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 March 2026, 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 305 363
Rank change year-on-year -62 +58 +95
Contract jobs citing Meraki 27 46 29
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.36% 0.16%
As % of the Vendors category 0.37% 0.80% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 23
10th Percentile £344 £288 £185
25th Percentile £413 £458 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £542
90th Percentile £660 £650 £737
England median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £40.55 -
England median hourly rate - £40.55 -

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 7,351 5,715 7,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.08% 45.19% 40.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,848 3,731 4,959
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 84 141
10th Percentile £18.02 £18.69 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.87 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +22.00% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.39 £71.88 £83.25
England median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.69% +21.13% -31.48%

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 March 2026.

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 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London -20 1 £475 +18.75% 3
Central London -20 1 £425 -20.75% 6
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 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.41%) PaaS
5 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 2 (7.41%) ShareGate
6 1 (3.70%) Akamai
6 1 (3.70%) GCP
6 1 (3.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) WAN
2 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 13 (48.15%) VPN
3 11 (40.74%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (33.33%) SD-WAN
5 7 (25.93%) BGP
6 6 (22.22%) OSPF
6 6 (22.22%) Wireless
7 5 (18.52%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (14.81%) EIGRP
8 4 (14.81%) LAN
8 4 (14.81%) Network Security
8 4 (14.81%) VoIP
9 3 (11.11%) DNS
9 3 (11.11%) VLAN
10 2 (7.41%) 802.11
10 2 (7.41%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (7.41%) Internet
11 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (3.70%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Retail
2 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Electronics
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Network Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Wireless Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) VML
2 2 (7.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.41%) IoT
3 2 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.70%) NHS
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Change Management
1 6 (22.22%) Network Design
1 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (18.52%) Load Balancing
2 5 (18.52%) Migration
2 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 3 (11.11%) Zero Trust
5 2 (7.41%) Agile
5 2 (7.41%) AI
5 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
5 2 (7.41%) Data Protection
5 2 (7.41%) High Availability
5 2 (7.41%) Identity Management
5 2 (7.41%) Network Architecture
5 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.70%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) CCNP
1 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (22.22%) CCIE
3 2 (7.41%) CCNA
3 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.70%) CISSP
4 1 (3.70%) CWNA
4 1 (3.70%) GIAC
4 1 (3.70%) GSEC
4 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Firmware
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Grafana
2 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) Cisco
2 9 (33.33%) Aruba
3 6 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 6 (22.22%) F5
3 6 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 6 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
5 4 (14.81%) SolarWinds
5 4 (14.81%) Zscaler
6 3 (11.11%) Juniper
7 2 (7.41%) Ekahau
8 1 (3.70%) AirMagnet
8 1 (3.70%) Arista
8 1 (3.70%) Citrix
8 1 (3.70%) HP
8 1 (3.70%) Infoblox
8 1 (3.70%) NetApp
8 1 (3.70%) Nokia
8 1 (3.70%) SAP
8 1 (3.70%) SonicWALL