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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 397 508
Rank change year-on-year -12 +111 +131
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 76 145 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.39% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.39% 2.89% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 82 76
10th Percentile £400 £300 £356
25th Percentile £472 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £528
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -24.17% +11.05%
75th Percentile £603 £500 £650
90th Percentile £653 £588 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £423 £500
% change year-on-year +18.34% -15.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £56.68
25th Percentile - £58.50 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
Median % change year-on-year - +0.61% +20.41%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £63.23
90th Percentile - - £69.61
UK median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +20.41%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +24 30 £523 +19.43% 14
South West +52 15 £555 +88.14% 5
North of England +4 15 £450 +13.64% 8
North West +7 12 £500 +20.09% 4
South East +13 8 £599 +59.67% 13
Midlands +7 5 £355 -40.83% 7
Yorkshire +9 3 £345 +68.29% 4
West Midlands +2 3 £355 - 4
East Midlands +7 2 - - 3
East of England +24 1 £600 +60.00% 2
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 2 (2.63%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.84%) Azure
2 8 (10.53%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.63%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 59 (77.63%) Firewall
2 38 (50.00%) BGP
3 30 (39.47%) VPN
4 29 (38.16%) WAN
5 28 (36.84%) OSPF
6 26 (34.21%) Cisco ASA
7 25 (32.89%) LAN
8 21 (27.63%) VXLAN
8 21 (27.63%) Wireless
9 16 (21.05%) DNS
10 14 (18.42%) Network Security
10 14 (18.42%) TCP/IP
11 13 (17.11%) SD-WAN
12 12 (15.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (14.47%) Cisco Wireless
13 11 (14.47%) MPLS
14 9 (11.84%) Ethernet VPN
14 9 (11.84%) Multicast
15 8 (10.53%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 18 (23.68%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.95%) GitLab
3 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 20 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.58%) Advertising
2 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (6.58%) Finance
3 4 (5.26%) Law
4 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.95%) Legal
5 2 (2.63%) Banking
5 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.63%) Military
5 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Retail
6 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (77.63%) Network Engineer
2 17 (22.37%) Senior
3 13 (17.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 12 (15.79%) Senior Network Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Consultant
6 8 (10.53%) Architect
6 8 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (9.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Network Consultant
9 4 (5.26%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.95%) Network Architect
10 3 (3.95%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) Security Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) Senior Architect
10 3 (3.95%) Senior Technical Architect
11 2 (2.63%) Cisco Consultant
11 2 (2.63%) Data Engineer
11 2 (2.63%) Data Network Engineer
11 2 (2.63%) LAN Engineer
11 2 (2.63%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) Spine.js
2 3 (3.95%) JSON
3 1 (1.32%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 29 (38.16%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.58%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.95%) PKI
4 3 (3.95%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Windows
1 2 (2.63%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
2 1 (1.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.68%) Migration
2 14 (18.42%) Network Architecture
3 10 (13.16%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (11.84%) Network Design
4 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.53%) Network Virtualisation
6 7 (9.21%) ITIL
7 6 (7.89%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.89%) Validation
8 5 (6.58%) Change Management
8 5 (6.58%) DevSecOps
8 5 (6.58%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.58%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.58%) Service Management
8 5 (6.58%) System Testing
8 5 (6.58%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (6.58%) TOGAF
9 4 (5.26%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (5.26%) High Availability
9 4 (5.26%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.42%) Python
2 1 (1.32%) Bash
2 1 (1.32%) Perl
2 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (43.42%) Security Cleared
2 29 (38.16%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (38.16%) SC Cleared
3 25 (32.89%) CCNP
4 8 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (9.21%) Degree
6 6 (7.89%) CCNA
6 6 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 5 (6.58%) CCIE
7 5 (6.58%) JNCIA
7 5 (6.58%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.95%) MCSE
8 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.63%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.26%) NCSC
1 4 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.58%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.63%) vSphere
4 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (18.42%) Ansible
2 8 (10.53%) Terraform
3 6 (7.89%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (6.58%) vCenter Server
5 3 (3.95%) OPNET
6 2 (2.63%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.63%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.32%) Nagios
7 1 (1.32%) OpenView
7 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (1.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco
2 37 (48.68%) Palo Alto
3 16 (21.05%) VMware
4 14 (18.42%) F5
5 9 (11.84%) Arista
5 9 (11.84%) CheckPoint
6 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 7 (9.21%) Fortinet
7 7 (9.21%) SolarWinds
8 6 (7.89%) Aruba
9 4 (5.26%) Meraki
10 3 (3.95%) Infoblox
10 3 (3.95%) Juniper
10 3 (3.95%) Splunk
11 2 (2.63%) NetScout
11 2 (2.63%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
12 1 (1.32%) Forcepoint
12 1 (1.32%) HP