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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 802 934
Rank change year-on-year +169 +132 +169
Permanent jobs citing JNCIA 59 94 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.095% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.34% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 53 90 50
10th Percentile £27,000 £37,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -17.69% +51.16%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £76,375 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -30.77% +52.94%

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 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

JNCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JNCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JNCIA.

Salary trend for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JNCIA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Top 11 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 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +144 59 £47,500 -8.65% 14
UK excluding London +189 54 £47,500 +5.56% 16
North of England +67 33 £55,000 +22.22% 1
North West +12 27 £55,000 +29.41% 1
South West - 12 £28,000 - 6
South East +105 8 £31,000 -17.33% 4
Yorkshire +81 6 £72,500 +11.54%
London +99 5 £50,000 -39.39% 2
Work from Home +168 2 £24,000 -63.08% 5
Midlands +73 1 £24,000 -61.60%
West Midlands +46 1 £24,000 -60.00%

JNCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.17%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 50 (84.75%) Firewall
2 40 (67.80%) WAN
3 38 (64.41%) LAN
4 11 (18.64%) Network Security
4 11 (18.64%) TCP/IP
4 11 (18.64%) VSAT
5 9 (15.25%) VPN
6 8 (13.56%) DNS
7 6 (10.17%) BGP
7 6 (10.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (10.17%) DWDM
7 6 (10.17%) MPLS
7 6 (10.17%) OSPF
8 2 (3.39%) DHCP
8 2 (3.39%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.39%) VLAN
8 2 (3.39%) Wireless
9 1 (1.69%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (1.69%) Internet
9 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (62.71%) Social Skills
2 26 (44.07%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.86%) Finance
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (44.07%) Junior
2 24 (40.68%) Architect
2 24 (40.68%) Junior Architect
2 24 (40.68%) Junior Solutions Architect
2 24 (40.68%) Solutions Architect
3 18 (30.51%) Support Engineer
3 18 (30.51%) Technical Engineer
3 18 (30.51%) Technical Support
3 18 (30.51%) Technical Support Engineer
4 12 (20.34%) NOC Engineer
5 11 (18.64%) Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Presales Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Junior Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Presales Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Presales Solution Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Presales
2 18 (30.51%) Customer Service
2 18 (30.51%) Mentoring
3 16 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (18.64%) Commercial Awareness
5 10 (16.95%) Kalman Filter
5 10 (16.95%) Proactive Management
5 10 (16.95%) Web Filtering
6 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
6 6 (10.17%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (10.17%) Migration
6 6 (10.17%) Network Architecture
6 6 (10.17%) Runbook
6 6 (10.17%) Task Automation
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (10.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (5.08%) Network Management
8 2 (3.39%) Change Management
8 2 (3.39%) Network Monitoring
9 1 (1.69%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (98.31%) CCNA
1 58 (98.31%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
4 9 (15.25%) CCNP
4 9 (15.25%) Degree
5 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (10.17%) JNCIS
6 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.69%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Ansible
1 6 (10.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (76.27%) Cisco
2 40 (67.80%) Juniper
3 26 (44.07%) Aruba
3 26 (44.07%) Fortinet
4 24 (40.68%) Palo Alto
5 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.17%) Arista
7 1 (1.69%) Meraki
7 1 (1.69%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.69%) Zscaler