Meraki Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Meraki
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 13 September 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
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 191 172
Rank change year-on-year 0 -19 +11
Permanent jobs citing Meraki 4 12 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.056% 0.30% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.72% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 10
10th Percentile £45,900 £35,325 £28,200
25th Percentile £47,250 £40,063 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £59,625 £48,438 £53,000
90th Percentile £62,400 £49,000 £56,250
South East median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -16.67% -16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,774 1,670 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.75% 42.31% 33.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 664 793
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -3.80%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Meraki
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Meraki.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Meraki

Meraki
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Oxfordshire -30 2 £52,000 +15.56% 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £56,250 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Apple
4 1 (25.00%) Brocade
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (25.00%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (25.00%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (25.00%) VMware