Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cisco Nexus
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 114 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 +28
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 11 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.72% 0.12% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.51% 0.90% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile - - £392
25th Percentile £413 £368 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -9.09% -19.75%
75th Percentile £444 £383 £431
90th Percentile £475 - £435
UK median daily rate £438 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.67% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 169 222 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.02% 13.18% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 126 184
10th Percentile £204 £184 £163
25th Percentile £270 £356 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -17.13% +24.11%
75th Percentile £500 £542 £653
90th Percentile £580 £619 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 23
10th Percentile - £24.15 £17.72
25th Percentile - £32.63 £21.13
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.00 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +59.57% -20.38% +264.83%
75th Percentile - £61.13 £60.75
90th Percentile - £69.45 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +34.05%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco Nexus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow - 6 £425 -
Edinburgh - 5 £425 -
Aberdeen - 3 £425 -
Cisco Nexus
UK

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) BGP
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco Firepower
2 8 (72.73%) WAN
3 7 (63.64%) EIGRP
3 7 (63.64%) OSPF
3 7 (63.64%) SD-WAN
4 6 (54.55%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (45.45%) Wireless
6 4 (36.36%) Cisco Wireless
7 3 (27.27%) LAN
8 2 (18.18%) IPsec
8 2 (18.18%) VPN
8 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (9.09%) IPv4
9 1 (9.09%) MPLS
9 1 (9.09%) Multicast
9 1 (9.09%) Network Security
9 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Network Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Field Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
2 6 (54.55%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (72.73%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) F5
2 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
4 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds