Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco Nexus
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 318 354
Rank change year-on-year -63 +36 +98
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 20 36 39
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.28% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 2.71% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 31
10th Percentile £405 £425 £300
25th Percentile £475 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -20.93%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £519
90th Percentile - £695 £550
England median daily rate £463 £550 £416
% change year-on-year -15.91% +32.10% -20.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,352 1,326 1,820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.22% 10.37% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 842 1,194
10th Percentile £260 £263 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £496
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +0.76% -9.77%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 70
10th Percentile £20.31 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £38.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.75 £57.95 £60.18
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +71.69%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Nexus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in London

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus in London over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in London

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Central London -19 2 £650 +18.18% 2
West London - 1 £375 -
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 2 (10.00%) OCI
3 1 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (5.00%) IaaS
3 1 (5.00%) PaaS
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) Firewall
2 12 (60.00%) WAN
3 10 (50.00%) BGP
4 9 (45.00%) VPN
5 8 (40.00%) OSPF
6 7 (35.00%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (30.00%) Network Security
7 6 (30.00%) SD-WAN
8 5 (25.00%) LAN
9 4 (20.00%) EIGRP
9 4 (20.00%) Internet
9 4 (20.00%) NX-OS
9 4 (20.00%) VoIP
10 3 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (15.00%) MPLS
10 3 (15.00%) SNMP
11 2 (10.00%) DMZ
11 2 (10.00%) Junos
11 2 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Legal
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Law
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Network Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) VML
2 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Change Management
1 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 5 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 3 (15.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (15.00%) Security Management
5 2 (10.00%) B2B
5 2 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Runbook
5 2 (10.00%) Security Hardening
5 2 (10.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (10.00%) Validation
6 1 (5.00%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) CCNP
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Ansible
1 3 (15.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (40.00%) Aruba
3 8 (40.00%) F5
4 6 (30.00%) Fortinet
5 5 (25.00%) Meraki
5 5 (25.00%) SolarWinds
6 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 4 (20.00%) Juniper
7 2 (10.00%) Infoblox
7 2 (10.00%) VMware