Meraki Job Trends in the South East

Meraki
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 250 216 301
Rank change year-on-year -34 +85 +44
Permanent jobs citing Meraki 41 55 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.28% 0.71% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 1.11% 1.78% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 40 50 68
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,863 £20,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -13.27% +0.51%
75th Percentile £54,375 £49,688 £53,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £56,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,709 3,093 6,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.71% 39.66% 38.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,145 1,758 4,407
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -12.56%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the South East

Meraki
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Meraki.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Meraki

Meraki
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Meraki in the South East

Meraki
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the South East 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
Kent -31 15 £33,000 +10.00% 1
Hampshire -26 10 £75,000 +76.47% 2
Thames Valley +6 8 £35,000 -10.26% 3
Oxfordshire -2 6 £35,000 -10.26% 2
East Sussex - 6 £32,500 -
Surrey -23 2 £42,500 +32.81% 1
Berkshire +5 1 £65,000 +52.94%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £35,000 - 1
Meraki
England

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) Azure
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (21.95%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.76%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) Firewall
2 16 (39.02%) WAN
2 16 (39.02%) Wireless
3 15 (36.59%) VPN
4 14 (34.15%) BGP
5 13 (31.71%) LAN
6 10 (24.39%) SD-WAN
7 9 (21.95%) DHCP
7 9 (21.95%) DNS
7 9 (21.95%) MPLS
7 9 (21.95%) OSPF
8 8 (19.51%) VLAN
8 8 (19.51%) VXLAN
9 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
10 5 (12.20%) VoIP
11 4 (9.76%) IPsec
12 2 (4.88%) Network Security
12 2 (4.88%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (2.44%) Miracast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Legal
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) IT Support
2 13 (31.71%) IT Engineer
3 10 (24.39%) Support Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (19.51%) Cisco Consultant
5 8 (19.51%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 8 (19.51%) Consultant
5 8 (19.51%) Network Consultant
5 8 (19.51%) WAN Consultant
6 6 (14.63%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (12.20%) Network Engineer
8 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
8 4 (9.76%) Field Engineer
8 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
8 4 (9.76%) IT Support Specialist
8 4 (9.76%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.51%) REST
2 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.44%) CSS
2 1 (2.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Driving Licence
2 9 (21.95%) Data Centre
3 6 (14.63%) iPhone
4 4 (9.76%) Replication
4 4 (9.76%) Social Media
5 2 (4.88%) CCTV
6 1 (2.44%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.44%) FMCG
6 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) PKI
6 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (58.54%) Windows
2 11 (26.83%) Windows Server
3 6 (14.63%) Android
3 6 (14.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.44%) VMS
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Customer Service
2 12 (29.27%) Network Management
3 8 (19.51%) ITIL
3 8 (19.51%) Network Segmentation
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (17.07%) Workflow
5 5 (12.20%) Data Protection
5 5 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.76%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.76%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (4.88%) Budgeting
8 2 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
8 2 (4.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.44%) PHP
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (26.83%) CCNP
3 7 (17.07%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.88%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) CCIE
6 1 (2.44%) CCIE Security
6 1 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) FortiGate
2 8 (19.51%) Ansible
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.76%) Backup Exec
3 4 (9.76%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (9.76%) SmoothWall
4 1 (2.44%) Autotask
Vendors
1 37 (90.24%) Cisco
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 9 (21.95%) Fortinet
4 5 (12.20%) Veeam
5 4 (9.76%) Google
6 3 (7.32%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.44%) Commvault
7 1 (2.44%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.44%) Datto
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) NetApp
7 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.44%) Sophos
7 1 (2.44%) Splunk
7 1 (2.44%) VMware
7 1 (2.44%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.44%) Zerto