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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 464 540
Rank change year-on-year -95 +76 +91
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 22 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.054% 0.037% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.12% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 2
10th Percentile £190 £355 £283
25th Percentile £250 £400 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £294
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +87.23% -35.62%
75th Percentile £520 £625 £298
90th Percentile £536 - £299
UK median daily rate £365 £550 £294
% change year-on-year -33.64% +87.23% -38.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.67 - -
Median hourly rate £71.33 - -
75th Percentile £72.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £71.33 - -

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 13,083 7,596 11,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.29% 31.35% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,792 4,819 7,090
10th Percentile £340 £289 £310
25th Percentile £425 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £621 £626 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.14% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 440 982
10th Percentile £17.10 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £18.00
Median hourly rate £48.05 £40.55 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.51% +1.36% -23.81%
75th Percentile £72.52 £67.50 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.50 £81.35 £77.45
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £38.27 £40.00
% change year-on-year +24.22% -4.33% -25.93%

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 May 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 May 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 -56 13 £520 +15.56%
London -52 7 £220 - 3
North of England -62 1 £525 - 1
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 (13.64%) Confluence
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 14 (63.64%) BGP
3 13 (59.09%) LAN
3 13 (59.09%) OSPF
3 13 (59.09%) WAN
4 10 (45.45%) BIG-IP
4 10 (45.45%) Ethernet VPN
4 10 (45.45%) Junos
5 9 (40.91%) VXLAN
6 8 (36.36%) DNS
7 7 (31.82%) DHCP
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (27.27%) VPN
9 5 (22.73%) Network Security
10 4 (18.18%) Wireless
11 3 (13.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (13.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 3 (13.64%) SD-WAN
12 2 (9.09%) Internet
13 1 (4.55%) MPLS
General
1 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Local Government
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Electronics
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Network Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Senior
2 8 (36.36%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Network Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Juniper Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Network Security Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Firewall Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Juniper Specialist
6 2 (9.09%) Network Specialist
7 1 (4.55%) Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Lead Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Network Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (59.09%) Data Centre
2 7 (31.82%) Clustering
2 7 (31.82%) PKI
3 3 (13.64%) NHS
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) High Availability
1 12 (54.55%) ITIL
2 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) ITSM
3 9 (40.91%) Service Management
4 8 (36.36%) Observability
5 7 (31.82%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (31.82%) Load Balancing
6 5 (22.73%) Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Availability Management
7 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (13.64%) Runbook
8 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
8 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
9 2 (9.09%) Change Management
9 2 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (9.09%) Network Architecture
9 2 (9.09%) Network Design
9 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) JNCIS
2 16 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (68.18%) JNCIA
4 8 (36.36%) CCNP
4 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
5 5 (22.73%) CCIE
5 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
5 5 (22.73%) JNCIE
6 4 (18.18%) DBS Check
7 3 (13.64%) CCNA
7 3 (13.64%) CCSE
8 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
8 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) NIST
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) FortiGate
2 4 (18.18%) Ansible
3 3 (13.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Juniper
2 15 (68.18%) Cisco
3 10 (45.45%) F5
4 7 (31.82%) Extreme Networks
4 7 (31.82%) SolarWinds
4 7 (31.82%) Splunk
5 3 (13.64%) CheckPoint
5 3 (13.64%) Remedy
5 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
5 3 (13.64%) Zscaler
6 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 2 (9.09%) SAP
7 1 (4.55%) Aruba
7 1 (4.55%) Fortinet