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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 319 362
Rank change year-on-year -57 +43 +89
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 21 32 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.56% 2.43% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 27
10th Percentile £349 £385 £300
25th Percentile £384 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -10.59%
75th Percentile £563 £675 £525
90th Percentile £675 £698 £590
England median daily rate £380 £525 £428
% change year-on-year -27.53% +22.81% -18.57%

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 1,348 1,318 1,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.39% 10.02% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 814 1,186
10th Percentile £259 £258 £200
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +0.05% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £625
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 72
10th Percentile £20.76 - £14.63
25th Percentile £22.95 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +48.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £29.00 £43.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.88 £60.35 £61.75
England median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +107.25%

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 4 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 4 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 -13 1 £650 +18.18% 2
South London - 1 £335 -
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 (19.05%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) OCI
3 1 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (4.76%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) Firewall
2 13 (61.90%) WAN
3 11 (52.38%) BGP
4 9 (42.86%) OSPF
4 9 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (38.10%) Cisco IOS
5 8 (38.10%) VPN
6 7 (33.33%) LAN
7 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
8 5 (23.81%) Network Security
9 4 (19.05%) EIGRP
9 4 (19.05%) MPLS
9 4 (19.05%) NX-OS
9 4 (19.05%) VoIP
10 3 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (14.29%) Internet
10 3 (14.29%) SNMP
11 2 (9.52%) DMZ
11 2 (9.52%) VLAN
11 2 (9.52%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Legal
2 4 (19.05%) Retail
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Law
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Network Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Network Monitoring Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) VML
2 1 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Data Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Change Management
1 6 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Configuration Management
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
4 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 3 (14.29%) Security Management
5 2 (9.52%) B2B
5 2 (9.52%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (9.52%) Migration
5 2 (9.52%) Network Design
5 2 (9.52%) Project Management
5 2 (9.52%) Runbook
5 2 (9.52%) Security Hardening
5 2 (9.52%) Task Automation
5 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) ActionScript
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CCNP
1 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (19.05%) CCIE
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) CCSA
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (52.38%) Palo Alto
3 8 (38.10%) Aruba
4 7 (33.33%) F5
5 6 (28.57%) Fortinet
5 6 (28.57%) Meraki
5 6 (28.57%) SolarWinds
6 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
7 4 (19.05%) Juniper
8 2 (9.52%) Infoblox
8 2 (9.52%) VMware
9 1 (4.76%) EMC
9 1 (4.76%) LogicMonitor