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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 443 540
Rank change year-on-year +21 +97 +111
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 97 158 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.36% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.59% 2.80% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 92 98
10th Percentile £384 £300 £359
25th Percentile £425 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -15.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £589 £532 £621
90th Percentile £631 £638 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £396 £475
% change year-on-year +26.26% -16.63% +0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £56.68
25th Percentile - £58.50 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
Median % change year-on-year - +0.61% +20.41%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £63.23
90th Percentile - - £69.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +20.41%

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 3,739 5,643 7,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.79% 12.94% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,297 3,382 4,789
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -46.41% +148.00% -13.95%

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 30 April 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 15 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 30 April 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 -5 77 £525 +31.25% 28
UK excluding London +7 52 £500 +26.26% 26
Work from Home +49 44 £500 +44.93% 17
London +22 31 £523 +19.43% 10
South West +51 15 £555 +88.14% 4
North of England +13 15 £450 +13.64% 3
North West +1 12 £500 +20.09% 2
Scotland - 9 £438 - 9
South East +10 8 £599 +59.67% 7
Midlands +9 5 £355 -40.83% 3
Yorkshire +16 3 £345 +68.29% 1
West Midlands +4 3 £355 - 3
East Midlands +7 2 - -
East of England +27 1 £600 +60.00%
Wales - 1 £150 -

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 4 (4.12%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.43%) Azure
2 12 (12.37%) AWS
3 4 (4.12%) OpenShift
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 72 (74.23%) Firewall
2 51 (52.58%) BGP
3 41 (42.27%) VPN
4 38 (39.18%) OSPF
4 38 (39.18%) WAN
5 31 (31.96%) Cisco ASA
5 31 (31.96%) LAN
6 27 (27.84%) Wireless
7 25 (25.77%) VXLAN
8 21 (21.65%) SD-WAN
9 19 (19.59%) Network Security
10 17 (17.53%) Ethernet VPN
10 17 (17.53%) MPLS
10 17 (17.53%) TCP/IP
11 16 (16.49%) Cisco Firepower
11 16 (16.49%) DNS
12 15 (15.46%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (15.46%) Multicast
13 12 (12.37%) EIGRP
13 12 (12.37%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 20 (20.62%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (3.09%) GitLab
3 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 21 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.15%) Advertising
3 5 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (5.15%) Finance
3 5 (5.15%) Law
4 4 (4.12%) Legal
4 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.06%) Banking
5 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.06%) Military
5 2 (2.06%) Retail
6 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (78.35%) Network Engineer
2 20 (20.62%) Senior
3 14 (14.43%) Senior Network Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 12 (12.37%) Consultant
6 11 (11.34%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (10.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 8 (8.25%) Architect
8 8 (8.25%) Network Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Project Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.09%) Field Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Network Architect
10 3 (3.09%) Network Field Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Security Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Architect
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Technical Architect
11 2 (2.06%) LAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) Spine.js
2 3 (3.09%) JSON
3 1 (1.03%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 40 (41.24%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.15%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.09%) PKI
5 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.03%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.06%) Linux
1 2 (2.06%) Unix
1 2 (2.06%) Windows
1 2 (2.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.65%) Migration
2 14 (14.43%) Network Architecture
2 14 (14.43%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (11.34%) Network Design
4 10 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (9.28%) ITIL
6 8 (8.25%) Load Balancing
6 8 (8.25%) Network Virtualisation
7 7 (7.22%) High Availability
7 7 (7.22%) Validation
8 6 (6.19%) Change Management
8 6 (6.19%) Computer Science
9 5 (5.15%) Adaptive Security
9 5 (5.15%) DevSecOps
9 5 (5.15%) Incident Management
9 5 (5.15%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.15%) Service Management
9 5 (5.15%) System Testing
9 5 (5.15%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (5.15%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.49%) Python
2 1 (1.03%) Bash
2 1 (1.03%) Perl
2 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (46.39%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (41.24%) CCNP
3 35 (36.08%) Security Cleared
4 31 (31.96%) SC Cleared
5 12 (12.37%) CCNA
6 8 (8.25%) CCIE
6 8 (8.25%) Degree
6 8 (8.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (6.19%) DV Cleared
8 5 (5.15%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (5.15%) JNCIA
8 5 (5.15%) JNCIS
9 3 (3.09%) MCSE
9 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.03%) CCDP
11 1 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (4.12%) NCSC
1 4 (4.12%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.15%) VMware NSX
3 4 (4.12%) vSphere
4 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.03%) Firmware
4 1 (1.03%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 16 (16.49%) Ansible
2 8 (8.25%) Cisco Prime
2 8 (8.25%) Terraform
3 5 (5.15%) vCenter Server
4 4 (4.12%) Progress Chef
5 3 (3.09%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.09%) OPNET
6 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (1.03%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.03%) Nagios
7 1 (1.03%) OpenView
7 1 (1.03%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Cisco
2 49 (50.52%) Palo Alto
3 21 (21.65%) F5
4 18 (18.56%) VMware
5 10 (10.31%) CheckPoint
6 9 (9.28%) Arista
6 9 (9.28%) Fortinet
6 9 (9.28%) Microsoft
6 9 (9.28%) SolarWinds
7 7 (7.22%) Aruba
8 5 (5.15%) Meraki
9 4 (4.12%) Juniper
9 4 (4.12%) Red Hat
10 3 (3.09%) Infoblox
10 3 (3.09%) Splunk
11 2 (2.06%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (2.06%) Forcepoint
11 2 (2.06%) NetScout
11 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.03%) HP