Juniper Contracts in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 117 217
Rank change year-on-year -105 +100 +66
Contract jobs citing Juniper 114 398 277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.89% 1.92% 1.15%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 4.49% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 213 172
10th Percentile £298 £303 £295
25th Percentile £411 £363 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -4.52% +10.56%
75th Percentile £613 £608 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 14
10th Percentile - £22.53 £22.78
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.69 £50.10
Median hourly rate £19.00 £46.50 £61.35
Median % change year-on-year -59.14% -24.21% +32.26%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.24 £63.23
90th Percentile - £75.77 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £61.35
% change year-on-year +100.00% -47.03% +40.26%

All Vendors
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Juniper
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Juniper as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Juniper in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Juniper in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Juniper in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Juniper in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Juniper in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East -53 58 £563 +2.27% 49
South West +39 26 £545 -16.23% 17
Midlands -55 19 £350 - 11
West Midlands -59 14 £300 -14.29% 6
Scotland - 6 £399 - 7
East Midlands +11 5 £618 +2.92% 4
East of England +19 3 £400 -15.79% 4
North of England -7 2 £488 +14.71% 25
North West +13 1 £425 +21.43% 15
North East -4 1 £550 +46.67% 3
Wales - 1 £475 - 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.53%) Azure
2 11 (9.65%) PaaS
2 11 (9.65%) SaaS
3 10 (8.77%) AWS
4 2 (1.75%) GCP
5 1 (0.88%) Akamai
5 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.88%) GitHub
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (39.47%) WAN
2 40 (35.09%) VPN
3 36 (31.58%) LAN
4 32 (28.07%) Firewall
5 31 (27.19%) MPLS
6 24 (21.05%) BGP
7 19 (16.67%) IPsec
7 19 (16.67%) OSPF
7 19 (16.67%) Wireshark
8 17 (14.91%) Ethernet
9 16 (14.04%) ATM
9 16 (14.04%) Frame Relay
9 16 (14.04%) GPRS
9 16 (14.04%) GSM
9 16 (14.04%) LTE
9 16 (14.04%) SAN
9 16 (14.04%) SDH
9 16 (14.04%) UMTS
10 15 (13.16%) Wireless
11 14 (12.28%) VoIP
General
1 41 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 16 (14.04%) Public Sector
4 14 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Finance
6 2 (1.75%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Electronics
7 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
7 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (38.60%) Network Engineer
2 21 (18.42%) Architect
3 18 (15.79%) Network Architect
4 15 (13.16%) IP Engineer
5 14 (12.28%) Test Engineer
6 10 (8.77%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 9 (7.89%) Support Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Administrator
8 8 (7.02%) Network Administrator
9 7 (6.14%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Network Support
9 7 (6.14%) Network Support Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Senior
10 6 (5.26%) Juniper Architect
10 6 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) Cisco Architect
11 5 (4.39%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.26%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.88%) HTML
2 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.91%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (9.65%) PKI
2 11 (9.65%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (8.77%) Blackberry
4 7 (6.14%) CMDB
5 5 (4.39%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.75%) Clustering
6 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.88%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.88%) FMCG
7 1 (0.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.79%) Linux
2 16 (14.04%) Unix
3 3 (2.63%) Windows
3 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (40.35%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 19 (16.67%) Network Design
3 18 (15.79%) Project Management
4 16 (14.04%) Fault Management
4 16 (14.04%) Regression Testing
4 16 (14.04%) Test Strategy
5 15 (13.16%) Migration
6 13 (11.40%) Load Balancing
6 13 (11.40%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (10.53%) Commercial Awareness
7 12 (10.53%) Network Architecture
7 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 10 (8.77%) Change Management
8 10 (8.77%) Impact Assessments
8 10 (8.77%) Service Design
9 9 (7.89%) Customer Service
9 9 (7.89%) ITIL
9 9 (7.89%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (7.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) Java
2 7 (6.14%) Python
3 3 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.63%) VB
4 2 (1.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (69.30%) Security Cleared
2 53 (46.49%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (45.61%) CCNP
4 50 (43.86%) SC Cleared
5 46 (40.35%) DV Cleared
6 16 (14.04%) ISEB
6 16 (14.04%) ISTQB
6 16 (14.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 13 (11.40%) CCNA
8 10 (8.77%) JNCIS
8 10 (8.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (7.02%) Degree
10 6 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (4.39%) JNCIP
12 4 (3.51%) Azure Certification
12 4 (3.51%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
13 3 (2.63%) CCIE
13 3 (2.63%) JNCIE
14 2 (1.75%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.39%) SLA
2 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 12 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.75%) vSphere
4 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (8.77%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.39%) Ansible
3 2 (1.75%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (1.75%) Iperf
3 2 (1.75%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (1.75%) Terraform
3 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.75%) WSUS
4 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 87 (76.32%) Cisco
2 27 (23.68%) F5
3 23 (20.18%) Palo Alto
4 21 (18.42%) Microsoft
5 17 (14.91%) Fortinet
6 14 (12.28%) SolarWinds
6 14 (12.28%) VMware
7 12 (10.53%) Ericsson
7 12 (10.53%) Nokia
8 10 (8.77%) Avaya
8 10 (8.77%) Ribbon
9 6 (5.26%) Aruba
9 6 (5.26%) Fujitsu
10 4 (3.51%) Citrix
10 4 (3.51%) HP
10 4 (3.51%) Meraki
10 4 (3.51%) ServiceNow
10 4 (3.51%) Symantec
11 3 (2.63%) Blue Coat
11 3 (2.63%) CheckPoint