Juniper Contract Job Trends in London

Juniper
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Juniper products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Juniper over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Juniper Networks.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 289 303
Rank change year-on-year -101 +14 +16
Contract jobs citing Juniper 54 77 80
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.57% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 0.63% 1.24% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 56
10th Percentile £355 £325 £395
25th Percentile £453 £384 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £678 £488 £602
90th Percentile £780 £551 £688
England median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.55% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.25 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £67.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +183.61% -
75th Percentile £78.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £67.50 £25.65
% change year-on-year +14.81% +163.16% -61.12%

All Vendors
London

Juniper falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,606 6,188 7,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.67% 46.11% 43.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,611 4,009 4,707
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -4.29%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 126 84
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £18.13
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.93 £21.81
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.17 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +35.65% -5.69% -20.71%
75th Percentile £62.44 £39.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.50 £75.88
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.25
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.97% -29.38%

Juniper
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Juniper job vacancy trend in London

Juniper
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Juniper.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Juniper

Juniper
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper in London over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper in London

Juniper
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Juniper.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Juniper

Juniper
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper within the London region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Central London -18 6 £556 +3.01% 1
South London -5 4 £450 +20.00%
East London +2 1 £500 -25.93% 1
West London -46 1 £525 +31.25% 1
Juniper
England

Juniper
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) AWS
2 7 (12.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 7 (12.96%) GitHub
3 3 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Cloudflare
4 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 42 (77.78%) Firewall
2 23 (42.59%) BGP
3 20 (37.04%) VPN
4 17 (31.48%) WAN
5 12 (22.22%) LAN
5 12 (22.22%) Network Security
5 12 (22.22%) Wireless
6 11 (20.37%) OSPF
6 11 (20.37%) TCP/IP
6 11 (20.37%) VLAN
7 10 (18.52%) DNS
8 9 (16.67%) DHCP
8 9 (16.67%) Ethernet
8 9 (16.67%) IPsec
8 9 (16.67%) VXLAN
9 7 (12.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (11.11%) NX-OS
10 6 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Git
General
1 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Retail
5 4 (7.41%) Automotive
6 3 (5.56%) Law
6 3 (5.56%) Local Government
7 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.85%) Advertising
8 1 (1.85%) Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Senior
3 8 (14.81%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Juniper Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Consultant
6 5 (9.26%) Network Architect
7 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Designer
8 3 (5.56%) Network Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Network Designer
9 2 (3.70%) Firewall Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.93%) Terraform
2 5 (9.26%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.70%) REST
4 1 (1.85%) SAML
4 1 (1.85%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.74%) Data Centre
2 13 (24.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.41%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (7.41%) PKI
3 4 (7.41%) Public Cloud
3 4 (7.41%) Robotics
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.70%) IoT
4 2 (3.70%) NHS
4 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.85%) CCTV
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) SCADA
5 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Linux
3 4 (7.41%) Ubuntu
4 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.85%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Migration
2 14 (25.93%) Project Delivery
3 10 (18.52%) Validation
4 8 (14.81%) Design Patterns
4 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (14.81%) Runbook
4 8 (14.81%) Zero Trust
5 7 (12.96%) AI
5 7 (12.96%) ITIL
5 7 (12.96%) Low Latency
5 7 (12.96%) Network Design
6 6 (11.11%) Change Management
6 6 (11.11%) Cloud Security
6 6 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
7 5 (9.26%) Project Planning
7 5 (9.26%) Use Case
8 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (40.74%) Python
2 4 (7.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (35.19%) CCNP
3 10 (18.52%) Degree
4 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
5 6 (11.11%) CCNA
5 6 (11.11%) JNCIP
5 6 (11.11%) JNCIS
5 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 5 (9.26%) CCIE
7 4 (7.41%) CCSE
8 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.85%) CISSP
9 1 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.85%) HND
9 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.85%) IAG
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (27.78%) Ansible
2 6 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 4 (7.41%) systemd
4 3 (5.56%) Grafana
4 3 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.85%) SCCM
5 1 (1.85%) SCOM
5 1 (1.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (83.33%) Cisco
2 30 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 17 (31.48%) Fortinet
4 12 (22.22%) F5
5 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
6 9 (16.67%) Aruba
6 9 (16.67%) Zscaler
7 8 (14.81%) Arista
8 6 (11.11%) CheckPoint
9 5 (9.26%) Infoblox
10 4 (7.41%) MikroTik
11 3 (5.56%) NVIDIA
11 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
11 3 (5.56%) VMware
12 2 (3.70%) Forcepoint
12 2 (3.70%) Meraki
13 1 (1.85%) 3PAR
13 1 (1.85%) Rockwell
13 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
13 1 (1.85%) Trend Micro