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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 491 557
Rank change year-on-year -36 +66 +180
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 19 25 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.063% 0.080% 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.27% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 8
10th Percentile £236 £190 £244
25th Percentile £332 £463 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £505 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +26.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £450
90th Percentile £613 £635 £473
UK median daily rate £438 £505 £425
% change year-on-year -13.37% +18.82% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £40.95
25th Percentile - - £48.00
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £60.38
Median % change year-on-year - +7.66% -
75th Percentile - - £72.13
90th Percentile - - £78.80
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £60.38
% change year-on-year - +7.66% -

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 10,052 9,268 11,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.27% 29.73% 29.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,499 5,672 7,544
10th Percentile £304 £313 £309
25th Percentile £419 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £719 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 881 426 707
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.32% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% -14.29% +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 15 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 15 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 +1 11 £399 -30.04% 7
South East +2 3 £400 -20.79% 2
South West - 3 £625 -
West Midlands - 2 £525 - 3
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 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) AWS
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) GCP
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (10.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) Firewall
2 10 (52.63%) BGP
2 10 (52.63%) VPN
3 9 (47.37%) OSPF
3 9 (47.37%) WAN
4 8 (42.11%) LAN
5 6 (31.58%) Network Security
5 6 (31.58%) SD-WAN
5 6 (31.58%) VLAN
6 5 (26.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (21.05%) MPLS
7 4 (21.05%) Wireless
8 3 (15.79%) BIG-IP
8 3 (15.79%) DNS
8 3 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (15.79%) Junos
8 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
9 2 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (10.53%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) GitLab
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Public Sector
2 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 2 (10.53%) Local Government
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Network Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Juniper Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Network Architect
4 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Juniper Specialist
5 2 (10.53%) Network Specialist
5 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Juniper Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) NHS
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Network Design
1 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) Migration
2 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
3 4 (21.05%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
4 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Runbook
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Bash
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (73.68%) CCNP
3 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
4 9 (47.37%) JNCIE
5 8 (42.11%) JNCIS
6 7 (36.84%) CCIE
7 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
8 4 (21.05%) JNCIA
9 3 (15.79%) AWS Certification
9 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
9 3 (15.79%) CCNA
9 3 (15.79%) CCSE
10 2 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (10.53%) CCIE Security
10 2 (10.53%) CCSP
10 2 (10.53%) CISSP
10 2 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (10.53%) DBS Check
10 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.53%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Ansible
2 6 (31.58%) Terraform
3 2 (10.53%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Juniper
2 11 (57.89%) Cisco
3 5 (26.32%) F5
4 3 (15.79%) CheckPoint
4 3 (15.79%) Fortinet
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
4 3 (15.79%) Remedy
4 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 3 (15.79%) Zscaler
5 2 (10.53%) Forcepoint
5 2 (10.53%) Meraki
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
5 2 (10.53%) VMware
6 1 (5.26%) Google