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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 441 439
Rank change year-on-year -140 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 112 110 131
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.20% 2.95% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 77 81
10th Percentile £370 £385 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £523 £581
90th Percentile £674 £575 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £458 £500
% change year-on-year +9.23% -8.45% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £28.40 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% - -
75th Percentile £56.00 £39.69 -
90th Percentile £66.65 £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 5,084 3,735 4,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.31% 11.46% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,934 2,338 2,593
10th Percentile £231 £219 £228
25th Percentile £390 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% +5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 200 213
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.11 £23.80
Median hourly rate £34.28 £42.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.34% -15.84% -10.53%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £73.20 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -32.94% -25.89% -0.26%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -134 94 £500 +5.26% 35
UK excluding London -71 75 £500 +9.23% 21
London -125 25 £450 - 15
Work from Home -54 24 £463 +2.78% 16
North of England -68 20 £500 +1.88% 6
South West -26 17 £538 +0.47% 1
South East -58 16 £463 -9.31% 4
Scotland -24 14 £425 -5.56% 3
Yorkshire -36 14 £500 +1.63% 5
Midlands -42 7 £475 -11.63% 5
West Midlands -43 7 £475 -11.63% 5
North West -49 5 £563 +25.11%
East of England -28 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - - 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 (1.79%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.86%) Azure
2 10 (8.93%) AWS
3 7 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.68%) GitHub
6 2 (1.79%) GCP
6 2 (1.79%) IBM Watson
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.89%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.89%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 64 (57.14%) Firewall
2 54 (48.21%) BGP
2 54 (48.21%) WAN
3 52 (46.43%) LAN
4 45 (40.18%) OSPF
5 38 (33.93%) VPN
6 36 (32.14%) VLAN
7 32 (28.57%) Network Security
7 32 (28.57%) Wireless
8 27 (24.11%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (23.21%) Cisco ASA
9 26 (23.21%) VXLAN
10 25 (22.32%) DNS
11 24 (21.43%) MPLS
12 22 (19.64%) SD-WAN
13 20 (17.86%) Cisco Firepower
13 20 (17.86%) TCP/IP
14 19 (16.96%) IPsec
15 17 (15.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 14 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 11 (9.82%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.68%) Git
3 1 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.36%) Legal
5 6 (5.36%) Police
5 6 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.46%) Finance
6 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Retail
8 2 (1.79%) Banking
8 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (63.39%) Network Engineer
2 23 (20.54%) Senior
3 17 (15.18%) Senior Network Engineer
4 12 (10.71%) Architect
5 9 (8.04%) Network Architect
6 8 (7.14%) Lead
7 6 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (4.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) Lead Architect
9 4 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) Network Specialist
9 4 (3.57%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.57%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.68%) Network Team Leader
10 3 (2.68%) NOC Engineer
10 3 (2.68%) Senior Network Consultant
10 3 (2.68%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.71%) 802.1X
2 6 (5.36%) Terraform
3 5 (4.46%) YAML
4 3 (2.68%) JSON
4 3 (2.68%) LDAP
4 3 (2.68%) REST
4 3 (2.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (47.32%) Data Centre
2 13 (11.61%) PKI
3 9 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.25%) Private Cloud
5 6 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.57%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.68%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.68%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.89%) EMC Centera
9 1 (0.89%) EMC VMAX
9 1 (0.89%) EMC VNX
9 1 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.89%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.39%) Windows
2 11 (9.82%) Linux
3 5 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.68%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.89%) CatOS
5 1 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.89%) Unix
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (14.29%) ITIL
2 16 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 15 (13.39%) Load Balancing
3 15 (13.39%) Mentoring
3 15 (13.39%) Migration
4 14 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (12.50%) High Availability
4 14 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 14 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 13 (11.61%) Change Management
5 13 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (10.71%) Network Management
6 12 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (9.82%) Network Architecture
8 9 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (8.04%) Network Segmentation
9 8 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.14%) ITSM
9 8 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.93%) Python
2 3 (2.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (34.82%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (27.68%) CCNP
3 28 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 16 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 14 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 10 (8.93%) CCNA
7 8 (7.14%) CCIE
7 8 (7.14%) Degree
8 4 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.68%) CCSE
9 3 (2.68%) CCSM
9 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.89%) CCNA CyberOps
11 1 (0.89%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.89%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) NCSC
2 4 (3.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (3.57%) QA
3 3 (2.68%) SLA
4 2 (1.79%) GDPR
4 2 (1.79%) NIST
4 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (15.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (10.71%) VMware NSX
3 8 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.57%) vSphere
6 3 (2.68%) Firmware
7 2 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.89%) Docker
8 1 (0.89%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (8.93%) FortiGate
2 6 (5.36%) Ansible
3 3 (2.68%) Avamar
3 3 (2.68%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.89%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.89%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.89%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.89%) Puppet
4 1 (0.89%) SCCM
4 1 (0.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 112 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (39.29%) F5
3 41 (36.61%) Palo Alto
4 29 (25.89%) VMware
5 21 (18.75%) SolarWinds
6 19 (16.96%) Fortinet
7 18 (16.07%) CheckPoint
8 13 (11.61%) Microsoft
9 12 (10.71%) Aruba
9 12 (10.71%) Meraki
10 9 (8.04%) Arista
11 7 (6.25%) Juniper
12 5 (4.46%) NetApp
13 4 (3.57%) Riverbed
14 3 (2.68%) IBM
14 3 (2.68%) Infoblox
15 2 (1.79%) Forcepoint
15 2 (1.79%) Google
15 2 (1.79%) HP
15 2 (1.79%) Nokia