The first table below looks at the demand for Junos skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Junos over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Juniper Junos
Rank 509 550 570
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +20
Contract jobs citing Junos 21 28 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.045% 0.048% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.310% 0.308% 0.228%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 10
Average daily rate £338 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £334 £339
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £488 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6782 9103 7893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.62% 15.62% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3331 4145 3588
Average daily rate £350 £368 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 606 785
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.90 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%

Junos
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Junos within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Junos Jobs Demand Trend

Junos
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Junos within the UK.

Junos Daily Rate Trend

Junos
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junos within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Junos Daily Rate Histogram

Junos
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Junos within the UK.

Junos Hourly Rate Trend

Junos
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junos within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +43 21 £338 -15.62%
South East +25 11 £325 -18.75%
London +15 10 £440 +10.00%
City of London +11 4 £475 +5.55%
West Sussex - 4 £325 -
Crawley - 4 £325 -
Berkshire +15 2 - -
Reading - 2 - -
Gatwick - 2 - -
Kent - 2 £314 -
Surrey +23 1 £338 -
Middlesex +2 1 - -
Sussex - 1 £275 -

Junos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Junos also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Junos.

1 32 (76.19%) Cisco
2 29 (69.05%) Juniper
3 28 (66.67%) Firewall
4 23 (54.76%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (42.86%) DNS
6 17 (40.48%) Cisco ASA
6 17 (40.48%) F5
7 15 (35.71%) BGP
8 14 (33.33%) Wireless
8 14 (33.33%) Network Architecture
9 13 (30.95%) OSPF
9 13 (30.95%) LAN
10 12 (28.57%) VPN
10 12 (28.57%) CCNP
10 12 (28.57%) HP
10 12 (28.57%) CheckPoint
10 12 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (26.19%) MPLS
11 11 (26.19%) WAN
11 11 (26.19%) Migration
11 11 (26.19%) VMware
11 11 (26.19%) Network Security
12 10 (23.81%) VLAN
12 10 (23.81%) Finance
13 9 (21.43%) Blue Coat
13 9 (21.43%) Load Balancing
14 8 (19.05%) IP Telephony
14 8 (19.05%) Linux
14 8 (19.05%) Windows
14 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP

Junos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Junos also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Junos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.143%) IIS
2 2 (4.762%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 28 (66.67%) Firewall
2 18 (42.86%) DNS
3 17 (40.48%) Cisco ASA
4 15 (35.71%) BGP
5 14 (33.33%) Wireless
6 13 (30.95%) OSPF
6 13 (30.95%) LAN
7 12 (28.57%) VPN
7 12 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (26.19%) Network Security
8 11 (26.19%) WAN
8 11 (26.19%) MPLS
9 10 (23.81%) VLAN
10 8 (19.05%) IP Telephony
10 8 (19.05%) NetScreen
10 8 (19.05%) DHCP
10 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
11 6 (14.29%) Ethernet
11 6 (14.29%) VoIP
11 6 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 3 (7.143%) Legal
2 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.762%) Banking
3 2 (4.762%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.762%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.381%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.381%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Firewall Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Network Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Firewall Consultant
5 4 (9.524%) Core Network Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.762%) Desktop Technician
7 2 (4.762%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.762%) Firewall Specialist
7 2 (4.762%) Support Technician
7 2 (4.762%) Desktop Support Technician
8 1 (2.381%) Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.381%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (2.381%) Network Specialist
8 1 (2.381%) Network Team Leader
8 1 (2.381%) Network Security Consultant
8 1 (2.381%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.381%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (7.143%) IVR
3 1 (2.381%) SecurID
3 1 (2.381%) ASIC
3 1 (2.381%) Clustering
3 1 (2.381%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
1 8 (19.05%) Linux
2 4 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (7.143%) Debian
3 3 (7.143%) Ubuntu
4 2 (4.762%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.381%) Solaris
5 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.381%) CentOS
5 1 (2.381%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.381%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 11 (26.19%) Migration
3 9 (21.43%) Load Balancing
4 7 (16.67%) Change Management
5 6 (14.29%) Network Management
5 6 (14.29%) Project Management
6 5 (11.90%) Network Design
7 4 (9.524%) Project Planning
7 4 (9.524%) ITIL
7 4 (9.524%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (4.762%) Analytics
8 2 (4.762%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (2.381%) Business Transformation
9 1 (2.381%) Fund Management
9 1 (2.381%) Lean Six Sigma
9 1 (2.381%) Wealth Management
9 1 (2.381%) Problem Management
9 1 (2.381%) Performance Management
9 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.762%) Perl
2 1 (2.381%) PHP
2 1 (2.381%) Ruby
2 1 (2.381%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 23 (54.76%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (28.57%) CCNP
3 6 (14.29%) CCIE
4 5 (11.90%) CCNA
4 5 (11.90%) JNCIE
4 5 (11.90%) Degree
5 4 (9.524%) CCDP
5 4 (9.524%) CCIP
5 4 (9.524%) RHCE
5 4 (9.524%) JNCIA
6 3 (7.143%) JNCIP
6 3 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.143%) MCSE
7 2 (4.762%) CCSE
7 2 (4.762%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.381%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (2.381%) CCSA
8 1 (2.381%) CCDA
8 1 (2.381%) CCSP
8 1 (2.381%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.524%) PCI DSS
2 3 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.143%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.381%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.381%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (2.381%) Puppet
2 1 (2.381%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 32 (76.19%) Cisco
2 29 (69.05%) Juniper
3 17 (40.48%) F5
4 12 (28.57%) HP
4 12 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 11 (26.19%) VMware
6 9 (21.43%) Blue Coat
7 8 (19.05%) Nokia
8 7 (16.67%) Sourcefire
9 6 (14.29%) Fortinet
9 6 (14.29%) TippingPoint
9 6 (14.29%) Aruba
10 4 (9.524%) Polycom
10 4 (9.524%) Microsoft
11 3 (7.143%) McAfee
12 2 (4.762%) Crossbeam
12 2 (4.762%) CA
12 2 (4.762%) Dell
12 2 (4.762%) Riverbed
13 1 (2.381%) Verint
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