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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 418 419
Rank change year-on-year -123 +1 +140
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 74 103 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.69% 2.65% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 65 90
10th Percentile £302 £391 £300
25th Percentile £375 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -16.17%
75th Percentile £525 £613 £522
90th Percentile £579 £683 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £403
% change year-on-year -15.00% +24.22% -20.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile - - £62.24
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - £66.74
90th Percentile - - £67.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +6.42%

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 4,383 3,880 5,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.08% 13.26% 13.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,832 2,384 3,570
10th Percentile £217 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +3.16% -9.51%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 143 393
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.97 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £66.31 £63.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.10 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year +29.05% -29.16% +148.00%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -124 50 £463 -15.91% 20
UK excluding London -88 45 £425 -15.00% 16
Work from Home -50 30 £466 -6.85% 4
London -66 20 £500 -4.76% 5
Scotland +15 16 £425 -2.86% 1
South East -54 11 £463 -22.76% 5
West Midlands -57 7 £308 - 1
Midlands -59 7 £308 - 1
North of England -83 6 - - 8
South West -36 4 £500 -13.04%
North West -43 4 - - 5
Yorkshire -60 2 - - 2
East of England -20 1 £563 -6.25% 3

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:

Applications
1 10 (13.51%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) Azure
2 7 (9.46%) AWS
3 4 (5.41%) IaaS
3 4 (5.41%) PaaS
3 4 (5.41%) SaaS
4 3 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.05%) Catchpoint
4 3 (4.05%) GCP
4 3 (4.05%) OCI
5 2 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 52 (70.27%) Firewall
2 40 (54.05%) WAN
3 33 (44.59%) BGP
4 32 (43.24%) VPN
5 29 (39.19%) OSPF
6 28 (37.84%) LAN
7 21 (28.38%) Cisco ASA
7 21 (28.38%) SD-WAN
8 18 (24.32%) Network Security
9 16 (21.62%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (21.62%) Wireless
10 15 (20.27%) IPsec
10 15 (20.27%) MPLS
11 13 (17.57%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (16.22%) VXLAN
12 12 (16.22%) Wireshark
13 11 (14.86%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (14.86%) NX-OS
14 10 (13.51%) EIGRP
15 9 (12.16%) DNS
Development Applications
1 13 (17.57%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 18 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.46%) Legal
4 6 (8.11%) Law
4 6 (8.11%) Retail
5 5 (6.76%) Finance
6 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Billing
8 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (82.43%) Network Engineer
2 8 (10.81%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
5 4 (5.41%) Core Network Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Data Centre Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Design Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) IP Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) IP Network Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Architect
6 3 (4.05%) Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Data Network Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) IP Design Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Network Architect
6 3 (4.05%) Network Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Secure Network Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) Network Field Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) LDAP
1 7 (9.46%) SAML
2 4 (5.41%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.41%) VML
3 1 (1.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (45.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.81%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.35%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 6 (8.11%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) CatOS
4 1 (1.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Change Management
1 15 (20.27%) Network Monitoring
2 12 (16.22%) Load Balancing
3 10 (13.51%) ITIL
3 10 (13.51%) Migration
4 9 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (10.81%) High Availability
6 7 (9.46%) Network Management
7 6 (8.11%) Configuration Management
7 6 (8.11%) Network Design
7 6 (8.11%) Problem Management
7 6 (8.11%) Security Management
8 5 (6.76%) Agile
8 5 (6.76%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (6.76%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.76%) Roadmaps
8 5 (6.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (5.41%) CI/CD
9 4 (5.41%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 26 (35.14%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (32.43%) CCNP
3 18 (24.32%) Security Cleared
4 16 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 10 (13.51%) CCIE
6 5 (6.76%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.41%) CCNA
8 3 (4.05%) Degree
9 2 (2.70%) CCIP
9 2 (2.70%) CCSE
9 2 (2.70%) CCSM
9 2 (2.70%) JNCIA
9 2 (2.70%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CCDA
10 1 (1.35%) CCDP
10 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.35%) NCSC
2 1 (1.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (17.57%) VMware NSX
3 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
4 6 (8.11%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (5.41%) vSphere
6 2 (2.70%) Firmware
6 2 (2.70%) vCloud
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (16.22%) Ansible
2 7 (9.46%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.11%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (6.76%) Terraform
5 1 (1.35%) CASB
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.35%) Grafana
5 1 (1.35%) Nessus
5 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (54.05%) Palo Alto
3 26 (35.14%) F5
4 21 (28.38%) VMware
5 20 (27.03%) CheckPoint
6 16 (21.62%) Fortinet
7 15 (20.27%) Juniper
8 14 (18.92%) SolarWinds
9 13 (17.57%) Meraki
10 12 (16.22%) Aruba
10 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
11 7 (9.46%) Arista
12 3 (4.05%) NetScout
13 2 (2.70%) AppNeta
13 2 (2.70%) Infoblox
13 2 (2.70%) Tufin
14 1 (1.35%) Dell
14 1 (1.35%) HP
14 1 (1.35%) McAfee
14 1 (1.35%) Veeam