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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 426 429
Rank change year-on-year -92 +3 +108
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 97 95 160
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 2.52% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 59 90
10th Percentile £303 £383 £300
25th Percentile £394 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £411
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +21.75% -19.00%
75th Percentile £525 £591 £525
90th Percentile £668 £632 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £396
% change year-on-year -10.00% +26.26% -16.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - +0.61%

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 4,483 3,767 5,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.66% 12.76% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,796 2,331 3,434
10th Percentile £249 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 172 430
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.82
25th Percentile £20.80 £20.83 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.38 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.31 £62.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £27.94 £46.95
% change year-on-year +87.90% -40.48% +153.76%

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 23 April 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 13 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 23 April 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 -105 70 £465 -11.43% 18
UK excluding London -91 65 £450 -10.00% 18
Work from Home -42 32 £463 -7.50% 6
London -58 23 £540 +3.35% 4
Scotland +14 19 £425 -2.86% 3
South East -44 16 £425 -29.02% 4
South West -30 15 £498 -10.36% 7
West Midlands -54 8 £300 +62.16% 1
Midlands -57 8 £300 +62.16% 1
North of England -72 6 - - 3
North West -45 3 - - 1
Yorkshire -52 3 - - 2
East of England -26 1 £563 -6.25%

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 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (11.34%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) Azure
2 10 (10.31%) AWS
3 3 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (3.09%) Catchpoint
3 3 (3.09%) GCP
3 3 (3.09%) IaaS
3 3 (3.09%) OCI
3 3 (3.09%) PaaS
3 3 (3.09%) SaaS
3 3 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.03%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.03%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 62 (63.92%) Firewall
2 45 (46.39%) WAN
3 42 (43.30%) BGP
4 39 (40.21%) LAN
5 38 (39.18%) OSPF
5 38 (39.18%) VPN
6 27 (27.84%) Network Security
7 25 (25.77%) SD-WAN
8 23 (23.71%) VXLAN
9 20 (20.62%) Cisco ASA
9 20 (20.62%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (18.56%) IPsec
10 18 (18.56%) Wireless
11 16 (16.49%) MPLS
11 16 (16.49%) NX-OS
12 15 (15.46%) VLAN
13 13 (13.40%) Wireshark
14 12 (12.37%) BIG-IP
14 12 (12.37%) Cisco IOS
14 12 (12.37%) SSL
Development Applications
1 15 (15.46%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.22%) Law
3 7 (7.22%) Legal
4 6 (6.19%) Finance
4 6 (6.19%) Retail
5 5 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.03%) Billing
7 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (75.26%) Network Engineer
2 9 (9.28%) Architect
2 9 (9.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (8.25%) Network Architect
4 7 (7.22%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) IP Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) IP Network Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Senior
6 5 (5.15%) Design Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Security Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Core Network Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Data Centre Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) IP Design Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Network Field Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) LDAP
1 8 (8.25%) SAML
2 5 (5.15%) 802.1X
3 4 (4.12%) VML
4 3 (3.09%) REST
5 2 (2.06%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 49 (50.52%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.22%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.19%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.06%) Celerra
6 2 (2.06%) EMC Centera
6 2 (2.06%) EMC VMAX
6 2 (2.06%) EMC VNX
6 2 (2.06%) IBM XIV
6 2 (2.06%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.06%) Symmetrix
6 2 (2.06%) Symmetrix DMX
7 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.03%) iSeries
7 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.03%) PKI
7 1 (1.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.62%) Windows
2 12 (12.37%) Linux
3 4 (4.12%) CatOS
4 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.03%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.03%) VMS
5 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.59%) Load Balancing
2 18 (18.56%) Migration
3 16 (16.49%) Network Monitoring
4 15 (15.46%) Change Management
5 14 (14.43%) High Availability
6 13 (13.40%) Network Management
6 13 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.40%) Roadmaps
7 12 (12.37%) ITIL
8 9 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.28%) Mentoring
9 7 (7.22%) Data Protection
9 7 (7.22%) Network Design
9 7 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (6.19%) Configuration Management
10 6 (6.19%) Network Architecture
10 6 (6.19%) Problem Management
10 6 (6.19%) Security Management
11 5 (5.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.31%) Python
2 2 (2.06%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 30 (30.93%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (27.84%) Security Cleared
3 25 (25.77%) CCNP
4 23 (23.71%) SC Cleared
5 10 (10.31%) CCIE
6 8 (8.25%) DV Cleared
7 6 (6.19%) CCNA
8 4 (4.12%) Degree
9 2 (2.06%) CCIP
9 2 (2.06%) CCSE
9 2 (2.06%) CCSM
9 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.06%) JNCIA
9 2 (2.06%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.03%) CCDA
10 1 (1.03%) CCDP
10 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (4.12%) QA
2 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.06%) SLA
3 1 (1.03%) NCSC
3 1 (1.03%) NIST
3 1 (1.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (21.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (15.46%) VMware NSX
3 12 (12.37%) Active Directory
4 6 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (4.12%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (4.12%) vSphere
6 3 (3.09%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.06%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (2.06%) vCloud
7 2 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.03%) Firmware
8 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (14.43%) Ansible
2 8 (8.25%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (6.19%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (5.15%) Terraform
5 4 (4.12%) FortiGate
6 3 (3.09%) Avamar
7 2 (2.06%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (1.03%) CASB
8 1 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (1.03%) Grafana
8 1 (1.03%) Nessus
8 1 (1.03%) SCCM
8 1 (1.03%) SCOM
8 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.03%) VxRail
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Cisco
2 46 (47.42%) F5
2 46 (47.42%) Palo Alto
3 26 (26.80%) VMware
4 21 (21.65%) CheckPoint
5 17 (17.53%) Fortinet
6 16 (16.49%) Juniper
7 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
8 12 (12.37%) SolarWinds
9 11 (11.34%) Aruba
9 11 (11.34%) Meraki
10 7 (7.22%) Arista
11 3 (3.09%) NetApp
11 3 (3.09%) NetScout
11 3 (3.09%) Veeam
12 2 (2.06%) Brocade
12 2 (2.06%) Dell
12 2 (2.06%) EMC
12 2 (2.06%) HP
12 2 (2.06%) IBM