JNCIS Contracts

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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 543 650
Rank change year-on-year +5 +107 +179
DemandTrendContract jobs citing JNCIS 16 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.041% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 9
10th Percentile £450 £408 -
25th Percentile £463 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.33% -4.44%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £544
90th Percentile £670 - £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £544 £538
% change year-on-year +5.75% +1.16% -10.42%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,306 11,551 14,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.46% 29.78% 27.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,346 7,272 9,164
10th Percentile £298 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.46%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 823 761 694
10th Percentile £17.96 £14.16 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.23 £21.37 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.40 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.20
% change year-on-year -48.21% -6.96% +15.99%

JNCIS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JNCIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JNCIS 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 28 August 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 7 DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +15 15 £540 -1.82% 16
London +32 9 £475 -26.92% 3
UK excluding London +2 6 £575 +5.75% 15
South East +9 5 £575 +4.55% 10
Work from Home +26 1 £601 +45.58% 8
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 2
Midlands - 1 £525 - 3

JNCIS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) BGP
2 10 (62.50%) OSPF
3 7 (43.75%) EIGRP
4 6 (37.50%) WAN
5 5 (31.25%) DNS
5 5 (31.25%) IPsec
6 4 (25.00%) Firewall
6 4 (25.00%) HTTPS
6 4 (25.00%) VLAN
7 3 (18.75%) MPLS
8 2 (12.50%) LAN
8 2 (12.50%) Network Security
8 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
8 2 (12.50%) VPN
9 1 (6.25%) DMVPN
9 1 (6.25%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (6.25%) Junos
9 1 (6.25%) Spanning Tree
9 1 (6.25%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Aviation
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Juniper Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco Network Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Juniper Architect
4 2 (12.50%) WAN Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Check Point Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Check Point Support
5 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Firewall Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Firewall Support
5 1 (6.25%) Junior
5 1 (6.25%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Integrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Network Design
2 4 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (18.75%) Change Control
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) High Availability
4 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
4 2 (12.50%) WAN Optimisation
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) Bash
2 4 (25.00%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (87.50%) CCNP
3 8 (50.00%) CCNA
3 8 (50.00%) JNCIA
4 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) CCSA
7 2 (12.50%) CCSE
7 2 (12.50%) JNCIP
8 1 (6.25%) CCIE
8 1 (6.25%) JNCIE
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Cisco
1 14 (87.50%) Juniper
2 7 (43.75%) Fortinet
3 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
4 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 2 (12.50%) Fujitsu
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto