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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 302 349
Rank change year-on-year -112 +47 +86
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 22 48 50
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.37% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.46% 3.62% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 44
10th Percentile £430 £400 £341
25th Percentile £475 £425 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% +5.82% -14.09%
75th Percentile £675 £553 £525
90th Percentile £686 £609 £550
England median daily rate £498 £500 £433
% change year-on-year -0.50% +15.42% -8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £36.63 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year -22.58% - -

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 1,512 1,326 1,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.34% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 854 1,100
10th Percentile £300 £263 £227
25th Percentile £408 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £623
90th Percentile £712 £723 £738
England median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 50
10th Percentile £16.04 £19.07 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £17.09
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +57.56% -37.81%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £27.88 £41.00 £46.69
% change year-on-year -32.00% -12.19% +125.50%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -17 5 £650 +18.18% 1
West London -18 1 £375 -6.25% 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (72.73%) Firewall
2 13 (59.09%) WAN
3 9 (40.91%) SD-WAN
4 8 (36.36%) Network Security
5 7 (31.82%) LAN
6 6 (27.27%) BGP
6 6 (27.27%) VPN
7 4 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (18.18%) MPLS
8 3 (13.64%) Internet
8 3 (13.64%) OSPF
8 3 (13.64%) Wireless
9 2 (9.09%) DNS
9 2 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (9.09%) SNMP
9 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
9 2 (9.09%) VXLAN
9 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (13.64%) Legal
1 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) LAN Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 2 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Celerra
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
1 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (13.64%) EMC Centera
1 3 (13.64%) EMC VMAX
1 3 (13.64%) EMC VNX
1 3 (13.64%) IBM XIV
1 3 (13.64%) Symmetrix
1 3 (13.64%) Symmetrix DMX
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Change Management
2 5 (22.73%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
3 4 (18.18%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (13.64%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.64%) Service Design
5 2 (9.09%) Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (9.09%) Problem Management
5 2 (9.09%) Runbook
5 2 (9.09%) Security Management
5 2 (9.09%) Task Automation
5 2 (9.09%) Validation
6 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.55%) ITSM
6 1 (4.55%) Service Management
6 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) ActionScript
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CCNA
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) CCNP
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CCIE
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA CyberOps
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
1 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Ansible
2 3 (13.64%) Avamar
2 3 (13.64%) EMC VPLEX
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.55%) SCCM
4 1 (4.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 7 (31.82%) F5
4 4 (18.18%) Fortinet
4 4 (18.18%) VMware
5 3 (13.64%) 3PAR
5 3 (13.64%) Aruba
5 3 (13.64%) Brocade
5 3 (13.64%) EMC
5 3 (13.64%) IBM
5 3 (13.64%) NetApp
5 3 (13.64%) SolarWinds
5 3 (13.64%) Veeam
6 2 (9.09%) Infoblox
6 2 (9.09%) Isilon
6 2 (9.09%) Juniper
7 1 (4.55%) HP
7 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.55%) Riverbed