JNCIA Job Trends

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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 659 650
Rank change year-on-year +72 -9 +334
Permanent jobs citing JNCIA 66 40 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.075% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.20% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 57 27 62
10th Percentile £30,800 £43,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £47,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.61% +17.20% -2.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 - £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +31.25% -20.00%

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 19,162 19,568 16,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.94% 36.57% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7,764 7,644 10,980
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,976 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JNCIA in the UK

JNCIA
Top 7 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 14 January 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 +88 65 £40,000 -26.61% 12
UK excluding London +81 60 £50,000 -4.76% 11
South East +63 32 £34,000 -38.18% 5
North West +19 18 £50,000 - 3
North of England +4 18 £50,000 - 5
South West +16 10 £32,500 -40.91% 1
London +57 5 £40,000 -23.44% 4

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 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.52%) AWS
1 1 (1.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 41 (62.12%) Firewall
2 34 (51.52%) VSAT
3 27 (40.91%) WAN
4 26 (39.39%) LAN
5 10 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (12.12%) LTE
6 8 (12.12%) VPN
7 7 (10.61%) Junos
8 5 (7.58%) Network Security
8 5 (7.58%) Wireless
9 4 (6.06%) 802.11
10 3 (4.55%) VLAN
11 2 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (3.03%) IPv4
11 2 (3.03%) IPv6
11 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
12 1 (1.52%) BGP
12 1 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (1.52%) OSPF
12 1 (1.52%) VRRP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (46.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Finance
4 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.06%) Automotive
4 4 (6.06%) Billing
4 4 (6.06%) Electronics
4 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (51.52%) Support Engineer
1 34 (51.52%) Technical Engineer
1 34 (51.52%) Technical Support
1 34 (51.52%) Technical Support Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Cisco Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Firewall Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Juniper Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) LAN Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) LAN/WAN Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Presales Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) WAN Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
4 8 (12.12%) Network Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) Change Consultant
8 2 (3.03%) Design Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Network Design Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Senior Network Design Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.03%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (59.09%) Customer Service
2 32 (48.48%) Mentoring
3 30 (45.45%) Commercial Awareness
4 20 (30.30%) Kalman Filter
5 18 (27.27%) Presales
6 15 (22.73%) Regulatory Change
6 15 (22.73%) Web Filtering
7 11 (16.67%) Proactive Management
7 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.12%) Proactive Monitoring
8 8 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (10.61%) Task Automation
10 6 (9.09%) AI
10 6 (9.09%) Statistics
11 5 (7.58%) Change Control
11 5 (7.58%) Problem Management
11 5 (7.58%) Programme Management
11 5 (7.58%) Project Delivery
11 5 (7.58%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (7.58%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 65 (98.48%) CCNA
1 65 (98.48%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (34.85%) Security Cleared
3 21 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 13 (19.70%) CCNP
5 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 5 (7.58%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (6.06%) GCSC
8 3 (4.55%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.52%) JNCIP
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Firmware
2 2 (3.03%) KVM
2 2 (3.03%) RHEV
2 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.03%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Ansible
2 2 (3.03%) Nagios
2 2 (3.03%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 32 (48.48%) Cisco
1 32 (48.48%) Juniper
2 23 (34.85%) Fortinet
3 18 (27.27%) Aruba
4 11 (16.67%) Starlink
5 6 (9.09%) Freshdesk
6 2 (3.03%) F5
6 2 (3.03%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.03%) VMware
7 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto