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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 315 353
Rank change year-on-year -30 +38 +112
Contract jobs citing Meraki 31 60 48
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.21% 0.40% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.46% 0.91% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 28
10th Percentile £380 £258 £235
25th Percentile £409 £463 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +31.25% +2.89%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £526
90th Percentile £588 £660 £569
England median daily rate £450 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -12.20% -2.38% +16.67%
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 £66.50 £18.05 £34.00
% change year-on-year +268.52% -46.93% +54.55%

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 6,798 6,601 7,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.02% 44.30% 40.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,428 4,119 5,213
10th Percentile £343 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 68 108
10th Percentile £17.55 £19.51 £16.62
25th Percentile £22.13 £23.75 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.74 £34.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% -7.33% +45.86%
75th Percentile £41.89 £64.06 £61.88
90th Percentile £67.13 £84.28 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.66 £30.45 £45.21
% change year-on-year -22.29% -32.65% +68.29%

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 December 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 December 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
West London -14 5 £401 - 1
Central London -1 3 £425 -19.05% 5
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 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (6.45%) Akamai
4 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.45%) ShareGate
5 1 (3.23%) IaaS
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (70.97%) WAN
2 20 (64.52%) VPN
3 19 (61.29%) Firewall
4 18 (58.06%) SD-WAN
5 12 (38.71%) BGP
5 12 (38.71%) OSPF
6 10 (32.26%) DNS
6 10 (32.26%) Network Security
6 10 (32.26%) VLAN
7 9 (29.03%) LAN
7 9 (29.03%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (25.81%) DHCP
8 8 (25.81%) Wireless
9 7 (22.58%) EIGRP
10 6 (19.35%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (16.13%) Cisco Wireless
12 4 (12.90%) DMVPN
12 4 (12.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (12.90%) VoIP
12 4 (12.90%) WLAN
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.90%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Finance
5 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Local Government
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Network Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Consultant
2 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Senior
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Network Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Network Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Network Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Network Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) VML
2 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.23%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Migration
2 6 (19.35%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (16.13%) High Availability
3 5 (16.13%) ITIL
4 4 (12.90%) Change Management
4 4 (12.90%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (12.90%) Load Balancing
4 4 (12.90%) Network Architecture
4 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.90%) Zero Trust
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design
5 3 (9.68%) Technical Debt
6 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.45%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (6.45%) Design Patterns
6 2 (6.45%) Minimum Viable Product
6 2 (6.45%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) CCNP
1 15 (48.39%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (19.35%) CCIE
2 6 (19.35%) CCSA
3 4 (12.90%) CCNA
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) CWNA
5 1 (3.23%) GIAC
5 1 (3.23%) GSEC
5 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.23%) PMP
5 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) PMO
1 1 (3.23%) QA
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Firmware
2 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) CA Spectrum
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Cisco
2 10 (32.26%) CheckPoint
3 9 (29.03%) F5
4 7 (22.58%) Aruba
5 6 (19.35%) Fortinet
5 6 (19.35%) Juniper
6 5 (16.13%) SolarWinds
6 5 (16.13%) Zscaler
7 4 (12.90%) Palo Alto
8 3 (9.68%) Citrix
8 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
9 2 (6.45%) ForeScout
9 2 (6.45%) Infoblox
9 2 (6.45%) Nokia
10 1 (3.23%) AirMagnet
10 1 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (3.23%) Mellanox
10 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
10 1 (3.23%) SonicWALL
10 1 (3.23%) VMware