Meraki Contract Job Trends in London

Meraki
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Meraki products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Meraki over the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cisco Meraki.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 334 356
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +132
Contract jobs citing Meraki 34 56 60
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.24% 0.35% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category 0.51% 0.81% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 39
10th Percentile £395 £254 £293
25th Percentile £413 £463 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +31.25% +0.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £525
90th Percentile £588 £668 £583
England median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £12.48 -
25th Percentile - £14.34 £32.00
Median hourly rate - £18.05 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year - -46.93% +36.00%
75th Percentile - £21.13 £36.00
90th Percentile - £22.61 -
England median hourly rate £62.00 £18.05 £34.00
% change year-on-year +243.59% -46.93% +44.68%

All Vendors
London

Meraki falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,605 6,922 8,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.52% 43.79% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,273 4,357 5,621
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 66 112
10th Percentile £17.74 £20.22 £16.87
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% -2.22% +53.15%
75th Percentile £41.25 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £93.13 £85.95
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% -26.67% +70.68%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Meraki relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Meraki job vacancy trend in London

Meraki
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Meraki.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Meraki

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Meraki in London over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Meraki in London

Meraki
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Meraki.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Meraki

Meraki
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the London region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. 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
Central London +4 6 £510 -4.90% 1
West London -7 6 £407 -26.09% 2
Meraki
England

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (5.88%) Akamai
5 2 (5.88%) Azure AKS
5 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.88%) ShareGate
6 1 (2.94%) IaaS
6 1 (2.94%) PaaS
6 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (58.82%) WAN
2 19 (55.88%) SD-WAN
3 18 (52.94%) Firewall
3 18 (52.94%) VPN
4 12 (35.29%) DNS
5 11 (32.35%) Network Security
5 11 (32.35%) VLAN
6 10 (29.41%) BGP
6 10 (29.41%) DHCP
6 10 (29.41%) LAN
6 10 (29.41%) OSPF
7 9 (26.47%) Wireless
8 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (17.65%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (14.71%) DMVPN
10 5 (14.71%) EIGRP
10 5 (14.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (14.71%) SSL
10 5 (14.71%) WLAN
11 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Network Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) Network Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Network Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Migration Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Network Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Security Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.94%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.94%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.94%) IoT
4 1 (2.94%) NHS
4 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (17.65%) Migration
4 5 (14.71%) High Availability
4 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (14.71%) ITIL
5 4 (11.76%) Change Management
5 4 (11.76%) Network Architecture
5 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (11.76%) Zero Trust
6 3 (8.82%) Network Design
6 3 (8.82%) Patch Management
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Debt
7 2 (5.88%) CI/CD
7 2 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.88%) Design Patterns
7 2 (5.88%) Minimum Viable Product
7 2 (5.88%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.82%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (41.18%) CCNP
3 7 (20.59%) CCSA
4 5 (14.71%) CCNA
5 3 (8.82%) CCIE
6 2 (5.88%) Degree
6 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.94%) CISSP
7 1 (2.94%) CWNA
7 1 (2.94%) GIAC
7 1 (2.94%) GSEC
7 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.94%) PMP
7 1 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
1 1 (2.94%) QA
1 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Firmware
2 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) CA Spectrum
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.88%) Ansible
3 2 (5.88%) Terraform
4 1 (2.94%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Cisco
2 8 (23.53%) CheckPoint
2 8 (23.53%) F5
3 7 (20.59%) Juniper
4 6 (17.65%) Fortinet
4 6 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 6 (17.65%) Zscaler
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
5 5 (14.71%) Palo Alto
6 4 (11.76%) Aruba
7 3 (8.82%) Citrix
8 2 (5.88%) ForeScout
8 2 (5.88%) Infoblox
8 2 (5.88%) Nokia
9 1 (2.94%) AirMagnet
9 1 (2.94%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (2.94%) Mellanox
9 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL
9 1 (2.94%) VMware