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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 467 554
Rank change year-on-year -66 +87 +142
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 21 20 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.063% 0.076% 0.016%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.25% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 3
10th Percentile £190 £190 £124
25th Percentile £265 £400 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £505 £333
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +51.88% -30.00%
75th Percentile £575 £530 £437
90th Percentile £613 £608 £490
UK median daily rate £400 £505 £333
% change year-on-year -20.79% +51.88% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.95
25th Percentile - - £48.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.38
75th Percentile - - £72.13
90th Percentile - - £78.80
UK median hourly rate - - £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 11,343 7,933 11,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.95% 30.19% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,531 4,818 7,340
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 883 387 874
10th Percentile £15.75 £19.91 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.27
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% - +2.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.42 £81.25 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.04 £46.18
% change year-on-year -35.58% -15.46% +2.62%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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
London -32 10 £280 +47.37% 1
South East -27 5 £400 -20.79%
South West -15 2 - -
Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
North of England -61 1 £525 +3.96% 2
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 (14.29%) Confluence
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) GCP
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (9.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) Firewall
2 11 (52.38%) LAN
2 11 (52.38%) WAN
3 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 9 (42.86%) BGP
4 9 (42.86%) OSPF
5 8 (38.10%) Network Security
6 6 (28.57%) Wireless
7 5 (23.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 5 (23.81%) SD-WAN
7 5 (23.81%) VLAN
7 5 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (19.05%) Junos
8 4 (19.05%) VXLAN
9 3 (14.29%) BIG-IP
9 3 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (14.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
10 2 (9.52%) DNS
10 2 (9.52%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
3 4 (19.05%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Electronics
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Local Government
4 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 3 (14.29%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Network Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Juniper Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Network Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Juniper Specialist
4 3 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Network Specialist
4 3 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Firewall Architect
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Network Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 4 (19.05%) NHS
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) High Availability
1 6 (28.57%) Network Design
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Migration
2 5 (23.81%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
2 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
3 4 (19.05%) Network Architecture
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Bash
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) CCNP
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (57.14%) JNCIS
3 7 (33.33%) JNCIA
3 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 6 (28.57%) CCIE
4 6 (28.57%) JNCIE
5 4 (19.05%) CCNA
5 4 (19.05%) DBS Check
6 3 (14.29%) AWS Certification
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
6 3 (14.29%) CCSE
6 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (9.52%) CCIE Security
7 2 (9.52%) CCSP
7 2 (9.52%) CISSP
7 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) NIST
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (9.52%) GDPR
3 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.52%) VMware NSX
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Ansible
2 6 (28.57%) Terraform
3 2 (9.52%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Juniper
2 12 (57.14%) Cisco
3 5 (23.81%) F5
4 4 (19.05%) Palo Alto
5 3 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 3 (14.29%) Remedy
5 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 3 (14.29%) Zscaler
6 2 (9.52%) Forcepoint
6 2 (9.52%) Meraki
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
6 2 (9.52%) VMware
7 1 (4.76%) Aruba