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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 430 431
Rank change year-on-year -116 +1 +51
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 114 121 134
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.27% 3.09% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 76 82
10th Percentile £395 £400 £301
25th Percentile £419 £420 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -3.11% +8.94%
75th Percentile £575 £536 £550
90th Percentile £675 £592 £624
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £491 £475
% change year-on-year +0.87% +3.32% +7.65%
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 5,031 3,913 4,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 11.82% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,979 2,378 2,892
10th Percentile £250 £242 £222
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.89% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 203 315
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.95 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -41.91% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -131 90 £500 +1.88% 39
UK excluding London -73 76 £495 +0.87% 18
Work from Home -58 28 £463 +2.78% 18
London -110 28 £500 +8.11% 22
Scotland +2 18 £425 -5.56% 1
South East -52 18 £463 -9.31% 5
South West -33 17 £498 -13.48% 2
North of England -67 17 £500 +2.15% 4
Yorkshire -35 11 £500 +2.15% 2
North West -37 5 £563 +14.31% 1
Midlands -52 5 £413 -21.43% 6
West Midlands -55 5 £413 -21.43% 4
East of England -20 1 - -
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 (1.75%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.18%) Azure
2 16 (14.04%) AWS
3 6 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.75%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.75%) IBM Watson
6 2 (1.75%) OCI
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.88%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.88%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 69 (60.53%) Firewall
2 55 (48.25%) WAN
3 52 (45.61%) BGP
4 49 (42.98%) LAN
5 46 (40.35%) OSPF
6 42 (36.84%) VPN
7 33 (28.95%) Network Security
7 33 (28.95%) VLAN
8 30 (26.32%) Cisco ASA
8 30 (26.32%) SD-WAN
9 29 (25.44%) MPLS
10 27 (23.68%) VXLAN
10 27 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (21.05%) Wireless
12 23 (20.18%) IPsec
13 21 (18.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 21 (18.42%) DNS
13 21 (18.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 17 (14.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 17 (14.91%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.75%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 30 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.14%) Legal
4 7 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Finance
5 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.26%) Police
5 6 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.39%) Retail
7 3 (2.63%) Law
8 2 (1.75%) Banking
8 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (64.91%) Network Engineer
2 15 (13.16%) Architect
2 15 (13.16%) Senior
3 14 (12.28%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (9.65%) Network Architect
5 8 (7.02%) Lead
6 7 (6.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.39%) Design Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) IP Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) IP Network Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) NOC Engineer
8 5 (4.39%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) IP Design Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Lead Architect
9 4 (3.51%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.89%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.39%) REST
3 4 (3.51%) LDAP
3 4 (3.51%) SAML
4 2 (1.75%) Middleware
4 2 (1.75%) YAML
5 1 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 50 (43.86%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.77%) PKI
3 8 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.14%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (5.26%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.63%) Celerra
7 3 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.63%) EMC Centera
7 3 (2.63%) EMC VMAX
7 3 (2.63%) EMC VNX
7 3 (2.63%) IBM XIV
7 3 (2.63%) Symmetrix
7 3 (2.63%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.75%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.18%) Windows
2 17 (14.91%) Linux
3 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) CatOS
4 1 (0.88%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.30%) Load Balancing
2 21 (18.42%) Network Monitoring
2 21 (18.42%) Roadmaps
3 19 (16.67%) ITIL
4 18 (15.79%) Change Management
4 18 (15.79%) Migration
5 17 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (14.04%) High Availability
7 15 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (13.16%) Network Management
7 15 (13.16%) Project Delivery
8 14 (12.28%) Mentoring
9 13 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (9.65%) Network Architecture
10 11 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (7.02%) Data Protection
12 8 (7.02%) ITSM
12 8 (7.02%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.89%) Python
2 3 (2.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.88%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (35.96%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (28.07%) CCNP
3 29 (25.44%) Security Cleared
4 19 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 12 (10.53%) DV Cleared
6 10 (8.77%) CCNA
7 8 (7.02%) Degree
8 7 (6.14%) CCIE
9 5 (4.39%) CCSE
9 5 (4.39%) CCSM
10 4 (3.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.88%) CCNA CyberOps
13 1 (0.88%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.88%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
1 6 (5.26%) QA
2 5 (4.39%) NCSC
2 5 (4.39%) SLA
3 2 (1.75%) GDPR
3 2 (1.75%) NIST
3 2 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.40%) VMware NSX
3 10 (8.77%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (6.14%) Active Directory
5 5 (4.39%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.51%) Firmware
6 4 (3.51%) vSphere
7 3 (2.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.88%) Docker
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.77%) Ansible
1 10 (8.77%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.39%) Avamar
2 5 (4.39%) Terraform
3 4 (3.51%) Cisco Prime
3 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.63%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.88%) Puppet
5 1 (0.88%) SCCM
5 1 (0.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 114 (100.00%) Cisco
2 56 (49.12%) F5
3 52 (45.61%) Palo Alto
4 30 (26.32%) VMware
5 24 (21.05%) Fortinet
5 24 (21.05%) SolarWinds
6 21 (18.42%) CheckPoint
7 13 (11.40%) Aruba
8 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
9 10 (8.77%) Juniper
10 6 (5.26%) Meraki
11 5 (4.39%) IBM
11 5 (4.39%) NetApp
11 5 (4.39%) NetScout
12 4 (3.51%) Arista
12 4 (3.51%) Riverbed
13 3 (2.63%) 3PAR
13 3 (2.63%) Brocade
13 3 (2.63%) Infoblox
13 3 (2.63%) Veeam