Meraki Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Meraki
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 February 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
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 108 130
Rank change year-on-year -21 +22 +17
Contract jobs citing Meraki 6 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.27% 0.24% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.50% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £483 £240 £202
25th Percentile £533 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -32.77%
75th Percentile - £438 £475
90th Percentile - £460 £528
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -5.56% +9.09% -17.09%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,203 804 1,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 54.24% 48.23% 49.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 505 898
10th Percentile £268 £254 £205
25th Percentile £406 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 74
10th Percentile £15.36 £21.00 £16.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.37 £24.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £49.62 £51.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.33% -4.16% +54.56%
75th Percentile £80.77 £65.62 £62.00
90th Percentile £96.75 £71.18 £65.18
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £36.46 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.28% -23.25% +26.67%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Meraki
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Meraki.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Meraki

Meraki
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 February 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
Berkshire -15 3 £450 +12.50%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £560 - 2
Meraki
South East

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) BGP
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) BIG-IP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
2 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Billing
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Product Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) iSeries
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) F5
3 3 (50.00%) Aruba
3 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto