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

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 391 515
Rank change year-on-year +10 +124 +115
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 86 151 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.42% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.76% 3.16% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 92 60
10th Percentile £425 £300 £349
25th Percentile £475 £350 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £431 £488
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £658
90th Percentile £668 £588 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £433 £475
% change year-on-year +15.61% -8.95% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £36.63 - £56.68
25th Percentile £37.19 - £62.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.62
75th Percentile £39.69 - £63.23
90th Percentile £39.88 - £69.61
UK median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.62
% change year-on-year - - +23.99%

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 3,114 4,786 5,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.98% 13.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,935 2,876 3,845
10th Percentile £214 £210 £232
25th Percentile £361 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.93% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 389 419
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £14.99 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.41 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% +122.22% -24.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.13 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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 22 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 22 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 +21 35 £525 +10.53% 38
North of England +5 17 £492 +24.24% 10
South West +41 16 £555 +48.99% 6
North West -1 9 £535 +28.50% 1
South East +15 8 £599 +59.67% 15
Yorkshire +15 8 £479 +133.54% 9
Midlands +3 7 £538 -10.42% 6
West Midlands +5 5 £538 - 4
East Midlands +2 2 - - 1
East of England +20 1 £600 +60.00% 1
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 (2.33%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.63%) Azure
2 9 (10.47%) AWS
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.33%) OpenShift
4 2 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 60 (69.77%) Firewall
2 42 (48.84%) BGP
3 40 (46.51%) WAN
4 33 (38.37%) OSPF
5 31 (36.05%) LAN
5 31 (36.05%) VPN
6 25 (29.07%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (26.74%) VXLAN
8 21 (24.42%) Wireless
9 20 (23.26%) SD-WAN
10 17 (19.77%) DNS
11 16 (18.60%) TCP/IP
12 15 (17.44%) MPLS
13 14 (16.28%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (15.12%) Network Security
15 11 (12.79%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (12.79%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (12.79%) Multicast
16 9 (10.47%) DHCP
16 9 (10.47%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 22 (25.58%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.49%) GitLab
3 1 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 22 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.98%) Finance
3 5 (5.81%) Advertising
3 5 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.81%) Legal
4 4 (4.65%) Law
5 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.33%) Banking
6 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.33%) Military
6 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Retail
7 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (74.42%) Network Engineer
2 17 (19.77%) Senior
3 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 12 (13.95%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Architect
6 9 (10.47%) Consultant
7 8 (9.30%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Implementation Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Network Implementation Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Network Architect
9 5 (5.81%) Network Consultant
10 4 (4.65%) LAN Engineer
10 4 (4.65%) Technical Architect
11 3 (3.49%) Senior Architect
11 3 (3.49%) Senior Technical Architect
11 3 (3.49%) WAN Engineer
12 2 (2.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 2 (2.33%) Network Security Engineer
12 2 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.81%) Spine.js
2 3 (3.49%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 39 (45.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.81%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.49%) PKI
4 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.09%) Migration
2 14 (16.28%) Network Architecture
3 12 (13.95%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (11.63%) Network Design
5 9 (10.47%) ITIL
6 8 (9.30%) Network Virtualisation
6 8 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.14%) Validation
8 6 (6.98%) Change Management
8 6 (6.98%) Task Automation
9 5 (5.81%) Analytics
9 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
9 5 (5.81%) DevSecOps
9 5 (5.81%) High Availability
9 5 (5.81%) Incident Management
9 5 (5.81%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.81%) Service Management
9 5 (5.81%) System Testing
9 5 (5.81%) TOGAF
10 4 (4.65%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) Bash
2 1 (1.16%) Perl
2 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
1 38 (44.19%) Security Cleared
2 33 (38.37%) SC Cleared
3 27 (31.40%) CCNP
4 8 (9.30%) CCIE
4 8 (9.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (8.14%) DV Cleared
6 6 (6.98%) CCNA
6 6 (6.98%) Degree
7 5 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (5.81%) JNCIA
7 5 (5.81%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.49%) CCIE Data Center
8 3 (3.49%) MCSE
8 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (4.65%) NCSC
1 4 (4.65%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.81%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.49%) Firmware
4 2 (2.33%) vSphere
5 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (20.93%) Ansible
2 8 (9.30%) Terraform
3 7 (8.14%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (5.81%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.33%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.33%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.33%) OPNET
5 2 (2.33%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco LMS
6 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.16%) Nagios
6 1 (1.16%) OpenView
6 1 (1.16%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (1.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 86 (100.00%) Cisco
2 34 (39.53%) Palo Alto
3 16 (18.60%) VMware
4 15 (17.44%) F5
5 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
6 11 (12.79%) Arista
6 11 (12.79%) CheckPoint
7 9 (10.47%) Fortinet
8 8 (9.30%) SolarWinds
9 6 (6.98%) Aruba
10 5 (5.81%) Meraki
11 4 (4.65%) Infoblox
12 3 (3.49%) Juniper
12 3 (3.49%) Splunk
13 2 (2.33%) AlgoSec
13 2 (2.33%) NetScout
13 2 (2.33%) Red Hat
13 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
14 1 (1.16%) Barracuda Networks
14 1 (1.16%) Tufin