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 28 December 2025, 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
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 295 293
Rank change year-on-year -28 -2 +155
Contract jobs citing Juniper 57 77 95
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.52% 0.51%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.18% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 57 57
10th Percentile £272 £389 £445
25th Percentile £350 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £562
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +2.31% +24.89%
75th Percentile £496 £675 £738
90th Percentile £575 £688 £885
England median daily rate £475 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -7.32% -0.97% +8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £29.15
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +84.21%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £79.23
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -46.95% +75.95%

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 6,743 6,553 7,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.02% 44.26% 40.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,395 4,097 5,128
10th Percentile £343 £313 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 69 108
10th Percentile £17.55 £19.66 £16.62
25th Percentile £22.13 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.74 £34.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.41% -8.00% +45.86%
75th Percentile £41.89 £63.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £67.13 £83.10 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.54 £30.20 £45.55
% change year-on-year -22.06% -33.69% +75.17%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 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
West London -10 8 £400 +9.66% 2
Central London -3 6 £190 -70.77% 17
South London - 5 £413 -
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 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) Azure
2 8 (14.04%) AWS
3 5 (8.77%) GCP
4 3 (5.26%) Akamai
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.51%) OCI
6 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 41 (71.93%) Firewall
2 25 (43.86%) BGP
3 24 (42.11%) Network Security
3 24 (42.11%) OSPF
4 19 (33.33%) WAN
5 14 (24.56%) IPsec
5 14 (24.56%) LAN
6 13 (22.81%) VPN
7 11 (19.30%) SD-WAN
8 10 (17.54%) EIGRP
8 10 (17.54%) Wireless
9 9 (15.79%) DNS
9 9 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 9 (15.79%) VLAN
10 8 (14.04%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (12.28%) MPLS
11 7 (12.28%) SSL
12 6 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) GitLab
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Public Sector
3 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Local Government
5 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 34 (59.65%) Network Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Juniper Engineer
3 11 (19.30%) Architect
4 10 (17.54%) Network Architect
5 8 (14.04%) Network Security Engineer
5 8 (14.04%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Specialist
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) WAN Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Network Specialist
8 2 (3.51%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.75%) CrewAI
1 1 (1.75%) JSON
1 1 (1.75%) LangChain
1 1 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.28%) PKI
3 5 (8.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.75%) SCADA
5 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.81%) Migration
3 9 (15.79%) Network Design
4 8 (14.04%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (10.53%) Change Management
5 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (10.53%) ITIL
5 6 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (10.53%) Runbook
6 5 (8.77%) Agile
6 5 (8.77%) Data Protection
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (8.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (8.77%) Security Architecture
7 4 (7.02%) Decision-Making
7 4 (7.02%) Load Balancing
7 4 (7.02%) Network Architecture
7 4 (7.02%) Project Management
7 4 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (7.02%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) Python
2 6 (10.53%) Bash
3 5 (8.77%) C++
3 5 (8.77%) Perl
4 1 (1.75%) Go
4 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (38.60%) CCNP
3 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
4 12 (21.05%) JNCIP
5 11 (19.30%) JNCIS
6 8 (14.04%) JNCIA
6 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared
7 7 (12.28%) JNCIE
8 6 (10.53%) CCNA
9 5 (8.77%) CCIE
9 5 (8.77%) CCSE
10 4 (7.02%) Degree
10 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
11 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.75%) CCDE
12 1 (1.75%) CISSP
12 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
12 1 (1.75%) PMP
12 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) PMO
1 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Firmware
2 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.75%) Docker
3 1 (1.75%) KVM
3 1 (1.75%) Squid
3 1 (1.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (17.54%) Ansible
2 9 (15.79%) Terraform
3 5 (8.77%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.75%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (70.18%) Cisco
2 23 (40.35%) Palo Alto
3 15 (26.32%) Fortinet
4 13 (22.81%) F5
5 9 (15.79%) CheckPoint
6 6 (10.53%) Zscaler
7 5 (8.77%) Aruba
7 5 (8.77%) Remedy
7 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
7 5 (8.77%) SolarWinds
8 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
9 3 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (5.26%) Meraki
10 2 (3.51%) Arista
11 1 (1.75%) AlgoSec
11 1 (1.75%) Ekahau
11 1 (1.75%) ForeScout
11 1 (1.75%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (1.75%) Mellanox
11 1 (1.75%) NVIDIA