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 25 January 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
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 292 306
Rank change year-on-year -40 +14 +140
Contract jobs citing Juniper 46 66 92
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.32% 0.47% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 1.08% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 47 52
10th Percentile £244 £430 £450
25th Percentile £348 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -2.13% +20.51%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £739
90th Percentile £575 £680 £898
England median daily rate £475 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 12
10th Percentile - - £24.95
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +40.35%
75th Percentile - - £76.56
90th Percentile - - £77.50
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year - -42.14% +61.32%

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 6,733 6,094 7,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.16% 43.80% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 3,764 5,093
10th Percentile £343 £313 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 69 142
10th Percentile £17.69 £21.45 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £17.84
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £42.75 £55.75 £46.86
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.23
% change year-on-year -21.67% -12.36% +6.14%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -8 5 £190 -70.77% 2
South London - 3 £450 -
West London -16 1 - - 2
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 3 (6.52%) Confluence
1 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Azure
2 9 (19.57%) AWS
3 6 (13.04%) GCP
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.35%) OCI
6 1 (2.17%) Akamai
6 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 30 (65.22%) Firewall
2 17 (36.96%) BGP
2 17 (36.96%) WAN
3 16 (34.78%) Network Security
3 16 (34.78%) OSPF
4 12 (26.09%) LAN
5 11 (23.91%) IPsec
5 11 (23.91%) VPN
6 9 (19.57%) EIGRP
7 8 (17.39%) VLAN
7 8 (17.39%) Wireless
8 7 (15.22%) DNS
8 7 (15.22%) SD-WAN
8 7 (15.22%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (13.04%) TCP/IP
10 5 (10.87%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (10.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (10.87%) HTTPS
11 4 (8.70%) Junos
11 4 (8.70%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
4 7 (15.22%) Telecoms
5 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Finance
6 3 (6.52%) Local Government
7 2 (4.35%) Military
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (54.35%) Network Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Architect
2 10 (21.74%) Juniper Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Network Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Network Security Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Network Specialist
5 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Senior
5 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Firewall Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) CrewAI
1 1 (2.17%) JSON
1 1 (2.17%) LangChain
1 1 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Data Centre
2 7 (15.22%) PKI
3 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) SCADA
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (21.74%) Network Design
3 9 (19.57%) Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Agile
4 6 (13.04%) ITIL
4 6 (13.04%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (10.87%) Change Management
5 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (10.87%) Project Management
5 5 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (10.87%) Runbook
6 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 4 (8.70%) Network Architecture
6 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (8.70%) Security Architecture
6 4 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (6.52%) Architectural Design
7 3 (6.52%) Bill of Materials
7 3 (6.52%) Load Balancing
7 3 (6.52%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) Python
2 6 (13.04%) Bash
3 5 (10.87%) C++
3 5 (10.87%) Perl
4 1 (2.17%) Go
4 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (43.48%) CCNP
3 14 (30.43%) Security Cleared
4 11 (23.91%) JNCIS
5 9 (19.57%) JNCIP
6 8 (17.39%) JNCIA
6 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
7 6 (13.04%) CCNA
8 5 (10.87%) CCSE
8 5 (10.87%) Degree
8 5 (10.87%) DV Cleared
9 4 (8.70%) CCIE
9 4 (8.70%) JNCIE
10 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
11 1 (2.17%) CCDE
11 1 (2.17%) CISSP
11 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
11 1 (2.17%) PMP
11 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) PMO
1 1 (2.17%) QA
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Firmware
2 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) KVM
3 1 (2.17%) Squid
3 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Ansible
1 5 (10.87%) Terraform
2 3 (6.52%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.17%) SCCM
3 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (78.26%) Cisco
2 20 (43.48%) Palo Alto
3 10 (21.74%) Fortinet
4 9 (19.57%) CheckPoint
5 8 (17.39%) F5
6 6 (13.04%) Aruba
6 6 (13.04%) Zscaler
7 4 (8.70%) Remedy
8 3 (6.52%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
9 2 (4.35%) Arista
9 2 (4.35%) Infoblox
9 2 (4.35%) Meraki
9 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
9 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.17%) Ekahau
10 1 (2.17%) Google
10 1 (2.17%) NetApp
10 1 (2.17%) NVIDIA
10 1 (2.17%) VMware