NX-OS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cisco NX-OS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring NX-OS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 159 186
Rank change year-on-year -34 +27 +56
Contract jobs citing NX-OS 11 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.24% 0.084% 0.021%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.96% 0.55% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £413 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £495 £630
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% -21.43% +89.47%
75th Percentile £438 £503 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +10.53%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 561 547 692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.10% 15.28% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 304 510
10th Percentile £170 £180 £250
25th Percentile £306 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £487
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -7.55% +5.41%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £593
90th Percentile £666 £675 £672
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
10th Percentile - £12.59 £15.73
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £32.88 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -39.17% +85.55% -17.58%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.23 £24.39
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.91 £46.88
England median hourly rate £34.50 £41.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -15.85% -27.36% +26.28%

NX-OS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

NX-OS job vacancy trend in the North of England

NX-OS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

NX-OS
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West -15 11 £425 -14.14%
NX-OS
England

NX-OS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 (72.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) BGP
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco ISE
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco Wireless
2 8 (72.73%) VXLAN
2 8 (72.73%) Wireless
3 7 (63.64%) DHCP
3 7 (63.64%) DNS
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (27.27%) LAN
5 3 (27.27%) Network Security
5 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 3 (27.27%) WLAN
6 1 (9.09%) MPLS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
1 7 (63.64%) Investment Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) RF Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) User Experience
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) Task Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Lisp
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
2 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CCNP
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCDP
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (72.73%) Ekahau
3 7 (63.64%) Remedy
3 7 (63.64%) ServiceNow
4 3 (27.27%) F5
4 3 (27.27%) Meraki
4 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds