Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JNCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 590 801
Rank change year-on-year -101 +211 +96
Permanent jobs citing JNCIA 24 64 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.37% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24 58 86
10th Percentile - £27,000 £36,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -13.95% -17.31%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £61,250 £83,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -2.63% -26.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

JNCIA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,151 17,435 25,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.16% 39.84% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,084 7,580 17,166
10th Percentile £29,625 £31,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,048
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.76% -9.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,708 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,835 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% +3.29% -2.91%

JNCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JNCIA job vacancy trend in the UK

JNCIA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNCIA

JNCIA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JNCIA over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIA within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -95 22 £50,000 +8.11% 1
North West -6 17 £50,000 -9.09%
North of England -43 17 £50,000 -9.09%
UK excluding London -97 17 £50,000 +8.11% 2
London -11 5 £40,000 -8.78%

JNCIA
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 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 24 (100.00%) Firewall
2 19 (79.17%) WAN
3 17 (70.83%) LAN
4 2 (8.33%) 5G
4 2 (8.33%) BGP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (8.33%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (8.33%) Junos
4 2 (8.33%) OSPF
4 2 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (8.33%) VLAN
4 2 (8.33%) VRRP
4 2 (8.33%) VXLAN
4 2 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (70.83%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (70.83%) Cisco Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) Firewall Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) Juniper Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) LAN Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) Presales Engineer
1 17 (70.83%) WAN Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Network Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Junior
3 1 (4.17%) Junior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Presales
2 7 (29.17%) AI
3 5 (20.83%) Change Control
3 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.83%) Kalman Filter
3 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Task Automation
3 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (8.33%) Change Management
4 2 (8.33%) ITIL
4 2 (8.33%) Network Design
4 2 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (91.67%) CCNA
1 22 (91.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.83%) CCNP
2 5 (20.83%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (8.33%) JNCIP
3 2 (8.33%) JNCIS
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
1 24 (100.00%) Juniper
2 22 (91.67%) Fortinet
3 17 (70.83%) Aruba
4 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto