Juniper Job Trends

Juniper
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Juniper products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Juniper over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Juniper Networks.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 300 321
Rank change year-on-year -185 +21 +270
Permanent jobs citing Juniper 170 492 486
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.92% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 0.90% 2.47% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 141 340 377
10th Percentile £32,700 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £73,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

All Vendors
UK

Juniper falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,903 19,941 21,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.51% 37.26% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 10,075 16,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -14.50% +4.92% -4.69%

Juniper
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Juniper job vacancy trend in the UK

Juniper
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Juniper.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Juniper

Juniper
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Juniper over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Juniper in the UK

Juniper
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper 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 -180 151 £60,000 +9.09% 64
UK excluding London -152 123 £52,500 -4.55% 60
South East -91 50 £58,000 +5.45% 18
London +19 46 £63,750 -12.07% 17
Midlands -26 26 £61,000 -1.61% 11
West Midlands -25 24 £61,750 -1.20% 9
Work from Home +40 23 £72,000 +44.00% 25
North of England -27 21 £50,000 - 13
North West +1 20 £50,000 - 7
Northern Ireland - 15 £33,750 - 1
East of England -2 6 £75,000 +3.45% 2
Scotland +2 2 £42,500 +4.94% 3
East Midlands -8 2 £53,362 +42.30% 2
South West -27 2 - - 9
Yorkshire -23 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £32,500 - 5

Juniper
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 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.82%) Azure
2 23 (13.53%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (6.47%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (2.94%) AWS
6 4 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.59%) GCP
7 1 (0.59%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (69.41%) Firewall
2 80 (47.06%) WAN
3 77 (45.29%) LAN
4 47 (27.65%) VPN
5 27 (15.88%) MPLS
6 23 (13.53%) Junos
7 20 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (10.59%) BGP
8 18 (10.59%) Network Security
9 15 (8.82%) Cisco IOS
9 15 (8.82%) VLAN
10 14 (8.24%) DNS
11 12 (7.06%) DHCP
11 12 (7.06%) TCP/IP
12 11 (6.47%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (6.47%) Wireless
13 10 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (5.88%) SD-WAN
14 9 (5.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.35%) GIS
2 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Git
2 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.59%) GitLab
2 1 (0.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.59%) Subversion
General
1 63 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.18%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (6.47%) Finance
4 9 (5.29%) Law
5 6 (3.53%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.76%) Retail
8 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.59%) Advertising
9 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.59%) Electronics
9 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (42.35%) Network Engineer
2 23 (13.53%) Senior
3 22 (12.94%) Juniper Engineer
3 22 (12.94%) Senior Network Engineer
4 21 (12.35%) Cisco Engineer
5 19 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (10.59%) Firewall Engineer
6 18 (10.59%) LAN Engineer
6 18 (10.59%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 18 (10.59%) Presales Engineer
6 18 (10.59%) WAN Engineer
7 17 (10.00%) Architect
7 17 (10.00%) Support Engineer
8 16 (9.41%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (7.06%) Network Architect
9 12 (7.06%) NOC Engineer
10 10 (5.88%) Design Engineer
10 10 (5.88%) Network Design Engineer
11 9 (5.29%) Senior Design Engineer
11 9 (5.29%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.47%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (5.29%) PKI
4 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.59%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.59%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 51 (30.00%) Windows
2 19 (11.18%) Linux
2 19 (11.18%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.71%) Unix
4 7 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.06%) Network Design
2 26 (15.29%) ITIL
2 26 (15.29%) Presales
3 24 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (12.35%) High Availability
6 20 (11.76%) Task Automation
7 19 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (10.59%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (8.24%) Customer Service
11 13 (7.65%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (7.65%) SIEM
12 12 (7.06%) Change Management
13 11 (6.47%) AI
13 11 (6.47%) Service Delivery
13 11 (6.47%) Service Management
13 11 (6.47%) Vulnerability Management
14 10 (5.88%) Change Control
14 10 (5.88%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.53%) Python
2 10 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.35%) Bash
4 2 (1.18%) SQL
5 1 (0.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 80 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (37.65%) Security Cleared
3 63 (37.06%) CCNA
4 46 (27.06%) DV Cleared
5 39 (22.94%) SC Cleared
6 38 (22.35%) CCNP
7 32 (18.82%) JNCIA
8 25 (14.71%) Degree
9 12 (7.06%) JNCIS
9 12 (7.06%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (6.47%) CCIE
11 7 (4.12%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.94%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.35%) CTC Cleared
13 4 (2.35%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.18%) CCDE
14 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.59%) CISSP
15 1 (0.59%) Dell Certification
15 1 (0.59%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.24%) SLA
2 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.59%) NCSC
3 1 (0.59%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (17.06%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.29%) Firmware
3 19 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.88%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.35%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.18%) KVM
7 2 (1.18%) RHEV
7 2 (1.18%) Xen
8 1 (0.59%) iptables
8 1 (0.59%) pfSense
8 1 (0.59%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (10.00%) Ansible
2 10 (5.88%) Terraform
2 10 (5.88%) vCenter Server
3 9 (5.29%) SCCM
4 8 (4.71%) Endace
4 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.53%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.18%) Nagios
6 2 (1.18%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.18%) SCOM
7 1 (0.59%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.59%) Grafana
7 1 (0.59%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.59%) Puppet
7 1 (0.59%) WSUS
7 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 158 (92.94%) Cisco
2 59 (34.71%) Fortinet
3 28 (16.47%) Aruba
4 27 (15.88%) VMware
5 25 (14.71%) Palo Alto
6 24 (14.12%) Microsoft
7 21 (12.35%) SolarWinds
8 11 (6.47%) Dell
9 9 (5.29%) Arista
9 9 (5.29%) Broadcom
9 9 (5.29%) McAfee
10 7 (4.12%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.12%) F5
10 7 (4.12%) HP
11 6 (3.53%) Remedy
12 5 (2.94%) Meraki
13 3 (1.76%) Citrix
13 3 (1.76%) Red Hat
14 2 (1.18%) Forcepoint
14 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow