JNCIS Contract Job Trends

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JNCIS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 541 577
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 +203
Contract jobs citing JNCIS 22 11 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.032% 0.064%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.11% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 14
10th Percentile £190 £190 £319
25th Percentile £409 £310 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £416
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% +5.11% -30.63%
75th Percentile £575 £512 £539
90th Percentile £588 £533 £544
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +25.00% -17.95% -18.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

JNCIS 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 12,387 10,203 13,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.67% 29.65% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,064 6,269 8,201
10th Percentile £311 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,011 487 728
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.51 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.38 £24.18 £27.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -25.23% +18.89%
75th Percentile £51.53 £65.81 £67.61
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.35
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.79% +17.91%

JNCIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JNCIS job vacancy trend in the UK

JNCIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

JNCIS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JNCIS over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JNCIS in the UK

JNCIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

JNCIS
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIS within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -28 21 £485 +10.86% 10
London +2 12 £475 +150.00% 2
South East -6 9 £500 +2.56% 4
UK excluding London -52 9 £500 +25.00% 8
Work from Home +4 7 £190 - 2

JNCIS
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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) BGP
2 12 (54.55%) Firewall
3 10 (45.45%) IPsec
3 10 (45.45%) OSPF
3 10 (45.45%) VPN
4 8 (36.36%) LAN
5 7 (31.82%) Junos
6 6 (27.27%) DNS
6 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
6 6 (27.27%) HTTPS
6 6 (27.27%) Network Security
6 6 (27.27%) VLAN
7 5 (22.73%) MPLS
7 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (18.18%) WAN
8 4 (18.18%) Wireless
9 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (9.09%) IPv4
10 2 (9.09%) IPv6
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Electronics
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Local Government
3 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.64%) Marketing
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Network Engineer
2 11 (50.00%) Juniper Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Design Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Network Design Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Network Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Juniper Specialist
7 1 (4.55%) Designer
7 1 (4.55%) Network Designer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Designer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) PKI
2 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 3 (13.64%) NHS
4 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Network Design
2 6 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (13.64%) High Availability
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (13.64%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
4 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) Performance Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.55%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Bash
1 6 (27.27%) C++
1 6 (27.27%) Perl
1 6 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) CCNP
1 19 (86.36%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (59.09%) JNCIA
3 9 (40.91%) CCNA
3 9 (40.91%) JNCIP
3 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) KVM
2 1 (4.55%) RHEV
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Nagios
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Proxmox
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Juniper
2 15 (68.18%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) SAP
4 2 (9.09%) F5
4 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Mellanox
5 1 (4.55%) Meraki
5 1 (4.55%) Remedy
5 1 (4.55%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (4.55%) VMware