Juniper Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Juniper
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 October 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
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 103 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 -38 +119
Contract jobs citing Juniper 47 33 87
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.73% 1.22% 2.94%
As % of the Vendors category 3.48% 2.67% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 16 15
10th Percentile £263 £165 £325
25th Percentile £350 £259 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £475
90th Percentile £600 - £635
England median daily rate £488 £545 £488
% change year-on-year -10.55% +11.68% +2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £23.80 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -63.93% +22.19%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,350 1,238 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 49.71% 45.94% 51.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 789 1,001
10th Percentile £236 £227 £210
25th Percentile £360 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 29 44
10th Percentile £15.74 £13.37 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.00 £15.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +47.94% -13.92% +12.47%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £36.44
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.16% +82.67%

Juniper
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Juniper job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Juniper.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Juniper

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Juniper.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Juniper

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 October 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 Midlands +11 47 £400 +23.08% 12
Juniper
England

Juniper
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) AWS
1 2 (4.26%) Azure
1 2 (4.26%) GCP
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (72.34%) IPsec
2 33 (70.21%) WAN
3 30 (63.83%) VPN
4 26 (55.32%) BGP
5 21 (44.68%) MPLS
6 17 (36.17%) Firewall
7 12 (25.53%) DMVPN
7 12 (25.53%) DNS
7 12 (25.53%) Wireless
8 11 (23.40%) SSL
9 9 (19.15%) Cisco IPT
9 9 (19.15%) Network Security
10 6 (12.77%) EIGRP
10 6 (12.77%) Junos
10 6 (12.77%) OSPF
11 5 (10.64%) VLAN
12 4 (8.51%) Wireshark
13 3 (6.38%) DHCP
13 3 (6.38%) Unified Communications
14 2 (4.26%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (25.53%) Public Sector
2 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Network Engineer
2 16 (34.04%) Support Engineer
3 12 (25.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) 3rd Line Support
4 11 (23.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 8 (17.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (17.02%) WAN Engineer
6 7 (14.89%) Security Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Network Support
7 6 (12.77%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (10.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (8.51%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
10 3 (6.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 3 (6.38%) Architect
10 3 (6.38%) Network Architect
11 2 (4.26%) Cisco Engineer
11 2 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.28%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (42.55%) PKI
2 11 (23.40%) Data Centre
3 7 (14.89%) Onboarding
4 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Load Balancing
2 11 (23.40%) Change Management
3 10 (21.28%) Network Design
4 9 (19.15%) Inventory Management
5 7 (14.89%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.38%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (6.38%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (6.38%) Project Delivery
8 2 (4.26%) Coaching
8 2 (4.26%) Data Protection
8 2 (4.26%) High Availability
8 2 (4.26%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.26%) Network Management
8 2 (4.26%) Product Backlog
8 2 (4.26%) Product Management
8 2 (4.26%) Product Requirements
8 2 (4.26%) Product Strategy
8 2 (4.26%) Product Vision
8 2 (4.26%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Perl
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (89.36%) Security Cleared
2 31 (65.96%) SC Cleared
3 8 (17.02%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.64%) CCNP
4 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.13%) CCNA
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.13%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.13%) JNCIS
5 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.13%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Ansible
2 2 (4.26%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (4.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Cisco
2 11 (23.40%) F5
3 9 (19.15%) Blue Coat
3 9 (19.15%) CheckPoint
4 6 (12.77%) SolarWinds
5 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.26%) Arista
6 2 (4.26%) Oracle
6 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.13%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.13%) NetScout