Meraki Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Meraki
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 20 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 136 139
Rank change year-on-year -44 +3 +48
Contract jobs citing Meraki 30 27 43
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.63% 0.75% 0.93%
As % of the Vendors category 1.35% 1.64% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 36
10th Percentile £413 £268 £519
25th Percentile £435 £313 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £394 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.68% -34.38% +26.32%
75th Percentile £538 £458 £627
90th Percentile £563 £547 £655
England median daily rate £450 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -12.20% -1.44% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £18.05 £34.00
% change year-on-year +268.52% -46.93% +54.55%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,223 1,644 2,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 46.92% 45.95% 47.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,448 927 1,424
10th Percentile £250 £250 £230
25th Percentile £363 £394 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £587
90th Percentile £678 £675 £674
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 69 99
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.07 £20.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.83 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -7.14% +62.79%
75th Percentile £56.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.05 £81.63 £60.00
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.78 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.84% -32.91% +77.76%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the North of England

Meraki
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Meraki.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Meraki

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Meraki in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Meraki in the North of England

Meraki
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West -9 24 £523 +26.67% 4
Yorkshire -60 6 £435 +33.85% 6
Meraki
England

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) IaaS
4 1 (3.33%) PaaS
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (73.33%) Firewall
2 21 (70.00%) WAN
3 15 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (43.33%) NetScaler
5 12 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (23.33%) LAN
6 7 (23.33%) Network Security
7 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
8 5 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
9 4 (13.33%) Wireshark
9 4 (13.33%) WLAN
10 3 (10.00%) BGP
10 3 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (10.00%) NX-OS
11 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (6.67%) Internet
11 2 (6.67%) MPLS
11 2 (6.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Local Government
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Network Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Coordinator
7 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Network Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (46.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) CMDB
2 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Network Architecture
2 13 (43.33%) Impact Assessments
3 12 (40.00%) Network Design
4 11 (36.67%) Load Balancing
4 11 (36.67%) Network Management
5 4 (13.33%) Software Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Task Automation
5 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 4 (13.33%) Test Planning
5 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) Change Management
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (10.00%) Web Filtering
7 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (6.67%) Migration
7 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.67%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Python
2 4 (13.33%) Bash
3 3 (10.00%) Perl
4 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (20.00%) CCNP
5 3 (10.00%) CCDP
6 2 (6.67%) CCIE
7 1 (3.33%) CCNA
7 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.33%) Ansible
3 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (70.00%) Palo Alto
3 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (13.33%) F5
5 3 (10.00%) Juniper
5 3 (10.00%) Nokia
5 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.67%) Veeam
7 1 (3.33%) Adobe
7 1 (3.33%) Ciena
7 1 (3.33%) Citrix
7 1 (3.33%) Forcepoint
7 1 (3.33%) McAfee
7 1 (3.33%) VMware