Cisco Nexus Contracts

Cisco Nexus
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Nexus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Nexus over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 540 643
Rank change year-on-year +99 +103 -92
Contract jobs citing Cisco Nexus 162 155 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.99% 2.19% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 88 136
10th Percentile £300 £359 £391
25th Percentile £363 £381 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -9.52% +23.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £679 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £408 £425 £507
% change year-on-year -3.96% -16.17% +19.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £62.62 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.62 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Cisco Nexus is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,412 7,077 9,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 12.74% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 4,557 6,456
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 446 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -2.27%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024. 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 +109 145 £433 -8.95% 14
UK excluding London +55 95 £408 -3.96% 11
London +83 52 £475 -24.00% 5
Work from Home +76 46 £425 -5.56% 7
South East +36 36 £375 -16.67% 3
North of England +30 29 £396 +5.60% 1
North West +19 22 £416 +23.36%
Midlands +31 19 £600 +41.18%
West Midlands +19 14 - -
South West +3 10 £450 -5.26% 3
East of England -1 6 £375 -21.05% 1
East Midlands +15 5 £600 +26.32%
North East - 5 £375 -
Scotland +33 3 £413 +3.13% 4
Yorkshire +6 2 £205 -54.44% 1

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 5 (3.09%) Confluence
2 4 (2.47%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (9.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.05%) AWS
2 19 (11.73%) Azure
3 8 (4.94%) GCP
4 5 (3.09%) OCI
5 4 (2.47%) Nutanix
6 3 (1.85%) Datadog
6 3 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.23%) GitHub
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 96 (59.26%) Firewall
2 51 (31.48%) LAN
3 47 (29.01%) Wireless
4 45 (27.78%) WAN
5 44 (27.16%) Cisco ASA
6 42 (25.93%) OSPF
6 42 (25.93%) VPN
7 40 (24.69%) BGP
8 36 (22.22%) SD-WAN
9 30 (18.52%) DNS
9 30 (18.52%) MPLS
10 27 (16.67%) DHCP
11 26 (16.05%) DMZ
12 21 (12.96%) IPsec
13 20 (12.35%) Cisco IOS
14 18 (11.11%) Network Security
15 17 (10.49%) EIGRP
15 17 (10.49%) VXLAN
16 16 (9.88%) VLAN
17 11 (6.79%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (14.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.85%) GitLab
3 2 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 47 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.46%) Finance
3 26 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.20%) Banking
5 15 (9.26%) Telecoms
6 14 (8.64%) Investment Banking
7 9 (5.56%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.70%) Retail
9 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (82.10%) Network Engineer
2 20 (12.35%) Cisco Engineer
2 20 (12.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 17 (10.49%) Senior
4 15 (9.26%) Network Support
4 15 (9.26%) Network Support Engineer
4 15 (9.26%) Support Engineer
5 13 (8.02%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 13 (8.02%) Juniper Engineer
6 11 (6.79%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (6.17%) Architect
8 9 (5.56%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.94%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (4.94%) Consultant
9 8 (4.94%) Network Consultant
10 7 (4.32%) Data Network Engineer
11 6 (3.70%) Data Centre Engineer
11 6 (3.70%) Network Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.70%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.47%) Web Services
3 3 (1.85%) EDI
4 2 (1.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 65 (40.12%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.70%) Hedge funds
3 5 (3.09%) Clustering
4 4 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.47%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.85%) CCTV
5 3 (1.85%) PKI
5 3 (1.85%) SCADA
5 3 (1.85%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.73%) Linux
2 10 (6.17%) Unix
3 3 (1.85%) Windows
4 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.75%) ITSM
2 29 (17.90%) High Availability
3 23 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.49%) Design Patterns
5 16 (9.88%) Load Balancing
6 15 (9.26%) Change Control
6 15 (9.26%) Network Design
7 14 (8.64%) Computer Science
7 14 (8.64%) Network Monitoring
8 13 (8.02%) Architectural Patterns
9 12 (7.41%) Agile
10 11 (6.79%) DevOps
10 11 (6.79%) Roadmaps
11 10 (6.17%) Network Architecture
12 9 (5.56%) Change Management
12 9 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
12 9 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
12 9 (5.56%) Project Delivery
13 8 (4.94%) Problem Management
14 7 (4.32%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.05%) Python
2 8 (4.94%) Bash
3 2 (1.23%) C#
3 2 (1.23%) Go
3 2 (1.23%) Java
3 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 83 (51.23%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (40.74%) CCNP
3 38 (23.46%) CCNA
4 24 (14.81%) Security Cleared
5 18 (11.11%) CCIE
6 17 (10.49%) Degree
7 13 (8.02%) AWS Certification
8 12 (7.41%) SC Cleared
9 5 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.09%) CCDP
9 5 (3.09%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.47%) CCIE Data Center
10 4 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.85%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.85%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.32%) SLA
2 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 16 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (9.26%) VMware NSX
3 6 (3.70%) Firmware
3 6 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.70%) KVM
3 6 (3.70%) vSphere
4 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (9.88%) Ansible
2 12 (7.41%) Terraform
3 8 (4.94%) FortiGate
3 8 (4.94%) SolarWinds Orion
4 7 (4.32%) OpenView
5 6 (3.70%) Puppet
6 3 (1.85%) Kibana
7 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.62%) Netcool
8 1 (0.62%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.62%) SCCM
8 1 (0.62%) SCOM
8 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 159 (98.15%) Cisco
2 62 (38.27%) F5
3 53 (32.72%) Palo Alto
4 38 (23.46%) Fortinet
5 34 (20.99%) CheckPoint
6 33 (20.37%) Juniper
7 20 (12.35%) Infoblox
8 18 (11.11%) VMware
9 15 (9.26%) SolarWinds
10 14 (8.64%) Blue Coat
11 11 (6.79%) Aruba
11 11 (6.79%) Microsoft
12 9 (5.56%) Arista
13 8 (4.94%) Splunk
13 8 (4.94%) Zscaler
14 5 (3.09%) Google
15 4 (2.47%) Meraki
16 3 (1.85%) AlgoSec
16 3 (1.85%) BigPanda
16 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow