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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 434 428
Rank change year-on-year -117 -6 +55
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 116 118 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.29% 3.04% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 75 84
10th Percentile £375 £400 £304
25th Percentile £413 £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £497
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -4.33% +10.33%
75th Percentile £580 £536 £550
90th Percentile £675 £594 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £492 £488
% change year-on-year +0.61% +0.92% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £28.30 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £28.75 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £41.69 £39.69 -
90th Percentile £60.93 £39.88 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 - -

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 5,069 3,880 4,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.47% 11.82% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,998 2,361 2,873
10th Percentile £250 £243 £220
25th Percentile £400 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.68% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 203 314
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.13
Median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.78% -6.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.35 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -42.22% -18.00% -2.86%

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 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco Nexus over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco Nexus in the UK

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 20 August 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 -143 92 £500 +1.63% 27
UK excluding London -80 79 £495 +0.61% 15
Work from Home -54 29 £463 +2.78% 10
London -113 27 £513 +7.89% 12
North of England -49 20 £500 +1.63% 2
Scotland -2 18 £425 -5.56% 1
South West -29 17 £498 -13.48% 1
South East -48 17 £463 -9.31% 3
Yorkshire -36 14 £500 +1.63% 2
West Midlands -56 6 £413 -21.43% 5
Midlands -59 6 £413 -21.43% 7
North West -34 5 £563 +14.31%
East of England -19 1 - - 2
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 2 (1.72%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.86%) Confluence
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.41%) Azure
2 16 (13.79%) AWS
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.72%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.72%) GCP
6 2 (1.72%) IBM Watson
6 2 (1.72%) OCI
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.86%) GitHub
7 1 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.86%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.86%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 71 (61.21%) Firewall
2 58 (50.00%) WAN
3 53 (45.69%) BGP
4 52 (44.83%) LAN
5 47 (40.52%) OSPF
6 44 (37.93%) VPN
7 37 (31.90%) Network Security
8 36 (31.03%) VLAN
9 31 (26.72%) Cisco ASA
10 30 (25.86%) SD-WAN
10 30 (25.86%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (23.28%) Wireless
12 26 (22.41%) MPLS
13 25 (21.55%) VXLAN
14 24 (20.69%) DNS
15 23 (19.83%) Cisco Firepower
16 22 (18.97%) IPsec
17 19 (16.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 18 (15.52%) TCP/IP
19 15 (12.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Development Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.72%) Git
3 1 (0.86%) GitLab
3 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 31 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.03%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.17%) Finance
5 6 (5.17%) Legal
5 6 (5.17%) Police
5 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.31%) Retail
7 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Banking
8 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (64.66%) Network Engineer
2 19 (16.38%) Senior
3 18 (15.52%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (12.93%) Architect
5 11 (9.48%) Network Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Lead
7 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.31%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) NOC Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Lead Architect
9 4 (3.45%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.59%) Field Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) IP Network Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) Network Designer
10 3 (2.59%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.31%) REST
2 5 (4.31%) Terraform
3 4 (3.45%) LDAP
3 4 (3.45%) SAML
4 2 (1.72%) Middleware
4 2 (1.72%) YAML
5 1 (0.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (45.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.48%) PKI
3 8 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.03%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (5.17%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.59%) Celerra
7 3 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.59%) EMC Centera
7 3 (2.59%) EMC VMAX
7 3 (2.59%) EMC VNX
7 3 (2.59%) IBM XIV
7 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.59%) Symmetrix
7 3 (2.59%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.97%) Windows
2 17 (14.66%) Linux
3 3 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.86%) CatOS
4 1 (0.86%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.86%) Unix
4 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.97%) Load Balancing
2 21 (18.10%) Roadmaps
3 20 (17.24%) Network Monitoring
4 18 (15.52%) ITIL
4 18 (15.52%) Migration
4 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.66%) High Availability
6 15 (12.93%) Change Management
6 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.93%) Network Management
6 15 (12.93%) Project Delivery
7 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
8 13 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (9.48%) Network Architecture
9 11 (9.48%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (6.90%) ITSM
12 8 (6.90%) Network Segmentation
12 8 (6.90%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.76%) Python
2 3 (2.59%) Bash
3 1 (0.86%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (38.79%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (31.03%) CCNP
3 28 (24.14%) Security Cleared
4 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
5 12 (10.34%) DV Cleared
6 11 (9.48%) CCNA
7 8 (6.90%) Degree
8 7 (6.03%) CCIE
9 5 (4.31%) CCSE
9 5 (4.31%) CCSM
10 4 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.86%) CCNA CyberOps
13 1 (0.86%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.86%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) Disclosure Scotland
1 6 (5.17%) QA
2 5 (4.31%) NCSC
2 5 (4.31%) SLA
3 2 (1.72%) GDPR
3 2 (1.72%) NIST
3 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.21%) VMware NSX
3 9 (7.76%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (6.03%) Active Directory
5 5 (4.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.45%) Firmware
6 4 (3.45%) vSphere
7 3 (2.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.59%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.86%) Docker
8 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.62%) Ansible
1 10 (8.62%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.31%) Avamar
3 4 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.59%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.59%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.86%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.86%) Grafana
5 1 (0.86%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.86%) Puppet
5 1 (0.86%) SCCM
5 1 (0.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 116 (100.00%) Cisco
2 54 (46.55%) F5
3 50 (43.10%) Palo Alto
4 29 (25.00%) VMware
5 23 (19.83%) CheckPoint
5 23 (19.83%) SolarWinds
6 21 (18.10%) Fortinet
7 13 (11.21%) Microsoft
8 12 (10.34%) Aruba
9 7 (6.03%) Juniper
9 7 (6.03%) Meraki
10 5 (4.31%) IBM
10 5 (4.31%) NetApp
11 4 (3.45%) Arista
11 4 (3.45%) Infoblox
11 4 (3.45%) Riverbed
12 3 (2.59%) 3PAR
12 3 (2.59%) Brocade
12 3 (2.59%) NetScout
12 3 (2.59%) Veeam