VPN
16	97 (20.68%)	CCNA
17	93 (19.83%)	CCIE
18	84 (17.91%)	ITIL
18	84 (17.91%)	Juniper
19	80 (17.06%)	SC Cleared
20	79 (16.84%)	EIGRP
20	79 (16.84%)	VMware
21	76 (16.20%)	Palo Alto
22	65 (13.86%)	Cisco IOS
22	65 (13.86%)	Load Balancing
23	59 (12.58%)	Finance
24	55 (11.73%)	DNS
24	55 (11.73%)	Cisco Wireless
25	52 (11.09%)	SolarWinds

Cisco Nexus
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (1.71%)	Skype for Business
2	6 (1.28%)	Confluence
3	4 (0.85%)	ArcGIS
3	4 (0.85%)	SAS
4	3 (0.64%)	SharePoint
5	2 (0.43%)	Apache
5	2 (0.43%)	Tomcat
6	1 (0.21%)	CMS
6	1 (0.21%)	MS Exchange
6	1 (0.21%)	OpenStack
6	1 (0.21%)	SharePoint Server
6	1 (0.21%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	16 (3.41%)	Microsoft Excel
2	8 (1.71%)	MS Visio
3	5 (1.07%)	Microsoft Office
4	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	8 (1.71%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.21%)	NetSuite
2	1 (0.21%)	Odoo
2	1 (0.21%)	Remedy ITSM

Cloud Services
1	16 (3.41%)	Amazon AWS
2	11 (2.35%)	IaaS
3	7 (1.49%)	PaaS
4	5 (1.07%)	Virtual Private Cloud
5	3 (0.64%)	Cloud Computing
5	3 (0.64%)	SaaS
6	2 (0.43%)	G Suite
6	2 (0.43%)	Microsoft Azure
7	1 (0.21%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	264 (56.29%)	Firewall
2	170 (36.25%)	Cisco ASA
3	137 (29.21%)	BGP
4	133 (28.36%)	Wireless
5	119 (25.37%)	OSPF
6	116 (24.73%)	WAN
7	112 (23.88%)	MPLS
8	111 (23.67%)	LAN
9	97 (20.68%)	VPN
10	79 (16.84%)	EIGRP
11	65 (13.86%)	Cisco IOS
12	55 (11.73%)	Cisco Wireless
12	55 (11.73%)	DNS
13	46 (9.81%)	Network Security
14	44 (9.38%)	DHCP
15	43 (9.17%)	TCP/IP
16	42 (8.96%)	Wi-Fi
17	38 (8.10%)	IPsec
18	37 (7.89%)	VoIP
18	37 (7.89%)	WLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (1.92%)	SQL Server
2	6 (1.28%)	Oracle Database
2	6 (1.28%)	Oracle Database 11g
2	6 (1.28%)	PostgreSQL
2	6 (1.28%)	SQL Server 2012
3	2 (0.43%)	MySQL

Development Applications
1	25 (5.33%)	VSS/SourceSafe
2	16 (3.41%)	Sonatype Nexus
3	9 (1.92%)	Vagrant
4	6 (1.28%)	Git (software)
4	6 (1.28%)	Jenkins
4	6 (1.28%)	JIRA
5	1 (0.21%)	Subversion

General
1	59 (12.58%)	Finance
2	32 (6.82%)	Telecoms
3	23 (4.90%)	Banking
4	8 (1.71%)	Electronics
4	8 (1.71%)	Manufacturing
4	8 (1.71%)	Marketing
4	8 (1.71%)	Retail
5	7 (1.49%)	Law
6	5 (1.07%)	Investment Banking
6	5 (1.07%)	Multimedia
7	2 (0.43%)	Local Government
8	1 (0.21%)	Aerospace
8	1 (0.21%)	Back Office
8	1 (0.21%)	Billing
8	1 (0.21%)	Corporate Banking
8	1 (0.21%)	French Language
8	1 (0.21%)	German Language

Job Titles
1	245 (52.24%)	Network Engineer
2	120 (25.59%)	Cisco Engineer
3	103 (21.96%)	Cisco Network Engineer
4	67 (14.29%)	Architect
5	37 (7.89%)	Consultant
6	32 (6.82%)	Senior Network Engineer
7	27 (5.76%)	Support Engineer
8	26 (5.54%)	Infrastructure Engineer
9	25 (5.33%)	Network Architect
10	24 (5.12%)	Network Support
11	23 (4.90%)	Network Security Engineer
11	23 (4.90%)	Security Engineer
12	21 (4.48%)	SC Cleared Network Engineer
13	20 (4.26%)	Network Support Engineer
14	19 (4.05%)	Analyst
15	18 (3.84%)	Network Consultant
16	17 (3.62%)	Network Analyst
17	16 (3.41%)	Enterprise Architect
18	14 (2.99%)	Cisco Support
18	14 (2.99%)	VMware Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	28 (5.97%)	802.1X
2	6 (1.28%)	Software Packaging
3	3 (0.64%)	CSS
3	3 (0.64%)	Web Services
4	2 (0.43%)	RFC 2544
4	2 (0.43%)	XMPP
5	1 (0.21%)	CGI
5	1 (0.21%)	COM
5	1 (0.21%)	Middleware
5	1 (0.21%)	SAP Basis

