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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 316 348
Rank change year-on-year -80 +32 +94
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 23 35 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 2.77% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 47
10th Percentile £465 £425 £328
25th Percentile £475 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% +10.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £550
90th Percentile £698 £675 £565
England median daily rate £465 £525 £433
% change year-on-year -11.43% +21.39% -8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year -27.74% - -

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 1,425 1,264 1,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.79% 10.46% 9.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 811 1,122
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £411 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £707 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 51
10th Percentile £17.03 £21.03 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.43 £24.66 £16.56
Median hourly rate £25.63 £38.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -33.86% +62.82% -34.87%
75th Percentile £37.63 £51.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.13 £61.85 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +131.45%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 3 £650 +18.18% 2
West London - 1 £375 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) Firewall
2 14 (60.87%) WAN
3 10 (43.48%) BGP
4 9 (39.13%) SD-WAN
5 8 (34.78%) VPN
6 7 (30.43%) LAN
6 7 (30.43%) OSPF
7 6 (26.09%) Network Security
7 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (17.39%) MPLS
8 4 (17.39%) VoIP
9 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
9 3 (13.04%) SNMP
9 3 (13.04%) VXLAN
10 2 (8.70%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (8.70%) Internet
10 2 (8.70%) TACACS
10 2 (8.70%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Legal
3 3 (13.04%) Law
3 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Switch Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) LAN Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Lead
4 1 (4.35%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Storage Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Technology Manager
4 1 (4.35%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) REST
2 3 (13.04%) VML
3 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
3 2 (8.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Celerra
3 2 (8.70%) EMC Centera
3 2 (8.70%) EMC VMAX
3 2 (8.70%) EMC VNX
3 2 (8.70%) IBM XIV
3 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.70%) Symmetrix
3 2 (8.70%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Change Management
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 4 (17.39%) Configuration Management
3 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
4 3 (13.04%) Load Balancing
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Security Management
5 2 (8.70%) Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (8.70%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Runbook
5 2 (8.70%) Service Design
5 2 (8.70%) Task Automation
5 2 (8.70%) Threat Management
5 2 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) ActionScript
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) CCNP
3 3 (13.04%) CCIE
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.70%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Ansible
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (8.70%) Avamar
3 2 (8.70%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.35%) SCCM
4 1 (4.35%) SCOM
4 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) F5
2 8 (34.78%) Palo Alto
3 6 (26.09%) Aruba
4 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
5 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint
5 3 (13.04%) Meraki
5 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
5 3 (13.04%) VMware
6 2 (8.70%) 3PAR
6 2 (8.70%) Brocade
6 2 (8.70%) EMC
6 2 (8.70%) IBM
6 2 (8.70%) Infoblox
6 2 (8.70%) Isilon
6 2 (8.70%) Juniper
6 2 (8.70%) NetApp
6 2 (8.70%) Veeam
7 1 (4.35%) HP
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft