Cisco Nexus Job Trends in the Midlands

Cisco Nexus
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 235 225
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 +53
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Nexus 11 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.14% 0.062% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.69% 0.42% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile - £42,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £48,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -60.74% -20.59% +81.82%
75th Percentile £59,250 £82,500 -
90th Percentile £77,500 - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -28.13% +33.33% +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Cisco Nexus falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,587 954 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.44% 14.86% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 421 397 883
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,900 £36,250 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £49,008 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.72% +8.91% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £69,910
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco Nexus
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Nexus relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cisco Nexus
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Nexus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Nexus in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cisco Nexus in the Midlands

Cisco Nexus
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -3 6 £26,500 -44.21% 5
West Midlands +38 5 £75,000 -6.25% 4
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (36.36%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) BGP
6 1 (9.09%) Network Security
6 1 (9.09%) OSPF
6 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (54.55%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Network Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Break/Fix
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) High Availability
2 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Presales
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (72.73%) CCNA
3 5 (45.45%) CCNP
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) Meraki
3 4 (36.36%) Fortinet
4 2 (18.18%) Juniper