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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 418 553
Rank change year-on-year +9 +135 +106
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 112 156 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.99% 2.89% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 96 75
10th Percentile £397 £300 £343
25th Percentile £425 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £433 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% -8.95% -8.65%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £625
90th Percentile £632 £638 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £396 £425
% change year-on-year +26.26% -6.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £36.63 - £56.68
25th Percentile £37.19 - £62.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 - £62.62
75th Percentile £39.69 - £63.23
90th Percentile £39.88 - £69.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.62
% change year-on-year - - +23.99%

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 3,747 5,394 7,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.84% 12.68% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,280 3,215 4,571
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £360 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -5.68% +3.90%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £694 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.68% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 417 464
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.71 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% +116.22% -34.70%
75th Percentile £57.13 £63.75 £59.85
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.22 £46.14 £18.00
% change year-on-year -47.50% +156.31% -16.28%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +12 90 £525 +26.10% 59
UK excluding London +15 61 £500 +26.26% 47
Work from Home +26 45 £500 +42.86% 21
London +14 36 £525 +10.53% 30
North of England +8 20 £492 +24.24% 11
South West +50 16 £555 +88.14% 6
North West -2 12 £500 +20.09% 2
Scotland - 10 £438 - 7
Yorkshire +20 8 £479 +133.54% 9
South East +19 8 £599 +59.67% 16
Midlands +4 7 £538 -10.42% 6
West Midlands +4 5 £538 - 4
East Midlands +6 2 - - 1
East of England +19 1 £600 +60.00% 1
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 (3.57%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (4.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.18%) Azure
2 15 (13.39%) AWS
3 4 (3.57%) OpenShift
3 4 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 76 (67.86%) Firewall
2 56 (50.00%) BGP
3 48 (42.86%) WAN
4 44 (39.29%) VPN
5 43 (38.39%) OSPF
6 35 (31.25%) LAN
7 32 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
7 32 (28.57%) Wireless
8 29 (25.89%) SD-WAN
9 28 (25.00%) VXLAN
10 20 (17.86%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (17.86%) MPLS
11 19 (16.96%) Network Security
11 19 (16.96%) TCP/IP
12 18 (16.07%) Cisco Firepower
12 18 (16.07%) DNS
13 17 (15.18%) Cisco IOS
13 17 (15.18%) Multicast
14 13 (11.61%) EIGRP
15 12 (10.71%) Cisco Wireless
Development Applications
1 25 (22.32%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 25 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (5.36%) Finance
2 6 (5.36%) Legal
3 5 (4.46%) Advertising
3 5 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (4.46%) Law
4 4 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.79%) Banking
5 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.79%) Military
5 2 (1.79%) Retail
5 2 (1.79%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (75.89%) Network Engineer
2 21 (18.75%) Senior
3 16 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 15 (13.39%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (10.71%) Cisco Engineer
5 12 (10.71%) Consultant
6 11 (9.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (8.93%) Architect
8 8 (7.14%) Implementation Engineer
8 8 (7.14%) Network Consultant
9 6 (5.36%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 5 (4.46%) Network Architect
11 4 (3.57%) LAN Engineer
11 4 (3.57%) Project Engineer
11 4 (3.57%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.68%) Field Engineer
12 3 (2.68%) Network Field Engineer
12 3 (2.68%) Senior Architect
12 3 (2.68%) Senior Consultant
12 3 (2.68%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.46%) Spine.js
2 3 (2.68%) JSON
3 1 (0.89%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 53 (47.32%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.46%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.57%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.68%) PKI
5 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.79%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.89%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.68%) Windows
2 2 (1.79%) Linux
2 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (20.54%) Migration
2 17 (15.18%) Network Monitoring
3 15 (13.39%) Network Design
4 14 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 12 (10.71%) ITIL
6 10 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (8.04%) Validation
8 8 (7.14%) Change Management
8 8 (7.14%) High Availability
8 8 (7.14%) Load Balancing
8 8 (7.14%) Network Virtualisation
9 6 (5.36%) Computer Science
9 6 (5.36%) Incident Management
9 6 (5.36%) Task Automation
10 5 (4.46%) Analytics
10 5 (4.46%) DevSecOps
10 5 (4.46%) Mentoring
10 5 (4.46%) Service Management
10 5 (4.46%) System Testing
10 5 (4.46%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.96%) Python
2 1 (0.89%) Bash
2 1 (0.89%) Perl
2 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (39.29%) CCNP
3 42 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 37 (33.04%) SC Cleared
5 12 (10.71%) CCIE
5 12 (10.71%) CCNA
6 8 (7.14%) Degree
6 8 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (6.25%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.36%) CCIE Data Center
8 6 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (5.36%) JNCIA
8 6 (5.36%) JNCIS
9 3 (2.68%) MCSE
9 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.79%) CCDP
10 2 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.89%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.57%) NCSC
1 4 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.46%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.57%) vSphere
4 3 (2.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.89%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (18.75%) Ansible
2 8 (7.14%) Cisco Prime
2 8 (7.14%) Terraform
3 5 (4.46%) vCenter Server
4 4 (3.57%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.68%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.68%) OPNET
6 2 (1.79%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.89%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.89%) Nagios
7 1 (0.89%) OpenView
7 1 (0.89%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.89%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 112 (100.00%) Cisco
2 49 (43.75%) Palo Alto
3 22 (19.64%) F5
4 18 (16.07%) VMware
5 14 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 13 (11.61%) CheckPoint
7 11 (9.82%) Arista
7 11 (9.82%) Fortinet
8 9 (8.04%) SolarWinds
9 7 (6.25%) Aruba
9 7 (6.25%) Meraki
10 5 (4.46%) Infoblox
11 4 (3.57%) Juniper
11 4 (3.57%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.68%) Splunk
13 2 (1.79%) AlgoSec
13 2 (1.79%) NetScout
13 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
14 1 (0.89%) Brocade
14 1 (0.89%) HP