JNCIA Contract Job Trends

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JNCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 544 579
Rank change year-on-year +2 +35 +226
Contract jobs citing JNCIA 16 18 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.047% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.16% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 23
10th Percentile £450 £353 £204
25th Percentile £456 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £608
90th Percentile £550 £635 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £495 £700
% change year-on-year +6.06% -29.29% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

JNCIA 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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,579 11,139 13,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.90% 29.33% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,602 6,740 8,736
10th Percentile £283 £311 £325
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 891 595 730
10th Percentile £17.69 £18.03 £16.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.43 £24.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.68
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -11.52% +19.29%
75th Percentile £41.71 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.91 £79.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.66% +15.33%

JNCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JNCIA job vacancy trend in the UK

JNCIA
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA

JNCIA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JNCIA over the 6 months to 9 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA

JNCIA
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIA within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +5 15 £485 -2.02% 7
London +19 9 £475 -9.52% 2
UK excluding London -23 6 £525 +6.06% 5
South East +11 5 £525 +2.94% 4
Work from Home +21 2 £400 -29.67% 4
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Midlands - 1 £525 - 1

JNCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (12.50%) nginx
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) GCP
2 2 (12.50%) GitHub
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) BGP
1 12 (75.00%) OSPF
2 10 (62.50%) IPsec
3 7 (43.75%) EIGRP
3 7 (43.75%) Firewall
4 6 (37.50%) DNS
4 6 (37.50%) HTTPS
5 5 (31.25%) Internet
5 5 (31.25%) WAN
6 4 (25.00%) VLAN
7 3 (18.75%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (18.75%) LAN
7 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (18.75%) VPN
7 3 (18.75%) VXLAN
7 3 (18.75%) Wireless
8 2 (12.50%) Junos
8 2 (12.50%) Multicast
8 2 (12.50%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 2 (12.50%) Git
1 2 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Electronics
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Network Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) Juniper Engineer
3 9 (56.25%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (56.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Junior
5 1 (6.25%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Juniper Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Network Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) PKI
2 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Private Cloud
3 2 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 2 (12.50%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (18.75%) Network Design
3 3 (18.75%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Change Control
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Zero Trust
5 1 (6.25%) AI
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Cryptography
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) High Availability
5 1 (6.25%) ITIL
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) Bash
2 6 (37.50%) C++
2 6 (37.50%) Perl
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) CCNP
1 11 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (56.25%) JNCIS
3 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
4 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 5 (31.25%) CCNA
6 3 (18.75%) CCDA
6 3 (18.75%) CCDP
6 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) JNCIP
8 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Firmware
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (12.50%) HAProxy
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Juniper
2 15 (93.75%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (12.50%) F5
4 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) Aruba
5 1 (6.25%) Meraki
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Remedy
5 1 (6.25%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (6.25%) SAP
5 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard