Meraki
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 426 453
Rank change year-on-year -86 +27 -45
Permanent jobs citing Meraki 293 296 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.59% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 1.10% 1.40% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 253 240 276
10th Percentile £26,625 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.46% -4.29%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,425 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £38,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.19% -15.00% -5.26%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 26,545 21,111 27,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.98% 42.27% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,319 11,552 16,941
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -2.83% -7.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.28% -9.47% -5.00%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Meraki job vacancy trend in the UK

Meraki
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meraki.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Meraki

Meraki
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Meraki over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the UK over the 6 months to 13 August 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
England -117 246 £50,000 +11.11% 80
UK excluding London -110 176 £41,000 +7.19% 62
London -40 102 £70,000 +16.67% 27
Work from Home -50 71 £51,250 +2.50% 34
North of England -42 49 £36,500 -2.67% 16
Midlands -52 34 £52,500 +23.53% 13
Scotland +41 29 £65,000 - 2
South East -54 29 £32,500 -16.40% 18
Yorkshire -14 26 £40,000 +53.85% 4
North West -3 22 £36,500 -2.67% 10
East of England -9 21 £42,500 +30.64% 9
West Midlands -26 19 £55,000 +10.00% 8
East Midlands -43 15 £26,000 -25.71% 5
South West -79 8 £52,500 -4.55% 4
Wales - 6 £25,000 - 4
North East -61 1 - - 2

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 53 (18.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (13.99%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.39%) Confluence
3 7 (2.39%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 161 (54.95%) Azure
2 131 (44.71%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (26.96%) Entra ID
4 23 (7.85%) SaaS
5 21 (7.17%) AWS
6 17 (5.80%) Mimecast
7 12 (4.10%) Google Workspace
7 12 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.75%) OneDrive
9 10 (3.41%) IaaS
10 9 (3.07%) Viva Engage
11 8 (2.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (2.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.71%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (1.71%) PaaS
14 5 (1.71%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 137 (46.76%) Firewall
2 86 (29.35%) WAN
3 72 (24.57%) VPN
4 68 (23.21%) LAN
5 50 (17.06%) Wireless
6 49 (16.72%) SD-WAN
6 49 (16.72%) Wi-Fi
7 46 (15.70%) Network Security
8 38 (12.97%) VLAN
9 36 (12.29%) DNS
10 35 (11.95%) DHCP
11 32 (10.92%) TCP/IP
12 31 (10.58%) VoIP
13 29 (9.90%) MPLS
14 22 (7.51%) WLAN
15 21 (7.17%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (6.83%) BGP
17 19 (6.48%) Cisco IOS
18 15 (5.12%) OSPF
19 12 (4.10%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.71%) MySQL
3 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.02%) DuckDB
4 3 (1.02%) Parquet
5 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.68%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.68%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 18 (6.14%) JIRA
General
1 95 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.92%) Law
3 27 (9.22%) Finance
4 25 (8.53%) Legal
5 24 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.46%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.02%) Banking
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.68%) Automotive
11 2 (0.68%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 85 (29.01%) IT Support
2 68 (23.21%) Network Engineer
3 54 (18.43%) Senior
4 49 (16.72%) Support Engineer
5 42 (14.33%) IT Engineer
6 37 (12.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 33 (11.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 32 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (10.58%) Cisco Engineer
10 28 (9.56%) Azure Engineer
10 28 (9.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 25 (8.53%) Analyst
11 25 (8.53%) Lead
12 20 (6.83%) Architect
13 19 (6.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 19 (6.48%) Senior Network Engineer
14 16 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 15 (5.12%) Lead Network Engineer
16 14 (4.78%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
16 14 (4.78%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.02%) Next.js
1 3 (1.02%) React
1 3 (1.02%) Svelte
1 3 (1.02%) SvelteKit
2 2 (0.68%) CSS
2 2 (0.68%) EDI
2 2 (0.68%) HTML
2 2 (0.68%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.95%) Driving Licence
2 29 (9.90%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.46%) iPhone
3 16 (5.46%) Video Conferencing
4 15 (5.12%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.07%) iPad
6 9 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.73%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.05%) CMDB
9 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.71%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.37%) Replication
12 3 (1.02%) Cyberattack
12 3 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.02%) FMCG
12 3 (1.02%) PKI
12 3 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 119 (40.61%) Windows
2 62 (21.16%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.24%) Mac OS
4 22 (7.51%) Linux
5 14 (4.78%) Windows 10
6 13 (4.44%) Android
7 8 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.68%) tvOS
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (17.41%) ITIL
3 46 (15.70%) Customer Service
4 44 (15.02%) Project Delivery
5 43 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 38 (12.97%) Disaster Recovery
7 34 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (9.22%) Incident Response
11 25 (8.53%) Network Architecture
12 24 (8.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 23 (7.85%) Task Automation
14 22 (7.51%) Collaborative Culture
14 22 (7.51%) Presales
14 22 (7.51%) Service Delivery
14 22 (7.51%) Service Management
15 20 (6.83%) Network Monitoring
16 19 (6.48%) Zero Trust
17 18 (6.14%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (16.38%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.78%) Python
2 14 (4.78%) SQL
3 2 (0.68%) Bicep
3 2 (0.68%) C#
3 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
3 2 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (19.80%) Degree
2 51 (17.41%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (11.60%) CCNP
4 32 (10.92%) CCNA
5 16 (5.46%) Azure Certification
6 15 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.75%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.07%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (3.07%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.39%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.71%) HNC
11 5 (1.71%) HND
12 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.02%) CISA
13 3 (1.02%) CISM
13 3 (1.02%) CISSP
13 3 (1.02%) CWNA
13 3 (1.02%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (8.19%) GDPR
3 13 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.73%) NIST
5 7 (2.39%) SLA
6 6 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.02%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (31.74%) Active Directory
2 34 (11.60%) Hyper-V
3 32 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.41%) vSphere
5 6 (2.05%) Firmware
5 6 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 54 (18.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.80%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (3.75%) Autotask
4 8 (2.73%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.71%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.71%) SCCM
6 5 (1.71%) Terraform
6 5 (1.71%) VxRail
6 5 (1.71%) WSUS
7 3 (1.02%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.68%) Ansible
8 2 (0.68%) Nessus
8 2 (0.68%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 223 (76.11%) Cisco
2 140 (47.78%) Microsoft
3 42 (14.33%) Fortinet
3 42 (14.33%) HP
4 38 (12.97%) VMware
5 27 (9.22%) Zscaler
6 26 (8.87%) Ubiquiti
7 25 (8.53%) Palo Alto
8 22 (7.51%) CheckPoint
9 20 (6.83%) Apple
9 20 (6.83%) Veeam
10 19 (6.48%) Aruba
11 17 (5.80%) SolarWinds
11 17 (5.80%) Sophos
12 15 (5.12%) SonicWALL
13 14 (4.78%) Google
14 11 (3.75%) Datto
15 10 (3.41%) F5
16 9 (3.07%) Juniper
16 9 (3.07%) ProCurve