Meraki Contracts

Meraki
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Meraki products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Meraki over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cisco Meraki.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 523 585
Rank change year-on-year +30 +62 +2
Contract jobs citing Meraki 86 161 258
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Vendors category 0.47% 0.66% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 94 173
10th Percentile £262 £238 £293
25th Percentile £330 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £429 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -4.72% +12.50%
75th Percentile £509 £547 £550
90th Percentile £653 £600 £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £400 £430
% change year-on-year +3.13% -6.98% +25.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 9
10th Percentile - £11.60 £19.30
25th Percentile - £11.74 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £13.33 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - -37.99% +4.88%
75th Percentile - £14.78 £22.25
90th Percentile - £14.84 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £21.50
% change year-on-year - - +2.38%

All Vendors
UK

Meraki is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,286 24,482 35,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.43% 43.42% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,377 16,346 23,689
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 644 856
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.89 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £48.46
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

Meraki
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Meraki as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Meraki.

Daily rate trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Meraki over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Meraki.

Hourly rate trend for Meraki in the UK

Meraki
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Meraki within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +42 76 £425 - 85
UK excluding London +17 54 £413 +3.13% 67
North of England +31 29 £425 -13.27% 13
London +77 23 £469 +7.76% 32
Work from Home +46 21 £400 -15.79% 44
North West +10 15 £425 - 9
Yorkshire +28 13 £610 +2.52% 4
South East -1 13 £425 - 17
South West +7 5 £325 -18.75% 4
Scotland +36 4 £240 -40.00% 16
Midlands +13 2 £500 +15.61% 11
East Midlands +6 2 £500 -28.57% 2
East of England +1 1 £350 -43.43% 8
North East - 1 £450 -
Wales - 1 £325 - 1

Meraki
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.77%) Azure
2 12 (13.95%) AWS
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.65%) SaaS
5 3 (3.49%) BigCommerce
5 3 (3.49%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 2 (2.33%) IaaS
6 2 (2.33%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.33%) PaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.16%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (50.00%) WAN
2 36 (41.86%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (39.53%) Firewall
4 30 (34.88%) LAN
5 24 (27.91%) SD-WAN
6 19 (22.09%) Wireless
7 14 (16.28%) VPN
8 13 (15.12%) DNS
8 13 (15.12%) Network Security
9 12 (13.95%) DHCP
10 10 (11.63%) OSPF
11 9 (10.47%) BGP
11 9 (10.47%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (9.30%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (9.30%) MPLS
12 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
12 8 (9.30%) VLAN
13 7 (8.14%) WLAN
14 6 (6.98%) SNMP
14 6 (6.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
1 3 (3.49%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.16%) Hudson
General
1 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (15.12%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.30%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.81%) Finance
4 4 (4.65%) Marketing
5 3 (3.49%) Retail
6 1 (1.16%) Aviation
6 1 (1.16%) Banking
6 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (54.65%) Network Engineer
2 8 (9.30%) Senior
3 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Architect
5 5 (5.81%) Network Architect
5 5 (5.81%) WAN Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Consultant
7 3 (3.49%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) LAN Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Mobile Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Network Consultant
7 3 (3.49%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.49%) Jinja
2 3 (3.49%) JSON
2 3 (3.49%) NETCONF
2 3 (3.49%) RESTful
2 3 (3.49%) VML
2 3 (3.49%) XML
2 3 (3.49%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.65%) Clustering
5 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.49%) PKI
6 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (17.44%) Load Balancing
3 13 (15.12%) Break/Fix
4 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (11.63%) Network Design
5 8 (9.30%) Network Management
6 7 (8.14%) Migration
6 7 (8.14%) Network Architecture
6 7 (8.14%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (6.98%) High Availability
8 5 (5.81%) Agile
9 4 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.65%) Technology Strategy
10 3 (3.49%) Customer Acquisition
10 3 (3.49%) Customer Experience
10 3 (3.49%) Data Protection
10 3 (3.49%) Investment Management
10 3 (3.49%) Network Virtualisation
10 3 (3.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.65%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) Bash
2 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (26.74%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (22.09%) CCNP
3 10 (11.63%) CCNA
4 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.14%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.81%) CCIE
6 3 (3.49%) CCDP
7 2 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.33%) CWDP
7 2 (2.33%) CWNA
7 2 (2.33%) Degree
8 1 (1.16%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) NCSC
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.33%) Firmware
4 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.33%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 3 (3.49%) Ansible
2 3 (3.49%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.49%) Kibana
2 3 (3.49%) SCCM
3 1 (1.16%) CASB
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 81 (94.19%) Cisco
2 31 (36.05%) Aruba
3 25 (29.07%) Palo Alto
4 19 (22.09%) Juniper
5 15 (17.44%) Microsoft
6 14 (16.28%) Citrix
7 11 (12.79%) 3Com
7 11 (12.79%) Brocade
8 10 (11.63%) CheckPoint
8 10 (11.63%) F5
8 10 (11.63%) VMware
9 8 (9.30%) SolarWinds
10 7 (8.14%) Zscaler
11 6 (6.98%) Dell
11 6 (6.98%) HP
12 5 (5.81%) Fortinet
13 4 (4.65%) Ekahau
13 4 (4.65%) Google
14 3 (3.49%) Intel
14 3 (3.49%) Salesforce