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 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 490 574
Rank change year-on-year -30 +84 +177
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 16 25 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.055% 0.080% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.27% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 7
10th Percentile £309 £190 £255
25th Percentile £390 £463 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £505 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +26.25% -17.95%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £450
90th Percentile £631 £635 £480
UK median daily rate £533 £505 £450
% change year-on-year +5.45% +12.22% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - -21.92% -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £83.25
% change year-on-year - -21.92% -

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 9,560 9,260 11,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.78% 29.73% 29.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,146 5,678 7,535
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £728 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 416 706
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £17.19
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.32 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +16.67%

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 1 November 2025.

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 1 November 2025. 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 +7 9 £489 -14.25% 8
South West - 3 £625 -
South East +5 2 £513 +1.49% 6
West Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
Midlands - 2 £525 - 3
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 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) BGP
2 9 (56.25%) VPN
2 9 (56.25%) WAN
3 8 (50.00%) LAN
3 8 (50.00%) OSPF
4 6 (37.50%) Network Security
4 6 (37.50%) SD-WAN
4 6 (37.50%) VLAN
5 5 (31.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (25.00%) MPLS
7 3 (18.75%) BIG-IP
7 3 (18.75%) DNS
7 3 (18.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (12.50%) iSCSI
8 2 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Juniper Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Network Architect
4 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Juniper Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Juniper Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) Network Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Network Design
1 6 (37.50%) TOGAF
2 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
2 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 3 (18.75%) Network Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Runbook
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (75.00%) CCNP
3 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 9 (56.25%) JNCIE
5 7 (43.75%) CCIE
6 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
7 5 (31.25%) JNCIS
8 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
9 3 (18.75%) AWS Certification
9 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
9 3 (18.75%) CCSE
10 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (12.50%) CCIE Security
10 2 (12.50%) CCSP
10 2 (12.50%) CISSP
10 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (12.50%) Degree
11 1 (6.25%) CCNA
11 1 (6.25%) JNCIA
11 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (18.75%) NIST
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
3 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (12.50%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Ansible
2 6 (37.50%) Terraform
3 2 (12.50%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Juniper
2 10 (62.50%) Cisco
3 5 (31.25%) F5
4 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
4 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
4 3 (18.75%) Remedy
4 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 3 (18.75%) Zscaler
5 2 (12.50%) Forcepoint
5 2 (12.50%) Meraki
5 2 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (6.25%) Google
6 1 (6.25%) SAP