Juniper Contract Job Trends

Juniper
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Juniper products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Juniper over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Juniper Networks.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 336 222
Rank change year-on-year -82 -114 +98
Contract jobs citing Juniper 212 184 461
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.63% 1.08%
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% 1.34% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 120 249
10th Percentile £256 £309 £313
25th Percentile £352 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +1.25% -
75th Percentile £545 £613 £650
90th Percentile £578 £650 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.53% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 17
10th Percentile £44.28 £23.28 £23.58
25th Percentile £48.68 £30.44 £24.25
Median hourly rate £57.02 £43.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.83% +33.08% -47.58%
75th Percentile £65.01 £56.44 £41.25
90th Percentile £69.20 £63.83 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.02 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +200.09% -36.67% -51.61%

All Vendors
UK

Juniper falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,485 13,772 18,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.28% 47.52% 42.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,350 8,611 11,252
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -0.61% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 554 1,092
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.46
Median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -47.06%
75th Percentile £59.56 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.65 £74.63 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.09 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.13% +6.98% -45.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Juniper job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Juniper over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Juniper in the UK

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Top 15 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. 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 -105 184 £485 -7.62% 47
UK excluding London -69 142 £473 -10.00% 35
South East -15 97 £500 -13.04% 9
London -71 46 £488 +2.63% 11
Work from Home -27 43 £415 -17.00% 17
North of England -63 12 £365 -14.12% 18
Wales -3 9 £425 -10.53%
West Midlands -66 8 £350 +7.69% 3
Midlands -68 8 £350 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire - 8 £335 - 7
East of England -26 6 £400 - 3
Scotland +5 5 £456 +17.89%
South West -53 5 £475 -12.76% 2
North West -34 2 £375 -11.76% 10
North East - 2 £513 - 1

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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 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.66%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.64%) Azure
2 40 (18.87%) AWS
3 16 (7.55%) GCP
4 7 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.42%) Catchpoint
7 2 (0.94%) GitHub
7 2 (0.94%) OCI
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.47%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.47%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 143 (67.45%) Firewall
2 95 (44.81%) WAN
3 86 (40.57%) BGP
4 83 (39.15%) LAN
5 71 (33.49%) OSPF
6 58 (27.36%) VPN
7 56 (26.42%) Network Security
8 52 (24.53%) Junos
9 49 (23.11%) VXLAN
10 40 (18.87%) DNS
10 40 (18.87%) Ethernet VPN
11 35 (16.51%) DHCP
12 30 (14.15%) BIG-IP
13 29 (13.68%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (13.68%) MPLS
14 27 (12.74%) VLAN
15 26 (12.26%) IPsec
15 26 (12.26%) SD-WAN
16 21 (9.91%) Wireless
17 20 (9.43%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.72%) JIRA
2 5 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) MSI
General
1 56 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.91%) Public Sector
3 20 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.08%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.72%) Finance
6 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.89%) Law
7 4 (1.89%) Legal
7 4 (1.89%) Military
8 2 (0.94%) Banking
8 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.94%) Retail
9 1 (0.47%) Electronics
9 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.47%) Marketing
9 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (54.25%) Network Engineer
2 38 (17.92%) Senior
3 37 (17.45%) Architect
4 33 (15.57%) Juniper Engineer
4 33 (15.57%) Network Architect
5 26 (12.26%) Senior Network Engineer
6 18 (8.49%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 17 (8.02%) Network Specialist
8 16 (7.55%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (7.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 14 (6.60%) Firewall Specialist
10 11 (5.19%) Security Engineer
11 9 (4.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (4.25%) Lead
12 8 (3.77%) Designer
12 8 (3.77%) Network Security Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) Data Centre Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) Design Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) Network Designer
14 6 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.68%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.42%) NETCONF
2 3 (1.42%) OpenConfig
2 3 (1.42%) REST
2 3 (1.42%) RESTCONF
2 3 (1.42%) YANG
3 2 (0.94%) Redfish
3 2 (0.94%) SAML
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 87 (41.04%) Data Centre
2 31 (14.62%) PKI
3 25 (11.79%) Clustering
4 13 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.72%) NHS
6 7 (3.30%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (2.83%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.42%) CESG
9 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 40 (18.87%) Windows
2 5 (2.36%) Linux
3 3 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.87%) Load Balancing
1 40 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (17.92%) High Availability
3 30 (14.15%) Network Design
4 25 (11.79%) Migration
4 25 (11.79%) Observability
5 24 (11.32%) Identity Access Management
5 24 (11.32%) ITIL
6 23 (10.85%) Change Management
7 17 (8.02%) Network Monitoring
8 15 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (6.13%) Network Architecture
10 12 (5.66%) Validation
11 11 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.19%) ITSM
11 11 (5.19%) Runbook
11 11 (5.19%) Service Management
11 11 (5.19%) Zero Trust
12 10 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.85%) Python
2 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (48.11%) Security Cleared
2 82 (38.68%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (24.53%) CCNP
4 49 (23.11%) SC Cleared
5 44 (20.75%) DV Cleared
6 23 (10.85%) JNCIS
7 20 (9.43%) JNCIP
8 18 (8.49%) CCNA
9 17 (8.02%) CCIE
10 14 (6.60%) JNCIA
11 13 (6.13%) Degree
12 10 (4.72%) CCSE
13 9 (4.25%) JNCIE
14 5 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.42%) CCDP
15 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
15 3 (1.42%) PMP
16 2 (0.94%) CCIP
16 2 (0.94%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.36%) NCSC
2 4 (1.89%) SLA
3 3 (1.42%) NIST
3 3 (1.42%) RMADS
4 2 (0.94%) GDPR
4 2 (0.94%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.94%) PMO
4 2 (0.94%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.83%) VMware NSX
3 5 (2.36%) Firmware
3 5 (2.36%) vSphere
4 4 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.47%) IAG
6 1 (0.47%) KVM
6 1 (0.47%) RHEV
6 1 (0.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 32 (15.09%) FortiGate
2 27 (12.74%) Ansible
3 14 (6.60%) Terraform
4 9 (4.25%) Nagios
5 5 (2.36%) Endace
6 4 (1.89%) Grafana
7 3 (1.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.94%) SCCM
8 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.47%) Avamar
9 1 (0.47%) CASB
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 155 (73.11%) Cisco
2 64 (30.19%) F5
3 58 (27.36%) Palo Alto
4 39 (18.40%) SolarWinds
5 35 (16.51%) Fortinet
6 27 (12.74%) CheckPoint
7 25 (11.79%) Extreme Networks
7 25 (11.79%) Splunk
8 22 (10.38%) VMware
9 20 (9.43%) Aruba
10 14 (6.60%) Arista
10 14 (6.60%) Microsoft
10 14 (6.60%) Zscaler
11 8 (3.77%) Meraki
12 7 (3.30%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.83%) Infoblox
14 4 (1.89%) NetScout
14 4 (1.89%) Remedy
15 3 (1.42%) Blue Coat
15 3 (1.42%) Citrix