Hybrid/Remote JNCIP Contract Job Trends

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional (JNCIP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for JNCIP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 312 387
Rank change year-on-year +4 +75 +173
Contract jobs citing JNCIP 10 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.098% 0.033% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.13% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £190 - £343
25th Percentile £218 - £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 £190 £450
Median % change year-on-year +75.66% -57.78% -
75th Percentile £400 - £513
90th Percentile £463 - £550
UK median daily rate £400 £505 £450
% change year-on-year -20.79% +12.22% -5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

JNCIP 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,433 3,126 4,890
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.71% 25.76% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,342 1,950 3,146
10th Percentile £343 £330 £350
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 93 201
10th Percentile £29.61 £17.70 £21.64
25th Percentile £35.21 £22.00 £33.44
Median hourly rate £45.46 £39.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -32.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.75 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%

JNCIP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JNCIP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

JNCIP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

JNCIP
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JNCIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JNCIP

JNCIP
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JNCIP over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

JNCIP daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

JNCIP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) BGP
3 5 (50.00%) OSPF
4 3 (30.00%) BIG-IP
4 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) Network Security
4 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
5 2 (20.00%) Junos
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Local Government
4 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Runbook
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) High Availability
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Bash
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) CCNP
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (50.00%) JNCIA
2 5 (50.00%) JNCIS
3 4 (40.00%) CCNA
3 4 (40.00%) JNCIE
4 3 (30.00%) CCIE
4 3 (30.00%) CCSE
4 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
1 4 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Juniper
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (30.00%) F5
3 3 (30.00%) Remedy
3 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (30.00%) Zscaler
4 2 (20.00%) SAP