Hybrid/Remote Meraki Job Trends

Meraki
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 15 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 311 334
Rank change year-on-year -75 +23 -11
Permanent jobs citing Meraki 69 106 168
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.65% 0.72%
As % of the Vendors category 0.92% 1.33% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 60 69 83
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,300 £31,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £73,563 £55,000 £67,625
90th Percentile £92,625 £71,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,537 7,961 8,913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.44% 49.18% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,362 3,815 5,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,022
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -6.36% -4.35%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Meraki and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Meraki job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Meraki
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Meraki.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Meraki

Meraki
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Meraki over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Meraki salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Meraki
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (13.04%) Confluence
3 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (68.12%) Azure
2 34 (49.28%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (23.19%) Entra ID
4 9 (13.04%) AWS
5 6 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (5.80%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.80%) SaaS
7 3 (4.35%) IaaS
7 3 (4.35%) PaaS
8 2 (2.90%) Datadog
8 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.90%) GCP
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.45%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 37 (53.62%) Firewall
2 23 (33.33%) WAN
3 20 (28.99%) SD-WAN
4 18 (26.09%) Wireless
5 14 (20.29%) VPN
6 13 (18.84%) LAN
7 12 (17.39%) Network Security
8 11 (15.94%) MPLS
9 9 (13.04%) Cisco ISE
10 8 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (8.70%) BGP
11 6 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (8.70%) DHCP
11 6 (8.70%) DNS
11 6 (8.70%) NX-OS
11 6 (8.70%) OSPF
11 6 (8.70%) TCP/IP
11 6 (8.70%) VLAN
11 6 (8.70%) VXLAN
12 4 (5.80%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) MySQL
1 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
1 2 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Finance
3 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.80%) Legal
5 3 (4.35%) Retail
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (26.09%) Network Engineer
1 18 (26.09%) Senior
2 17 (24.64%) IT Support
3 16 (23.19%) Support Engineer
4 11 (15.94%) IT Engineer
4 11 (15.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Architect
6 7 (10.14%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (10.14%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Lead
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
1 10 (14.49%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.25%) iPhone
3 5 (7.25%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (5.80%) Replication
4 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.35%) CMDB
5 3 (4.35%) PKI
6 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (37.68%) Windows
2 17 (24.64%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.14%) Android
4 5 (7.25%) Linux
4 5 (7.25%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (17.39%) Presales
2 12 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 11 (15.94%) Collaborative Culture
4 10 (14.49%) AI
4 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (14.49%) ITIL
4 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.04%) Zero Trust
6 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (10.14%) SIEM
8 6 (8.70%) Budgeting
8 6 (8.70%) Commercial Awareness
8 6 (8.70%) ITSM
8 6 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 6 (8.70%) Network Architecture
8 6 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 5 (7.25%) Cloud Security
9 5 (7.25%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Python
2 5 (7.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) HNC
2 5 (7.25%) HND
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.90%) CCNP
5 2 (2.90%) CISSP
5 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) CCIE
6 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) SLA
2 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.90%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 25 (36.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (11.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (10.14%) vSphere
5 5 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.90%) Firmware
7 1 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.90%) Ansible
2 2 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.90%) Proxmox
2 2 (2.90%) SCCM
2 2 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.90%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 53 (76.81%) Cisco
2 41 (59.42%) Microsoft
3 10 (14.49%) Fortinet
3 10 (14.49%) Veeam
3 10 (14.49%) VMware
4 9 (13.04%) Palo Alto
4 9 (13.04%) Ubiquiti
5 8 (11.59%) Zscaler
6 6 (8.70%) CheckPoint
6 6 (8.70%) HP
7 5 (7.25%) SolarWinds
7 5 (7.25%) Synology
8 4 (5.80%) Dynatrace
9 3 (4.35%) Aruba
9 3 (4.35%) Sophos
10 2 (2.90%) Broadcom
10 2 (2.90%) EMC
10 2 (2.90%) F5
10 2 (2.90%) Mitel
10 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow