Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JNCIS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 849 936
Rank change year-on-year +178 +87 +278
Permanent jobs citing JNCIS 41 29 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.029% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 34 27 35
10th Percentile £61,250 - £49,150
25th Percentile £61,438 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +1.96%
75th Percentile £72,813 £59,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,125 £60,025 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% -13.08% -0.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

JNCIS 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 27,097 27,438 33,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.19% 27.71% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,306 17,258 15,028
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%
75th Percentile £68,525 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%

JNCIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for JNCIS in the UK

JNCIS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for JNCIS in the UK

JNCIS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JNCIS over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for JNCIS in the UK

JNCIS
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JNCIS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +200 41 £65,000 +15.04% 12
England +154 41 £65,000 +18.18% 12
South East +94 18 £63,750 +12.83% 3
West Midlands - 17 £65,000 -
Midlands - 17 £65,000 - 3
Work from Home +122 6 £72,500 +11.54% 13
North of England - 6 £72,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 6 £72,500 - 1

JNCIS
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 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (14.63%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 28 (68.29%) WAN
2 26 (63.41%) LAN
3 24 (58.54%) MPLS
4 21 (51.22%) BGP
4 21 (51.22%) IPsec
5 20 (48.78%) Junos
6 19 (46.34%) VPN
7 18 (43.90%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (24.39%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (21.95%) DNS
9 9 (21.95%) Firewall
10 6 (14.63%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (14.63%) DWDM
10 6 (14.63%) Network Security
10 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
11 3 (7.32%) Broadband
11 3 (7.32%) DHCP
11 3 (7.32%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (7.32%) GPON
11 3 (7.32%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Architect
1 22 (53.66%) Network Architect
2 10 (24.39%) Designer
2 10 (24.39%) Network Designer
3 9 (21.95%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Network Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Juniper Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
1 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Technical Leadership
2 21 (51.22%) Network Design
3 17 (41.46%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (17.07%) Network Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
5 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
5 6 (14.63%) Migration
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Project Management
5 6 (14.63%) Runbook
5 6 (14.63%) Task Automation
5 6 (14.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (7.32%) Security Patching
7 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.44%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (92.68%) CCNA
1 38 (92.68%) CCNP
1 38 (92.68%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (78.05%) Security Cleared
3 30 (73.17%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (14.63%) Degree
4 6 (14.63%) JNCIA
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (36.59%) SLA
Systems Management
1 16 (39.02%) Ansible
2 6 (14.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (92.68%) Cisco
2 35 (85.37%) Juniper
3 10 (24.39%) F5
4 6 (14.63%) Arista
4 6 (14.63%) Microsoft