Meraki Contract Job Trends in the North West

Meraki
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 21 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 108 104
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +39
Contract jobs citing Meraki 24 10 36
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.96% 0.47% 1.37%
As % of the Vendors category 1.90% 0.98% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 31
10th Percentile £439 £343 £563
25th Percentile £509 £363 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £413 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -31.25% +26.32%
75th Percentile £543 £534 £627
90th Percentile £565 £560 £673
England median daily rate £450 £513 £510
% change year-on-year -12.20% +0.49% +13.33%
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,264 1,017 1,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.54% 47.35% 46.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 564 808
10th Percentile £220 £303 £248
25th Percentile £360 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% -1.96% +6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 45 85
10th Percentile £16.59 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.67 £24.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +64.51%
75th Percentile £55.42 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.52 £79.35 £58.00
England median hourly rate £23.60 £30.52 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.67% -33.48% +76.46%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the North West

Meraki
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Meraki in the North West over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Meraki in the North West

Meraki
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Cumbria +16 13 £525 -
Manchester -13 5 - - 2
Cheshire -14 3 £425 -4.23%
Merseyside - 2 - -
Lancashire - 1 £425 - 3
Meraki
England

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Firewall
2 20 (83.33%) WAN
3 14 (58.33%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (54.17%) NetScaler
5 12 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (25.00%) LAN
6 6 (25.00%) Network Security
7 4 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
7 4 (16.67%) WLAN
8 3 (12.50%) BGP
8 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (12.50%) NX-OS
9 2 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (8.33%) Internet
9 2 (8.33%) MPLS
9 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 2 (8.33%) VPN
10 1 (4.17%) 802.11
10 1 (4.17%) NGN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
2 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (58.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Network Architecture
2 13 (54.17%) Impact Assessments
3 12 (50.00%) Network Design
4 11 (45.83%) Load Balancing
4 11 (45.83%) Network Management
5 4 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (12.50%) Web Filtering
7 2 (8.33%) Change Management
7 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (8.33%) Migration
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (8.33%) Tech Ops
7 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (4.17%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) CCNP
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (12.50%) CCDP
5 2 (8.33%) CCIE
6 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 20 (83.33%) Palo Alto
3 4 (16.67%) F5
4 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.17%) Citrix
6 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
6 1 (4.17%) McAfee