JNCIE Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for JNCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing JNCIE 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.27% - 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% - 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £520 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £510 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

JNCIE 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,386 509 1,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 46.43% 35.01% 40.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 314 555
10th Percentile £306 £300 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% +2.94%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +0.72% -5.23% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 37 110
10th Percentile £18.32 £17.50 £20.34
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.15 £43.06
Median hourly rate £81.50 £53.50 £61.03
Median % change year-on-year +52.34% -12.34% -5.64%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £76.55
90th Percentile £103.98 £88.05 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £53.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.59% -4.42%

JNCIE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JNCIE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

JNCIE job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

JNCIE
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing JNCIE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing JNCIE

JNCIE
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Berkshire - 8 £510 - 1
JNCIE
South East

JNCIE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (62.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
1 8 (100.00%) MPLS
2 7 (87.50%) WAN
3 5 (62.50%) LAN
4 2 (25.00%) SNMP
4 2 (25.00%) TACACS
4 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) IP Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 3 (37.50%) IP Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) IP Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) NETCONF
1 7 (87.50%) YANG
2 5 (62.50%) REST
3 2 (25.00%) OpenConfig
3 2 (25.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Network Design
2 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Microservices
2 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (62.50%) Network Virtualisation
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (62.50%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Service Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CCIE
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) JNCIP
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) Juniper
2 2 (25.00%) F5
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft