Cisco Nexus Contracts

Cisco Nexus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco Nexus over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 417 508
Rank change year-on-year -4 +91 +126
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 129 158 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.36% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.27% 2.91% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 97 99
10th Percentile £400 £300 £363
25th Percentile £425 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £544
90th Percentile £613 £625 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +13.76% -3.89% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £36.63 - £55.62
25th Percentile £37.19 - -
Median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.00
75th Percentile £39.69 - £63.23
90th Percentile £39.88 - £70.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - -1.95%

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 3,941 5,422 7,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.39% 12.51% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,378 3,197 4,666
10th Percentile £231 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £502
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.30% +0.30%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -4.08% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 429 419
10th Percentile £14.54 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £22.26
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +102.16% -23.40%
75th Percentile £60.41 £63.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.35 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.55 £47.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -33.59% +94.08% +8.78%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Nexus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Nexus in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Nexus.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Nexus in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Nexus.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Nexus in the UK

Cisco Nexus
Top 14 Contract 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 5 July 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
England +20 110 £500 +15.29% 138
UK excluding London +12 64 £492 +13.76% 66
London +51 56 £500 +5.82% 99
Work from Home +16 36 £500 +6.38% 30
North of England +1 20 £492 +24.24% 13
South West +41 16 £575 +27.78% 4
Scotland +13 13 £450 +9.09% 21
Yorkshire +14 12 £490 +138.78% 6
Midlands -3 10 £390 -35.00% 1
North West -10 8 £543 +30.30% 5
West Midlands -3 7 £390 -22.00% 1
South East +12 5 £500 +5.26% 24
East Midlands +2 3 - -
East of England +16 1 £600 +8.11% 2

Cisco Nexus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.63%) Azure
2 11 (8.53%) AWS
3 7 (5.43%) Akamai
4 4 (3.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (2.33%) GCP
6 2 (1.55%) npm
6 2 (1.55%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 98 (75.97%) Firewall
2 56 (43.41%) WAN
3 53 (41.09%) LAN
4 46 (35.66%) BGP
5 43 (33.33%) SD-WAN
6 38 (29.46%) OSPF
6 38 (29.46%) VPN
7 31 (24.03%) Wireless
8 29 (22.48%) Cisco ASA
9 23 (17.83%) VXLAN
9 23 (17.83%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (16.28%) Network Security
11 19 (14.73%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (12.40%) Cisco IOS
12 16 (12.40%) DNS
13 14 (10.85%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (10.08%) EIGRP
14 13 (10.08%) MPLS
15 12 (9.30%) Ethernet
15 12 (9.30%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 26 (20.16%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.33%) Git
2 3 (2.33%) GitLab
3 2 (1.55%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.55%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.55%) webpack
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 25 (19.38%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.08%) Finance
3 8 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.43%) Law
4 7 (5.43%) Legal
4 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.88%) Advertising
7 4 (3.10%) Banking
8 3 (2.33%) Retail
9 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.55%) Military
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (75.97%) Network Engineer
2 17 (13.18%) Senior
3 16 (12.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 15 (11.63%) Cisco Engineer
4 15 (11.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (10.85%) Architect
5 14 (10.85%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (9.30%) Implementation Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.75%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Consultant
9 5 (3.88%) Field Engineer
9 5 (3.88%) Network Field Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) LAN Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) Lead
10 4 (3.10%) Security Engineer
11 3 (2.33%) Network Designer
11 3 (2.33%) Network Security Engineer
11 3 (2.33%) Network Specialist
11 3 (2.33%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.88%) Spine.js
2 3 (2.33%) JSON
3 2 (1.55%) CSS
3 2 (1.55%) HTML
3 2 (1.55%) Jest
3 2 (1.55%) React
3 2 (1.55%) RESTful
3 2 (1.55%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.55%) Web Services
4 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 57 (44.19%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.88%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.55%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.65%) Windows
2 3 (2.33%) Linux
3 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (17.05%) Network Monitoring
2 18 (13.95%) Migration
3 16 (12.40%) High Availability
4 15 (11.63%) Network Architecture
4 15 (11.63%) Network Design
5 12 (9.30%) Change Management
5 12 (9.30%) ITIL
5 12 (9.30%) Load Balancing
6 11 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (6.98%) Analytics
7 9 (6.98%) Validation
8 8 (6.20%) Mentoring
9 7 (5.43%) Data Protection
9 7 (5.43%) Network Virtualisation
10 6 (4.65%) Incident Management
10 6 (4.65%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (4.65%) Task Automation
11 5 (3.88%) Computer Science
11 5 (3.88%) Knowledge Transfer
11 5 (3.88%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.40%) Python
2 2 (1.55%) Java
2 2 (1.55%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.78%) Bash
3 1 (0.78%) Perl
3 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (44.96%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (35.66%) Security Cleared
3 42 (32.56%) SC Cleared
4 37 (28.68%) CCNP
5 13 (10.08%) CCNA
6 10 (7.75%) CCIE
7 8 (6.20%) Degree
8 6 (4.65%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.65%) JNCIA
8 6 (4.65%) JNCIS
9 5 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.55%) CCDP
10 2 (1.55%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.78%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (0.78%) CCSP
11 1 (0.78%) CISSP
11 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.78%) NIST
1 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.10%) Firmware
3 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (15.50%) Ansible
2 11 (8.53%) FortiGate
3 10 (7.75%) Cisco Prime
4 9 (6.98%) Terraform
5 6 (4.65%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.33%) OpenView
7 2 (1.55%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.55%) OPNET
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.78%) Nagios
8 1 (0.78%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 129 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (31.01%) Palo Alto
3 37 (28.68%) F5
4 32 (24.81%) Fortinet
5 20 (15.50%) SolarWinds
6 18 (13.95%) Microsoft
7 14 (10.85%) CheckPoint
8 12 (9.30%) Arista
8 12 (9.30%) VMware
9 11 (8.53%) Juniper
10 8 (6.20%) Aruba
11 6 (4.65%) Meraki
12 5 (3.88%) Infoblox
13 4 (3.10%) LogicMonitor
13 4 (3.10%) Splunk
14 3 (2.33%) AlgoSec
14 3 (2.33%) ServiceNow
15 2 (1.55%) NetScout
15 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
15 2 (1.55%) Zscaler