Meraki Job Trends in England

Meraki
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Meraki products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Meraki over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cisco Meraki.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 386 437
Rank change year-on-year -69 +51 +110
Permanent jobs citing Meraki 233 268 443
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.68% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.13% 1.67% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 203 230 359
10th Percentile £26,800 £30,900 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

All Vendors
England

Meraki falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,529 16,069 30,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.24% 41.03% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11,615 9,387 22,563
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -12.56%
75th Percentile £77,275 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,961 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% +10.00% -13.04%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in England

Meraki
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Meraki.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Meraki

Meraki
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Meraki in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Meraki in England

Meraki
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -11 103 £78,000 +8.33% 16
South East -34 41 £35,000 -17.65% 13
Midlands -43 35 £53,750 +20.79% 8
North of England -29 33 £36,500 -8.75% 8
West Midlands -40 21 £57,500 +15.00% 8
Yorkshire -46 17 £30,000 -47.83% 3
North West -3 16 £36,500 -2.67% 4
East Midlands -46 13 £32,500 -23.53%
East of England -7 11 £32,500 -0.10% 5
South West -58 5 £53,750 -2.27% 5
Meraki
UK

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 36 (15.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (12.88%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.00%) IIS
4 2 (0.86%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 117 (50.21%) Azure
2 71 (30.47%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (21.89%) Entra ID
4 28 (12.02%) AWS
5 23 (9.87%) SaaS
6 17 (7.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (6.44%) AWS Direct Connect
8 14 (6.01%) Google Workspace
9 11 (4.72%) Mimecast
10 10 (4.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (2.15%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.72%) GCP
13 4 (1.72%) IaaS
13 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.72%) PaaS
13 4 (1.72%) Viva Engage
14 3 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (49.36%) Firewall
2 111 (47.64%) WAN
3 87 (37.34%) LAN
4 81 (34.76%) VPN
5 65 (27.90%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (24.89%) SD-WAN
7 55 (23.61%) Wireless
8 45 (19.31%) BGP
9 42 (18.03%) VLAN
10 40 (17.17%) DNS
10 40 (17.17%) MPLS
11 38 (16.31%) DHCP
11 38 (16.31%) Network Security
11 38 (16.31%) OSPF
12 29 (12.45%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (12.02%) VXLAN
14 27 (11.59%) TCP/IP
14 27 (11.59%) WLAN
15 24 (10.30%) Cisco ISE
15 24 (10.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.00%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (5.15%) JIRA
General
1 53 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.16%) Finance
3 22 (9.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (9.44%) Law
4 16 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (6.87%) Retail
5 15 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.72%) Legal
7 7 (3.00%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.15%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.86%) Advertising
10 2 (0.86%) Banking
10 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.43%) Electronics
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (27.04%) Network Engineer
2 59 (25.32%) IT Support
3 41 (17.60%) Senior
4 40 (17.17%) IT Engineer
5 30 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (12.88%) Support Engineer
6 26 (11.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (10.30%) Cisco Engineer
7 24 (10.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 22 (9.44%) Architect
9 19 (8.15%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (8.15%) Lead
10 17 (7.30%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 17 (7.30%) Operations Engineer
11 16 (6.87%) Consultant
12 15 (6.44%) Lead Network Engineer
13 14 (6.01%) Azure Engineer
13 14 (6.01%) Lead Cisco Engineer
14 13 (5.58%) Analyst
14 13 (5.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.86%) REST
2 3 (1.29%) CSS
2 3 (1.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (18.45%) Data Centre
2 24 (10.30%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.15%) Social Media
4 10 (4.29%) iPhone
5 9 (3.86%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.15%) CCTV
8 5 (2.15%) PKI
9 4 (1.72%) FMCG
9 4 (1.72%) iPad
9 4 (1.72%) Replication
10 3 (1.29%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.86%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (39.06%) Windows
2 36 (15.45%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.30%) Mac OS
4 14 (6.01%) Android
5 8 (3.43%) Linux
5 8 (3.43%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.15%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.86%) VMS
10 1 (0.43%) tvOS
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (21.03%) ITIL
2 48 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (14.59%) Network Segmentation
5 31 (13.30%) Customer Service
6 28 (12.02%) Network Architecture
6 28 (12.02%) Zero Trust
7 27 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (10.30%) Migration
8 24 (10.30%) Service Delivery
9 23 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (9.87%) Network Monitoring
10 21 (9.01%) Network Management
11 19 (8.15%) High Availability
11 19 (8.15%) Kalman Filter
12 18 (7.73%) Cloud Security
12 18 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (7.73%) Project Delivery
12 18 (7.73%) Roadmaps
13 17 (7.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.88%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.30%) Python
3 4 (1.72%) SQL
4 2 (0.86%) C#
5 1 (0.43%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) PHP
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (24.03%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (18.45%) CCNP
3 39 (16.74%) Degree
4 27 (11.59%) CCNA
5 21 (9.01%) Security Cleared
6 19 (8.15%) SC Cleared
7 17 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (6.87%) DBS Check
9 12 (5.15%) Azure Certification
10 10 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.15%) CCIE
12 5 (2.15%) CWNA
13 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (1.29%) MCDST
14 3 (1.29%) MCSA
14 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (1.29%) RIBA
15 2 (0.86%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (8.58%) GDPR
3 11 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (3.86%) NIST
6 7 (3.00%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.58%) SLA
8 3 (1.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.86%) QA
10 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 57 (24.46%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.73%) Hyper-V
3 16 (6.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.15%) vSphere
5 3 (1.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (16.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.44%) Jamf Pro
3 16 (6.87%) FortiGate
4 10 (4.29%) Ansible
4 10 (4.29%) Cisco Prime
5 8 (3.43%) VxRail
6 7 (3.00%) SCCM
7 6 (2.58%) Autotask
7 6 (2.58%) WSUS
8 5 (2.15%) SmoothWall
9 4 (1.72%) Backup Exec
10 3 (1.29%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 193 (82.83%) Cisco
2 79 (33.91%) Microsoft
3 38 (16.31%) Fortinet
4 28 (12.02%) CheckPoint
4 28 (12.02%) Palo Alto
4 28 (12.02%) SolarWinds
5 20 (8.58%) HP
6 19 (8.15%) Aruba
7 17 (7.30%) VMware
8 16 (6.87%) Google
9 15 (6.44%) Dynatrace
9 15 (6.44%) Veeam
10 14 (6.01%) Ubiquiti
11 12 (5.15%) Apple
11 12 (5.15%) Ruckus Wireless
12 10 (4.29%) ServiceNow
12 10 (4.29%) Sophos
13 8 (3.43%) Juniper
13 8 (3.43%) Zscaler
14 7 (3.00%) Dell