Junos Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Juniper Junos OS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Junos skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 348 342
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +137
Contract jobs citing Junos 25 22 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.13% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 0.87% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 34
10th Percentile £413 £301 -
25th Percentile £425 £363 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £275
Median % change year-on-year - +81.82% -35.29%
75th Percentile - £588 £688
90th Percentile £598 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% -15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Junos falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,117 2,533 3,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.43% 14.52% 16.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,388 2,149
10th Percentile £200 £200 £206
25th Percentile £313 £349 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £460
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +5.43% +2.22%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £644 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 160 270
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.11 £16.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.36 £24.56
Median hourly rate £42.50 £56.13 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.28% -2.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.51 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.68 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -19.00% -11.49% +42.47%

Junos
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Junos relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Junos job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Junos
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Junos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Junos

Junos
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junos in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junos in the UK excluding London

Junos
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Junos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Junos

Junos
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 Junos within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +18 19 £500 - 7
Midlands -15 6 £438 +16.67% 1
West Midlands -16 6 £438 +16.67% 1
Junos
UK

Junos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 18 (72.00%) Cisco IOS
1 18 (72.00%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (28.00%) BGP
2 7 (28.00%) VPN
3 6 (24.00%) IPsec
3 6 (24.00%) MPLS
3 6 (24.00%) WAN
4 5 (20.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) Firewall
5 1 (4.00%) OSPF
General
1 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Electronics
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Network Engineer
2 19 (76.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 17 (68.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 17 (68.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 17 (68.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 17 (68.00%) Support Engineer
4 16 (64.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 14 (56.00%) Network Support
5 14 (56.00%) Network Support Engineer
6 13 (52.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (52.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Architect
7 2 (8.00%) Network Architect
7 2 (8.00%) WAN Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Juniper Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Juniper Specialist
8 1 (4.00%) Network Specialist
8 1 (4.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) PKI
2 4 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
1 13 (52.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) ITSM
1 13 (52.00%) Service Management
2 11 (44.00%) Load Balancing
3 5 (20.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (12.00%) Network Design
4 3 (12.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Project Management
6 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) High Availability
6 1 (4.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (4.00%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (4.00%) Network Segmentation
6 1 (4.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Python
1 5 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (96.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (72.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.00%) JNCIP
4 1 (4.00%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (52.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (52.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (52.00%) vCenter Server
2 5 (20.00%) Ansible
2 5 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 5 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Juniper
2 22 (88.00%) Cisco
3 13 (52.00%) SolarWinds
4 5 (20.00%) Citrix
4 5 (20.00%) F5
5 1 (4.00%) SAP