Meraki Contracts

Meraki
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 490 523
Rank change year-on-year +73 +33 +79
Contract jobs citing Meraki 103 92 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.21% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 0.74% 0.50% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 47 115
10th Percentile £300 £240 £285
25th Percentile £366 £328 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £559 £538 £544
90th Percentile £633 £666 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.60
25th Percentile - - £11.74
Median hourly rate £23.59 - £13.33
75th Percentile £61.25 - £14.78
90th Percentile £65.75 - £14.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Meraki as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Meraki.

Daily rate trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Meraki over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Meraki.

Hourly rate trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Meraki over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +62 91 £500 +17.65% 119
UK excluding London +56 50 £400 -5.88% 101
London +55 44 £525 +16.67% 31
North of England +22 33 £375 -11.76% 19
North West +27 26 £375 -11.76% 8
Work from Home +45 25 £500 +21.21% 54
South East +36 8 £550 +29.41% 38
Yorkshire +1 7 £275 -51.54% 9
South West +43 3 £550 +69.23% 7
Midlands +24 3 £300 - 18
Scotland +13 2 £400 - 8
West Midlands - 2 £400 - 10
East Midlands +10 1 £300 - 6
Wales - 1 £455 - 3

Meraki
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.16%) Azure
2 14 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (11.65%) AWS
4 10 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (2.91%) IaaS
5 3 (2.91%) PaaS
6 2 (1.94%) Akamai
6 2 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.94%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.94%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.94%) Serverless
7 1 (0.97%) Asana
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.97%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.97%) GCP
7 1 (0.97%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 76 (73.79%) Firewall
2 50 (48.54%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (42.72%) WAN
4 32 (31.07%) Wireless
5 27 (26.21%) Cisco ISE
6 26 (25.24%) Network Security
6 26 (25.24%) VPN
7 24 (23.30%) BGP
8 20 (19.42%) LAN
8 20 (19.42%) OSPF
9 19 (18.45%) NetScaler
9 19 (18.45%) SD-WAN
10 16 (15.53%) DNS
10 16 (15.53%) VLAN
11 12 (11.65%) DHCP
12 10 (9.71%) TCP/IP
12 10 (9.71%) WLAN
13 9 (8.74%) MPLS
14 7 (6.80%) EIGRP
14 7 (6.80%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 30 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.48%) Finance
3 13 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.83%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.85%) Local Government
6 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.94%) Legal
7 2 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (54.37%) Network Engineer
2 14 (13.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (10.68%) Senior
4 8 (7.77%) Architect
4 8 (7.77%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (6.80%) Cisco Engineer
5 7 (6.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (5.83%) IT Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) Analyst
7 4 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) IT Support
7 4 (3.88%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.88%) Wireless Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (2.91%) Administrator
8 3 (2.91%) Network Administrator
8 3 (2.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.30%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.97%) JSON
2 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (22.33%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.77%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.91%) Replication
3 3 (2.91%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.97%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.97%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.59%) Windows
2 7 (6.80%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.94%) Android
5 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.97%) Linux
5 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.16%) Network Design
2 25 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (19.42%) Load Balancing
4 19 (18.45%) Network Management
5 18 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (14.56%) Network Architecture
7 14 (13.59%) Network Monitoring
8 10 (9.71%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (7.77%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.80%) Cloud Security
10 7 (6.80%) ITSM
11 5 (4.85%) Customer Service
11 5 (4.85%) High Availability
11 5 (4.85%) Migration
11 5 (4.85%) Project Delivery
12 4 (3.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 4 (3.88%) Mentoring
12 4 (3.88%) Patch Management
12 4 (3.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 3 (2.91%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.91%) Python
1 3 (2.91%) SQL
2 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (30.10%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (26.21%) CCNP
3 21 (20.39%) Security Cleared
4 19 (18.45%) SC Cleared
5 14 (13.59%) CCNA
6 12 (11.65%) Degree
7 8 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (5.83%) CCSA
9 5 (4.85%) CCIE
10 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.94%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.97%) CCDP
11 1 (0.97%) CWNA
11 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.97%) NIST
2 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (21.36%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.85%) Firmware
4 3 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.91%) vSphere
5 1 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.97%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (12.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.83%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.91%) CA Spectrum
3 3 (2.91%) SCCM
4 2 (1.94%) OPNET
4 2 (1.94%) Terraform
5 1 (0.97%) Ansible
5 1 (0.97%) Plesk
Vendors
1 89 (86.41%) Cisco
2 51 (49.51%) Palo Alto
3 27 (26.21%) Microsoft
4 16 (15.53%) Fortinet
5 15 (14.56%) VMware
6 12 (11.65%) Juniper
6 12 (11.65%) SolarWinds
7 10 (9.71%) F5
8 9 (8.74%) Aruba
9 8 (7.77%) CheckPoint
10 5 (4.85%) Ekahau
11 4 (3.88%) AirMagnet
11 4 (3.88%) Arista
11 4 (3.88%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (3.88%) Veeam
11 4 (3.88%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.91%) Infoblox
12 3 (2.91%) Ubiquiti
13 2 (1.94%) Dell KACE
13 2 (1.94%) Facebook