Juniper Engineer Contract Job Trends

Juniper Engineer
UK

The median Juniper Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 533 565
Rank change year-on-year -13 +32 +227
Contract jobs requiring a Juniper Engineer 36 33 40
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.092% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.100% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 21 14
10th Percentile £400 - £328
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -
75th Percentile £575 £518 £588
90th Percentile - £588 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £485 -
% change year-on-year +13.40% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 32,727 33,118 42,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.81% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,756 20,117 28,647
10th Percentile £284 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £724 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.14% -0.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,905 1,179 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.32 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.63 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Juniper Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Juniper Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Juniper Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Juniper Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Juniper Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Juniper Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Juniper Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper Engineer over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper Engineer in the UK

Juniper Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Juniper Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Juniper Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Juniper Engineer
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 -31 36 £550 +15.79% 7
UK excluding London -44 19 £550 +13.40% 6
London +13 17 £475 - 2
South East +2 16 £550 +15.79% 5
Work from Home +6 4 £400 -15.79% 5
West Midlands -27 2 £600 -
Midlands -27 2 £600 -
East of England - 1 £475 -

Juniper Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, Juniper Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Juniper Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Juniper
2 29 (80.56%) Cisco
3 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
5 12 (33.33%) BGP
5 12 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (33.33%) Firewall
5 12 (33.33%) OSPF
6 11 (30.56%) CCNP
6 11 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (27.78%) JNCIS
8 9 (25.00%) JNCIA
9 6 (16.67%) EIGRP
9 6 (16.67%) F5
9 6 (16.67%) JNCIP
9 6 (16.67%) VLAN
10 5 (13.89%) Bash
10 5 (13.89%) C++
10 5 (13.89%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (13.89%) DNS
10 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
10 5 (13.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (13.89%) Firmware
10 5 (13.89%) High Availability
10 5 (13.89%) HTTPS
10 5 (13.89%) IPsec
10 5 (13.89%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (13.89%) Network Segmentation
10 5 (13.89%) Perl
10 5 (13.89%) Python

Juniper Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Akamai
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) BGP
1 12 (33.33%) Firewall
1 12 (33.33%) OSPF
2 6 (16.67%) EIGRP
2 6 (16.67%) VLAN
3 5 (13.89%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (13.89%) DNS
3 5 (13.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (13.89%) HTTPS
3 5 (13.89%) IPsec
3 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (11.11%) LAN
4 4 (11.11%) Network Security
4 4 (11.11%) WAN
5 3 (8.33%) SNMP
5 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.33%) Wireshark
6 2 (5.56%) Internet
6 2 (5.56%) Junos
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Electronics
4 2 (5.56%) Finance
4 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.56%) Marketing
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) PKI
2 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) NHS
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (13.89%) High Availability
2 5 (13.89%) Kalman Filter
2 5 (13.89%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (11.11%) Network Design
4 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (5.56%) Load Balancing
5 2 (5.56%) Migration
5 2 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (5.56%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.56%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.78%) AI
6 1 (2.78%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.78%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Bash
1 5 (13.89%) C++
1 5 (13.89%) Perl
1 5 (13.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (30.56%) CCNP
3 11 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (27.78%) JNCIS
5 9 (25.00%) JNCIA
6 6 (16.67%) JNCIP
7 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.56%) CCDA
8 2 (5.56%) CCDP
8 2 (5.56%) CCNA
9 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.78%) JNCIE
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Juniper
2 29 (80.56%) Cisco
3 6 (16.67%) F5
4 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.56%) SAP
6 1 (2.78%) Infoblox