Cisco Nexus Contract Job Trends

Cisco Nexus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 408 418
Rank change year-on-year -123 +10 +135
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 107 112 156
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.33% 3.03% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 69 96
10th Percentile £303 £397 £300
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £433
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +15.61% -8.95%
75th Percentile £525 £584 £550
90th Percentile £659 £632 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £396
% change year-on-year -7.50% +26.26% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.74% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,587 3,698 5,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.55% 12.69% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,836 2,280 3,215
10th Percentile £263 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -5.68%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £458 £475
% change year-on-year +3.83% -3.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 164 417
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.04 £17.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £31.79 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -20.53% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £57.80 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £24.66 £46.14
% change year-on-year +71.33% -46.55% +156.31%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Cisco Nexus
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
England -129 79 £465 -11.43% 15
UK excluding London -91 75 £463 -7.50% 16
Work from Home -31 37 £463 -7.50% 11
London -76 23 £580 +10.48% 5
Scotland +7 20 £438 - 6
South East -57 19 £450 -24.84% 3
South West -37 17 £495 -10.81% 4
West Midlands -57 10 £340 -36.74% 1
Midlands -64 10 £340 -36.74% 1
North of England -78 7 - - 2
North West -43 3 - - 1
Yorkshire -61 3 - - 1
East of England -30 2 £563 -6.25%
North East - 1 - -

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (10.28%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.02%) Azure
2 10 (9.35%) AWS
3 5 (4.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.80%) Catchpoint
4 3 (2.80%) IaaS
4 3 (2.80%) PaaS
4 3 (2.80%) SaaS
4 3 (2.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.93%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.93%) GCP
5 1 (0.93%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.93%) OCI
5 1 (0.93%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 66 (61.68%) Firewall
2 49 (45.79%) WAN
3 45 (42.06%) LAN
4 44 (41.12%) BGP
5 41 (38.32%) VPN
6 40 (37.38%) OSPF
7 29 (27.10%) Network Security
8 28 (26.17%) SD-WAN
9 25 (23.36%) VXLAN
10 24 (22.43%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (20.56%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (20.56%) IPsec
11 22 (20.56%) Wireless
12 19 (17.76%) VLAN
13 17 (15.89%) MPLS
13 17 (15.89%) NX-OS
14 14 (13.08%) BIG-IP
14 14 (13.08%) Wireshark
15 13 (12.15%) DNS
15 13 (12.15%) SSL
Development Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.93%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 22 (20.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.48%) Retail
4 7 (6.54%) Law
4 7 (6.54%) Legal
5 6 (5.61%) Finance
6 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.93%) Billing
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 80 (74.77%) Network Engineer
2 10 (9.35%) Architect
3 9 (8.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 8 (7.48%) Network Architect
5 7 (6.54%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) IP Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) IP Network Engineer
6 6 (5.61%) Senior
7 5 (4.67%) Design Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Core Network Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Data Centre Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Field Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Network Field Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) NOC Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) LDAP
1 10 (9.35%) SAML
2 6 (5.61%) 802.1X
3 4 (3.74%) VML
4 3 (2.80%) REST
5 2 (1.87%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 53 (49.53%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.54%) Security Posture
3 6 (5.61%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.87%) Celerra
6 2 (1.87%) EMC Centera
6 2 (1.87%) EMC VMAX
6 2 (1.87%) EMC VNX
6 2 (1.87%) IBM XIV
6 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.87%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.87%) PKI
6 2 (1.87%) Symmetrix
6 2 (1.87%) Symmetrix DMX
7 1 (0.93%) CMDB
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.93%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 24 (22.43%) Windows
2 16 (14.95%) Linux
3 5 (4.67%) CatOS
4 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.93%) VMS
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.43%) Load Balancing
2 21 (19.63%) Network Monitoring
3 20 (18.69%) Migration
4 17 (15.89%) Change Management
5 16 (14.95%) High Availability
5 16 (14.95%) Roadmaps
6 15 (14.02%) ITIL
6 15 (14.02%) Network Management
7 12 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.28%) Mentoring
9 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (6.54%) Commercial Awareness
11 7 (6.54%) Data Protection
11 7 (6.54%) Network Design
12 6 (5.61%) Configuration Management
12 6 (5.61%) Network Architecture
12 6 (5.61%) Problem Management
12 6 (5.61%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.35%) Python
2 2 (1.87%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 33 (30.84%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (25.23%) CCNP
2 27 (25.23%) Security Cleared
3 24 (22.43%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.35%) CCIE
5 8 (7.48%) DV Cleared
6 7 (6.54%) CCNA
7 4 (3.74%) CCSE
7 4 (3.74%) CCSM
7 4 (3.74%) Degree
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.87%) CCIP
8 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.87%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.87%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.93%) CCDA
9 1 (0.93%) CCDP
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) Disclosure Scotland
1 6 (5.61%) QA
2 4 (3.74%) SLA
3 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) NCSC
4 1 (0.93%) NIST
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (21.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (15.89%) VMware NSX
3 14 (13.08%) Active Directory
4 8 (7.48%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.74%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.74%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (3.74%) vSphere
6 2 (1.87%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.87%) vCloud
6 2 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.93%) Firmware
7 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) Ansible
2 10 (9.35%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (5.61%) Cisco Prime
3 6 (5.61%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.67%) Terraform
5 4 (3.74%) Avamar
6 2 (1.87%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.93%) CASB
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.93%) Grafana
7 1 (0.93%) Nessus
7 1 (0.93%) SCCM
7 1 (0.93%) SCOM
7 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 107 (100.00%) Cisco
2 53 (49.53%) F5
3 52 (48.60%) Palo Alto
4 32 (29.91%) VMware
5 25 (23.36%) CheckPoint
6 21 (19.63%) Fortinet
7 15 (14.02%) Juniper
8 14 (13.08%) Microsoft
9 13 (12.15%) SolarWinds
10 11 (10.28%) Aruba
10 11 (10.28%) Meraki
11 7 (6.54%) Arista
12 4 (3.74%) NetApp
13 3 (2.80%) NetScout
13 3 (2.80%) Veeam
14 2 (1.87%) 3PAR
14 2 (1.87%) Brocade
14 2 (1.87%) Infoblox
14 2 (1.87%) Isilon
14 2 (1.87%) Tufin