NX-OS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco NX-OS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NX-OS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NX-OS 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 295 330 460
Rank change year-on-year +35 +130 +130
Contract jobs citing NX-OS 9 15 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.098% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.86% 0.93% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 16
10th Percentile £435 £445 £425
25th Percentile £475 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £481
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% - +13.24%
75th Percentile £556 £494 £495
90th Percentile £627 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +2.56% - +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

NX-OS 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%

NX-OS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NX-OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NX-OS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NX-OS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

NX-OS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

NX-OS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NX-OS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

NX-OS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NX-OS
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 (22.22%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) OpenShift
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) BGP
2 3 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (22.22%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (22.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (22.22%) Multicast
3 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) VXLAN
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (11.11%) HTTP
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Network Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Network Design Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 2 (22.22%) Client/Server
3 2 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Network Packet Capture
2 3 (33.33%) Password Management
3 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) Network Management
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CCNP
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCIE
3 2 (22.22%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 2 (22.22%) vSphere
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) FortiGate
2 3 (33.33%) Ansible
3 2 (22.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Broadcom
4 2 (22.22%) Arista
4 2 (22.22%) F5
4 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
4 2 (22.22%) Red Hat