Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Nexus
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 104 127
Rank change year-on-year -36 +23 +13
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 4 15 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.72% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.13% 4.49% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 8
10th Percentile - £393 £300
25th Percentile - £419 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £525 £361
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +45.63% -31.33%
75th Percentile - £569 £425
90th Percentile - £578 £428
England median daily rate £350 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -33.33% +16.67% -14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 353 334 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.89% 16.14% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 182 314
10th Percentile £175 £201 £304
25th Percentile £349 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -10.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £625
90th Percentile £669 £600 £672
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 9
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.74 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% -43.41% +7.83%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.90 £60.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +132.95%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in the North West

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
Merseyside -16 2 - -
Manchester -13 1 - - 3
Lancashire - 1 £335 -
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) 802.11
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (75.00%) Meraki
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Forcepoint
4 1 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds