Cisco Nexus Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Nexus
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cisco Nexus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 285 236
Rank change year-on-year +20 -49 +177
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Nexus 16 22 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.15% 0.24% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 1.55% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 26
10th Percentile - £50,300 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £80,625
90th Percentile - £63,750 £85,000
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,508 1,423 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.58% 15.46% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 671 743 989
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
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 South East

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

Cisco Nexus job vacancy trend in the South East

Cisco Nexus
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Nexus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Nexus within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Surrey - 15 £57,500 -
Kent - 1 - -
Cisco Nexus
England

Cisco Nexus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (37.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) LAN
2 7 (43.75%) VLAN
2 7 (43.75%) Wireless
3 6 (37.50%) BGP
3 6 (37.50%) EIGRP
3 6 (37.50%) OSPF
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.25%) DHCP
4 1 (6.25%) DMZ
4 1 (6.25%) DNS
4 1 (6.25%) Firewall
4 1 (6.25%) HSRP
4 1 (6.25%) Internet
4 1 (6.25%) IPv4
4 1 (6.25%) MPLS
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (6.25%) VRRP
4 1 (6.25%) WAN
4 1 (6.25%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (6.25%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Lead
1 12 (75.00%) Network Team Leader
1 12 (75.00%) Team Leader
2 10 (62.50%) Network Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) CCTV
1 1 (6.25%) FMCG
1 1 (6.25%) PKI
1 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Observability
2 9 (56.25%) Problem Management
2 9 (56.25%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (37.50%) Change Management
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 6 (37.50%) Service Management
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.25%) Facial Recognition
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CCNP
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
2 15 (93.75%) Fortinet
3 7 (43.75%) Meraki
4 6 (37.50%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.25%) NetApp
5 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.25%) Splunk