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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 432 420
Rank change year-on-year -74 -12 +155
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 72 102 179
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 2.46% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 61 95
10th Percentile £335 £354 £319
25th Percentile £403 £425 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £494 £588 £569
90th Percentile £553 £675 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £405
% change year-on-year -15.00% +23.46% -22.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £58.05
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £66.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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 3,918 4,140 5,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.65% 12.78% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,564 2,422 3,616
10th Percentile £205 £220 £209
25th Percentile £356 £369 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 138 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.86 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.81 £23.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% -42.47% +76.53%
75th Percentile £66.31 £53.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.38 £75.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £31.79 £59.00
% change year-on-year +33.69% -46.12% +66.20%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -83 53 £450 -14.29% 18
London -11 34 £450 -14.29% 4
UK excluding London -65 33 £425 -15.00% 14
Work from Home -21 23 £475 -5.00% 7
Scotland +14 14 £425 +13.33% 1
South East -41 5 £340 -35.24% 6
North of England -61 5 £335 -25.56%
North West -31 4 £335 -36.19%
Midlands -39 4 £340 -32.00% 4
West Midlands -39 4 £340 -32.00% 2
South West -6 3 £400 -20.00% 1
East of England -13 2 - - 2
Yorkshire -47 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 (1.39%) CICS
1 1 (1.39%) Confluence
1 1 (1.39%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.39%) WebSphere
1 1 (1.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Azure
2 8 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) GCP
3 3 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.78%) OCI
5 1 (1.39%) Akamai
5 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub
5 1 (1.39%) IaaS
5 1 (1.39%) PaaS
5 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (79.17%) Firewall
2 40 (55.56%) WAN
3 37 (51.39%) LAN
4 33 (45.83%) SD-WAN
5 32 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (37.50%) VPN
7 23 (31.94%) BGP
8 21 (29.17%) OSPF
9 17 (23.61%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (16.67%) Wireless
11 11 (15.28%) EIGRP
12 10 (13.89%) Network Security
13 9 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
13 9 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (11.11%) MPLS
15 7 (9.72%) IPsec
16 6 (8.33%) Internet
16 6 (8.33%) VXLAN
17 5 (6.94%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 15 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Retail
6 3 (4.17%) Law
6 3 (4.17%) Legal
7 2 (2.78%) Finance
7 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 45 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 16 (22.22%) Architect
3 14 (19.44%) Network Architect
4 10 (13.89%) Cisco Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Network Design Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Senior
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Field Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Network Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Network Field Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Secure Network Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Cisco Architect
9 2 (2.78%) Data Network Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Designer
9 2 (2.78%) Juniper Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Network Designer
9 2 (2.78%) Network Specialist
9 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.56%) LDAP
2 4 (5.56%) VML
3 3 (4.17%) SAML
4 2 (2.78%) REST
5 1 (1.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (48.61%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.94%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.78%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.78%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.39%) Clustering
4 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.39%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.39%) FlexPod
4 1 (1.39%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.39%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.39%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.72%) Windows
2 3 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (2.78%) CatOS
4 1 (1.39%) MVS
4 1 (1.39%) Solaris
4 1 (1.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) Network Design
2 12 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 10 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (12.50%) High Availability
4 9 (12.50%) Migration
4 9 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 7 (9.72%) Configuration Management
6 6 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (6.94%) Change Management
7 5 (6.94%) Network Management
8 4 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (5.56%) ITIL
8 4 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (4.17%) B2B
9 3 (4.17%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.17%) DevOps
9 3 (4.17%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (4.17%) Project Management
9 3 (4.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (1.39%) Java
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (40.28%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (36.11%) CCNP
3 21 (29.17%) Security Cleared
4 19 (26.39%) SC Cleared
5 9 (12.50%) CCIE
6 4 (5.56%) CCNA
7 3 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (4.17%) Degree
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.39%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (1.39%) CCSA
8 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.39%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.33%) VMware NSX
3 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.17%) KVM
5 1 (1.39%) Firmware
5 1 (1.39%) NFS
5 1 (1.39%) SRDF
5 1 (1.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (1.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (16.67%) Ansible
2 4 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.56%) Terraform
3 3 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.39%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (38.89%) Palo Alto
3 21 (29.17%) F5
4 20 (27.78%) Fortinet
5 14 (19.44%) Meraki
6 11 (15.28%) CheckPoint
7 10 (13.89%) SolarWinds
8 9 (12.50%) VMware
9 8 (11.11%) Aruba
10 7 (9.72%) Microsoft
11 5 (6.94%) Juniper
12 3 (4.17%) NetScout
13 2 (2.78%) Arista
13 2 (2.78%) EMC
13 2 (2.78%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (2.78%) NetApp
14 1 (1.39%) Forcepoint
14 1 (1.39%) McAfee
14 1 (1.39%) NVIDIA
14 1 (1.39%) Pure Storage