JNCIP Contract Job Trends in England

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional (JNCIP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for JNCIP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 460 535
Rank change year-on-year -99 +75 +120
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 25 11 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.064% 0.045% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.14% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 4
10th Percentile £190 £190 £287
25th Percentile £265 £258 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £400 £316
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +26.48% -33.42%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £393
90th Percentile £575 £625 £472
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £316
% change year-on-year - +26.48% -33.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.95
25th Percentile £70.67 - £48.00
Median hourly rate £71.33 - £60.38
75th Percentile £72.00 - £72.13
90th Percentile - - £78.80
UK median hourly rate £71.33 - £60.38

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

JNCIP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,027 7,627 11,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.32% 31.32% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,717 4,896 7,252
10th Percentile £340 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,001 426 929
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.66 £17.72
Median hourly rate £39.50 £50.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +29.03% -25.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.36 £82.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £38.95
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.53% -27.43%

JNCIP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JNCIP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

JNCIP job vacancy trend in England

JNCIP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JNCIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JNCIP

JNCIP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JNCIP in England over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JNCIP in England

JNCIP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JNCIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JNCIP

JNCIP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIP within the England region over the 6 months to 8 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -35 12 £520 +15.56% 2
London -64 9 £265 +39.47%
Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £525 - 1
North of England -62 1 £525 -
North East - 1 £525 -
JNCIP
UK

JNCIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (12.00%) Confluence
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) GCP
3 2 (8.00%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (8.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (84.00%) Firewall
2 17 (68.00%) LAN
2 17 (68.00%) WAN
3 15 (60.00%) BGP
3 15 (60.00%) OSPF
4 11 (44.00%) VXLAN
5 10 (40.00%) BIG-IP
5 10 (40.00%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (40.00%) Junos
6 9 (36.00%) DHCP
6 9 (36.00%) DNS
7 8 (32.00%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (32.00%) VPN
8 7 (28.00%) Network Security
9 6 (24.00%) Wireless
10 5 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (20.00%) SD-WAN
11 4 (16.00%) VLAN
12 3 (12.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 2 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Local Government
4 2 (8.00%) Electronics
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 8 (32.00%) Senior
2 8 (32.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Network Architect
4 5 (20.00%) Juniper Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Network Security Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Firewall Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Juniper Specialist
6 2 (8.00%) Network Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Network Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (32.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (28.00%) Clustering
2 7 (28.00%) PKI
3 3 (12.00%) NHS
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) ITIL
2 12 (48.00%) High Availability
2 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (36.00%) ITSM
3 9 (36.00%) Load Balancing
3 9 (36.00%) Service Management
4 8 (32.00%) Observability
5 7 (28.00%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (20.00%) Network Design
6 5 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 5 (20.00%) TOGAF
7 4 (16.00%) Availability Management
7 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.00%) Migration
7 4 (16.00%) Network Architecture
8 3 (12.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (12.00%) Incident Response
8 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (12.00%) Runbook
9 2 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (76.00%) JNCIS
2 15 (60.00%) JNCIA
3 12 (48.00%) CCNP
4 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (28.00%) DV Cleared
6 6 (24.00%) CCIE
6 6 (24.00%) JNCIE
7 4 (16.00%) DBS Check
8 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (12.00%) CCNA
8 3 (12.00%) CCSE
9 2 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (8.00%) CCIE Security
9 2 (8.00%) CCSP
9 2 (8.00%) CISSP
9 2 (8.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) NIST
2 2 (8.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (24.00%) Ansible
3 5 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Juniper
2 16 (64.00%) Cisco
3 12 (48.00%) F5
4 9 (36.00%) SolarWinds
5 7 (28.00%) Extreme Networks
5 7 (28.00%) Splunk
6 4 (16.00%) Palo Alto
7 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
7 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
7 3 (12.00%) Remedy
7 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
7 3 (12.00%) Zscaler
8 2 (8.00%) Forcepoint
8 2 (8.00%) Meraki
8 2 (8.00%) SAP
8 2 (8.00%) VMware
9 1 (4.00%) Aruba