Miscellaneous
1	178 (37.95%)	Data Centre
2	29 (6.18%)	Analytical Skills
3	19 (4.05%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
4	17 (3.62%)	EMC VNX
4	17 (3.62%)	Video Conferencing
5	12 (2.56%)	BYOD
6	10 (2.13%)	Fat Client
6	10 (2.13%)	Management Information System
6	10 (2.13%)	Thin Client
7	9 (1.92%)	EMC VMAX
7	9 (1.92%)	FlexPod
7	9 (1.92%)	VxBlock/Vblock
8	8 (1.71%)	Clustering
9	6 (1.28%)	BBC
10	5 (1.07%)	PKI
11	4 (0.85%)	Driving Licence
11	4 (0.85%)	NHS
12	3 (0.64%)	FMCG
12	3 (0.64%)	Hybrid Cloud
12	3 (0.64%)	Mainframe

Operating Systems
1	44 (9.38%)	Linux
2	32 (6.82%)	Windows
3	20 (4.26%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	11 (2.35%)	Unix
5	10 (2.13%)	CentOS
6	9 (1.92%)	Windows Server
7	8 (1.71%)	Windows Server 2012
8	5 (1.07%)	Solaris
9	4 (0.85%)	Data ONTAP
10	2 (0.43%)	CatOS
10	2 (0.43%)	Windows 10
10	2 (0.43%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	84 (17.91%)	ITIL
2	65 (13.86%)	Load Balancing
3	49 (10.45%)	High Availability
4	48 (10.23%)	Network Design
5	45 (9.59%)	Migration
6	40 (8.53%)	Network Management
7	36 (7.68%)	Service Management
8	34 (7.25%)	Agile Software Development
9	31 (6.61%)	Converged Infrastructure
10	28 (5.97%)	Service Design
11	27 (5.76%)	Scrum
12	26 (5.54%)	DevOps
13	21 (4.48%)	Change Management
13	21 (4.48%)	Service Delivery
14	19 (4.05%)	Mentoring
15	17 (3.62%)	ITIL V3
15	17 (3.62%)	Network Architecture
16	14 (2.99%)	Problem Management
17	13 (2.77%)	Integration Testing
17	13 (2.77%)	Protective Monitoring

Programming Languages
1	16 (3.41%)	Python
2	15 (3.20%)	Perl
3	7 (1.49%)	PowerShell
4	6 (1.28%)	C
4	6 (1.28%)	C#
5	4 (0.85%)	SQL
6	3 (0.64%)	Bash Shell
7	2 (0.43%)	Java
8	1 (0.21%)	Lisp
8	1 (0.21%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	271 (57.78%)	Cisco Certification
2	201 (42.86%)	CCNP
3	101 (21.54%)	Security Cleared
4	97 (20.68%)	CCNA
5	93 (19.83%)	CCIE
6	80 (17.06%)	SC Cleared
7	19 (4.05%)	DV Cleared
8	16 (3.41%)	CCDP
9	15 (3.20%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10	11 (2.35%)	Degree
11	10 (2.13%)	CCIE Routing and Switching
12	9 (1.92%)	Microsoft Certification
13	8 (1.71%)	CCSP
13	8 (1.71%)	JNCIA
14	6 (1.28%)	ITIL Certification
14	6 (1.28%)	MCP
15	5 (1.07%)	CCIE Service Provider
16	4 (0.85%)	CCIE Security
16	4 (0.85%)	Master's Degree
16	4 (0.85%)	RHCSA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (4.69%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	14 (2.99%)	ISO/IEC 15288
3	13 (2.77%)	GPG13
3	13 (2.77%)	SLA
4	9 (1.92%)	PCI DSS
5	1 (0.21%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	1 (0.21%)	ISO/IEC 20000

System Software
1	36 (7.68%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	23 (4.90%)	vCloud
3	20 (4.26%)	vSphere
4	10 (2.13%)	Active Directory
4	10 (2.13%)	Hyper-V
4	10 (2.13%)	Microsoft App-V
4	10 (2.13%)	XenApp
4	10 (2.13%)	XenDesktop
5	9 (1.92%)	ProxySG
5	9 (1.92%)	VMware ESXi
6	3 (0.64%)	SRDF
7	2 (0.43%)	EMC RecoverPoint
7	2 (0.43%)	Firmware
7	2 (0.43%)	NFS
7	2 (0.43%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	45 (9.59%)	Cisco Prime
2	33 (7.04%)	FortiGate
3	15 (3.20%)	Puppet
4	13 (2.77%)	Nagios
4	13 (2.77%)	vRealize
5	11 (2.35%)	Cisco CUCM
6	10 (2.13%)	AppDNA
6	10 (2.13%)	Cacti
7	9 (1.92%)	Opscode Chef
8	8 (1.71%)	ZABBIX
9	7 (1.49%)	EMC NetWorker
9	7 (1.49%)	Forum Sentry
9	7 (1.49%)	PowerCLI
9	7 (1.49%)	vCenter Server
10	6 (1.28%)	Microsoft Clustering
10	6 (1.28%)	QRadar
10	6 (1.28%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
11	5 (1.07%)	EnCase
11	5 (1.07%)	OpenView
11	5 (1.07%)	SolarWinds Orion

Vendors
1	464 (98.93%)	Cisco
2	139 (29.64%)	F5
3	128 (27.29%)	CheckPoint
4	84 (17.91%)	Juniper
5	79 (16.84%)	VMware
6	76 (16.20%)	Palo Alto
7	52 (11.09%)	SolarWinds
8	47 (10.02%)	Microsoft
9	37 (7.89%)	Fortinet
10	36 (7.68%)	Citrix
11	34 (7.25%)	HP
12	32 (6.82%)	Riverbed
13	25 (5.33%)	Blue Coat
14	24 (5.12%)	EMC
15	23 (4.90%)	Nokia
16	17 (3.62%)	Red Hat
17	16 (3.41%)	NetApp
18	15 (3.20%)	Arista
18	15 (3.20%)	Brocade
19	13 (2.77%)	ArcSight