Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cisco Nexus
England > South West

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 129 137
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 4 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.20% 0.20% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% 1.43% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - - £364
25th Percentile - £440 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% - -19.64%
75th Percentile - £460 £500
90th Percentile - - £538
England median daily rate £475 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £63.58
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.75 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 262 350 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.00% 14.17% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 204 270
10th Percentile £225 £330 £225
25th Percentile £275 £440 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £650
90th Percentile £695 £675 £713
England median daily rate £486 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.75% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 22 71
10th Percentile £26.70 £11.83 £46.25
25th Percentile £40.07 £64.06 £48.32
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +15.06% -10.66%
75th Percentile £64.63 £73.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £64.85 £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.39 £55.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -39.30% -2.64% +37.68%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in the South West

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cisco Nexus
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Bristol - 3 - -
Somerset +4 1 £535 - 1
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) npm
1 1 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) HSRP
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) VRRP
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) IGMP
3 1 (25.00%) Multicast
3 1 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (25.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) LAN Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) Jest
1 1 (25.00%) React
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Release Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce