Cisco Nexus Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Nexus
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 300 394
Rank change year-on-year +40 +94 +113
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 44 45 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.22% 2.80% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 43
10th Percentile £380 £210 £376
25th Percentile £425 £300 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £345 £500
Median % change year-on-year +44.93% -31.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £587 £638 £600
90th Percentile £620 £653 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £423 £500
% change year-on-year +18.34% -15.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £58.50 £51.37
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year - +13.88% +3.40%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £59.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +20.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco Nexus
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Nexus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Nexus trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Nexus.

Cisco Nexus daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Nexus
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cisco Nexus over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cisco Nexus daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Nexus
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Nexus.

Cisco Nexus hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Nexus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (4.55%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
1 4 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.55%) OpenShift
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (65.91%) Firewall
2 24 (54.55%) BGP
3 20 (45.45%) VPN
4 18 (40.91%) WAN
5 17 (38.64%) LAN
6 14 (31.82%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (29.55%) OSPF
8 12 (27.27%) Ethernet VPN
8 12 (27.27%) VXLAN
9 11 (25.00%) MPLS
10 10 (22.73%) SD-WAN
10 10 (22.73%) Wireless
11 9 (20.45%) Multicast
12 8 (18.18%) TCP/IP
13 7 (15.91%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (13.64%) Cisco Wireless
14 6 (13.64%) DNS
15 5 (11.36%) Network Security
16 4 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
16 4 (9.09%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Law
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Legal
4 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Advertising
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (70.45%) Network Engineer
2 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Network Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Senior
5 4 (9.09%) Project Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Data Network Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Technical Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.27%) Lead
8 1 (2.27%) Lead Consultant
8 1 (2.27%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.09%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Migration
2 7 (15.91%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (13.64%) Change Management
3 6 (13.64%) ITIL
4 5 (11.36%) Load Balancing
4 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.09%) Network Design
5 4 (9.09%) Problem Management
5 4 (9.09%) Security Management
6 3 (6.82%) DevSecOps
6 3 (6.82%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.82%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.82%) Network Architecture
6 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (6.82%) TOGAF
7 2 (4.55%) IT Strategy
7 2 (4.55%) Operational Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
1 18 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 17 (38.64%) SC Cleared
3 16 (36.36%) CCNP
4 6 (13.64%) CCNA
5 5 (11.36%) CCIE
5 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
6 3 (6.82%) CCIE Data Center
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) Degree
7 2 (4.55%) JNCIA
7 2 (4.55%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.27%) MCSE
8 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.82%) NCSC
1 3 (6.82%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.82%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.55%) vSphere
4 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.27%) Firmware
4 1 (2.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Ansible
2 5 (11.36%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (6.82%) Terraform
4 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.55%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 8 (18.18%) Fortinet
4 7 (15.91%) Aruba
5 6 (13.64%) F5
6 5 (11.36%) SolarWinds
6 5 (11.36%) VMware
7 3 (6.82%) Arista
7 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
8 2 (4.55%) NetScout
8 2 (4.55%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.27%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.27%) Juniper
9 1 (2.27%) Meraki
9 1 (2.27%) Snow
9 1 (2.27%) Splunk