Hybrid/Remote Junos Contract Job Trends

Juniper Junos OS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Junos skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 310 365
Rank change year-on-year -5 +55 +169
Contract jobs citing Junos 3 8 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.071% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% 0.66% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 5
10th Percentile - - £378
25th Percentile - £625 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £677 £688
90th Percentile - £694 -
UK median daily rate £500 £613 £675
% change year-on-year -18.37% -9.26% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - +68.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Junos falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,074 1,211 2,078
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.51% 10.78% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 725 1,354
10th Percentile £304 £313 £305
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £688 £698 £681
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 27 67
10th Percentile £19.45 £16.92 £15.91
25th Percentile £33.00 £36.00 £19.99
Median hourly rate £65.00 £41.00 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +58.52% -11.62% -27.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.01 £66.88
90th Percentile £69.59 £74.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.86% -38.04% +68.63%

Junos
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Junos job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Junos
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Junos
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Junos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Junos

Junos
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 3 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 3 (100.00%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) SAP