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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 404 387
Rank change year-on-year -94 -17 +174
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 46 84 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 2.46% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 48 86
10th Percentile £300 £371 £313
25th Percentile £319 £456 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £589 £534
90th Percentile £538 £675 £608
UK median daily rate £425 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -18.27% +9.47% -7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £57.60
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £66.28
UK median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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 3,301 3,415 5,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.42% 12.81% 14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,140 1,973 3,177
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £355 £370 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +1.01% -4.81%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 105 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.08 £18.51
25th Percentile £18.94 £21.46 £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +136.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -14.29% -37.99% +156.57%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -35 21 £488 -7.14% 7
South East -33 8 £340 -35.24% 13
North of England -57 6 £335 -25.56% 5
West Midlands -30 5 £308 -38.50% 2
Midlands -35 5 £308 -38.50% 2
North West -36 4 £335 -36.19% 3
South West -7 3 £400 -20.00% 1
East of England -13 2 - - 6
Yorkshire -45 2 - - 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 1 (2.17%) CICS
1 1 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.17%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) GCP
3 3 (6.52%) IaaS
3 3 (6.52%) PaaS
3 3 (6.52%) SaaS
4 2 (4.35%) OCI
5 1 (2.17%) Akamai
5 1 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.17%) GitHub
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (76.09%) Firewall
2 30 (65.22%) WAN
3 26 (56.52%) LAN
4 20 (43.48%) VPN
5 17 (36.96%) BGP
6 16 (34.78%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (30.43%) OSPF
8 12 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (26.09%) SD-WAN
8 12 (26.09%) Wireless
9 9 (19.57%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (19.57%) Network Security
10 8 (17.39%) DNS
10 8 (17.39%) Wireshark
11 7 (15.22%) BIG-IP
11 7 (15.22%) IPsec
11 7 (15.22%) MPLS
12 6 (13.04%) HTTP
12 6 (13.04%) HTTPS
12 6 (13.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Retail
3 3 (6.52%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Law
3 3 (6.52%) Legal
3 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Billing
5 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (86.96%) Network Engineer
2 8 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Data Centre Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Data Network Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Juniper Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Network Architect
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Project Manager
8 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (2.17%) Network Monitoring Specialist
8 1 (2.17%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) Network Specialist
8 1 (2.17%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) Senior Network Architect
8 1 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) LDAP
2 6 (13.04%) SAML
3 4 (8.70%) 802.1X
3 4 (8.70%) VML
4 1 (2.17%) Middleware
4 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (45.65%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Clustering
5 1 (2.17%) EMC VMAX
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.17%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.17%) iSeries
5 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) CatOS
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
3 1 (2.17%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) MVS
3 1 (2.17%) Solaris
3 1 (2.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (15.22%) Network Design
2 7 (15.22%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (13.04%) High Availability
4 5 (10.87%) Change Management
4 5 (10.87%) Configuration Management
4 5 (10.87%) Load Balancing
4 5 (10.87%) Migration
5 4 (8.70%) ITIL
5 4 (8.70%) Network Architecture
5 4 (8.70%) Network Management
6 3 (6.52%) AI
6 3 (6.52%) Change Control
6 3 (6.52%) Decision-Making
6 3 (6.52%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.52%) Problem Management
6 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) Java
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (34.78%) CCNP
3 13 (28.26%) Security Cleared
4 12 (26.09%) SC Cleared
5 9 (19.57%) CCIE
6 4 (8.70%) Degree
7 3 (6.52%) CCNA
7 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.17%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (2.17%) CCSA
9 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.17%) JNCIA
9 1 (2.17%) JNCIS
9 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (21.74%) VMware NSX
3 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
4 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.52%) KVM
5 2 (4.35%) vCloud
6 1 (2.17%) Firmware
6 1 (2.17%) NFS
6 1 (2.17%) SRDF
6 1 (2.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (2.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (19.57%) Ansible
2 6 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (10.87%) Terraform
4 4 (8.70%) FortiGate
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (47.83%) Palo Alto
3 16 (34.78%) F5
4 13 (28.26%) CheckPoint
5 12 (26.09%) Meraki
5 12 (26.09%) VMware
6 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
7 10 (21.74%) SolarWinds
8 8 (17.39%) Aruba
8 8 (17.39%) Fortinet
9 4 (8.70%) Juniper
10 3 (6.52%) Arista
11 2 (4.35%) EMC
11 2 (4.35%) LogicMonitor
12 1 (2.17%) Forcepoint
12 1 (2.17%) IBM
12 1 (2.17%) McAfee
12 1 (2.17%) NetApp
12 1 (2.17%) Oracle
12 1 (2.17%) Qualys