NX-OS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco NX-OS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring NX-OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 486 544
Rank change year-on-year -31 +58 +147
Contract jobs citing NX-OS 33 27 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.092% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.97% 0.72% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 7
10th Percentile £435 £350 £483
25th Percentile £500 £400 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £574
90th Percentile £640 - £597
UK median daily rate £525 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

NX-OS 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 3,391 3,737 5,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.91% 12.74% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,186 2,190 3,311
10th Percentile £206 £221 £210
25th Percentile £357 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 119 323
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.05 £17.73
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.46 £22.88
Median hourly rate £34.00 £42.50 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -24.65% +27.03%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £39.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.86% -28.18% +32.53%

NX-OS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NX-OS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

NX-OS job vacancy trend in England

NX-OS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NX-OS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NX-OS

NX-OS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NX-OS in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NX-OS in England

NX-OS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NX-OS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NX-OS

NX-OS
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 NX-OS within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 -8 12 £550 +15.79%
North West -12 11 £425 -14.14%
West Midlands -26 11 £608 -8.09%
Midlands -28 11 £608 -8.09%
North of England -29 11 £425 -14.14% 1
South East - 4 £500 - 2
NX-OS
UK

NX-OS
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 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) GCP
2 2 (6.06%) OCI
3 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (3.03%) IaaS
3 1 (3.03%) PaaS
3 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) Firewall
2 19 (57.58%) BGP
2 19 (57.58%) Cisco IOS
3 13 (39.39%) Cisco ISE
4 12 (36.36%) VXLAN
5 10 (30.30%) Network Security
5 10 (30.30%) Wireless
6 9 (27.27%) Cisco Wireless
6 9 (27.27%) WAN
7 8 (24.24%) OSPF
8 7 (21.21%) DHCP
8 7 (21.21%) DNS
8 7 (21.21%) Junos
9 6 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (18.18%) LAN
10 5 (15.15%) MPLS
10 5 (15.15%) SD-WAN
11 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (12.12%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (12.12%) IOS XR
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Git
General
1 7 (21.21%) Banking
1 7 (21.21%) Finance
1 7 (21.21%) Investment Banking
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (78.79%) Network Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) RF Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Wireless Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Senior
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Python Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Data Centre Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 22 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) Cloud Native
3 4 (12.12%) PKI
4 3 (9.09%) SCADA
5 2 (6.06%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) BYOD
6 1 (3.03%) Client/Server
6 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
1 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Network Virtualisation
2 7 (21.21%) Change Management
2 7 (21.21%) User Experience
3 5 (15.15%) ITSM
3 5 (15.15%) Network Packet Capture
3 5 (15.15%) Password Management
3 5 (15.15%) Task Automation
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) DevOps
4 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.09%) Break/Fix
5 3 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (9.09%) Load Balancing
5 3 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (9.09%) Performance Management
5 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) B2B
6 2 (6.06%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (6.06%) Predictive Analysis
6 2 (6.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) Lisp
2 7 (21.21%) Python
3 3 (9.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) CCNP
1 14 (42.42%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (9.09%) CCDP
6 2 (6.06%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) VMware NSX
2 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (15.15%) Firmware
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (51.52%) FortiGate
2 5 (15.15%) vCenter Server
3 4 (12.12%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (30.30%) Broadcom
3 9 (27.27%) SolarWinds
4 8 (24.24%) Ekahau
5 7 (21.21%) F5
5 7 (21.21%) Juniper
5 7 (21.21%) Remedy
5 7 (21.21%) ServiceNow
6 6 (18.18%) Palo Alto
6 6 (18.18%) VMware
7 5 (15.15%) Arista
8 4 (12.12%) Meraki
9 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
10 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
11 1 (3.03%) Microsoft