Juniper
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Juniper products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Juniper over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Juniper Networks.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 317 456
Rank change year-on-year +102 +139 -28
Contract jobs citing Juniper 463 444 469
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.78% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 2.56% 1.80% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 263 312
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +14.11%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £719 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.66% +2.74% +21.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 23
10th Percentile £23.47 £24.74 £21.90
25th Percentile £25.65 £51.37 £26.13
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +27.62% +50.64%
75th Percentile £41.25 £63.23 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.24 £66.00 £60.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.75 £62.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -16.54% +14.81% +134.78%

All Vendors
UK

Juniper is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,083 24,657 35,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.51% 43.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,274 16,502 23,585
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £468
% change year-on-year - +6.95% +7.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 666 891
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.11 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -34.97% +73.68% +0.89%

Juniper
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Juniper in the UK

Juniper
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Juniper.

Daily rate trend for Juniper in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Juniper over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Juniper in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Juniper.

Hourly rate trend for Juniper in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Juniper over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Juniper in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Juniper within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +135 453 £500 - 112
UK excluding London +90 382 £475 -2.66% 89
South East +61 216 £555 +11.00% 30
Midlands +66 100 £375 -14.29% 22
West Midlands +61 97 £375 -11.76% 21
London +48 69 £550 +13.34% 34
Work from Home +35 60 £463 -11.27% 31
South West +7 34 £650 +3.34% 10
North of England +28 29 £425 -15.00% 14
Yorkshire +25 18 £488 - 6
East of England -6 7 £475 +72.73% 6
North East - 7 £375 - 2
North West +1 4 £350 -30.00% 7
East Midlands +14 3 £600 -1.52% 1

Juniper
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.65%) OpenStack
1 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) IIS
3 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (7.78%) Azure
2 29 (6.26%) AWS
3 14 (3.02%) OCI
4 12 (2.59%) SaaS
5 10 (2.16%) PaaS
6 5 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.86%) WhatsApp
8 3 (0.65%) IaaS
8 3 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.43%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.43%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.43%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.22%) GCP
10 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 207 (44.71%) WAN
2 176 (38.01%) BGP
3 157 (33.91%) Firewall
4 147 (31.75%) MPLS
5 134 (28.94%) VPN
6 107 (23.11%) IPsec
7 99 (21.38%) LAN
8 70 (15.12%) Junos
9 67 (14.47%) OSPF
10 53 (11.45%) Network Security
11 49 (10.58%) Wi-Fi
12 45 (9.72%) Cisco Firepower
13 44 (9.50%) Cisco ASA
14 37 (7.99%) EIGRP
14 37 (7.99%) Wireless
15 33 (7.13%) Cisco Nexus
15 33 (7.13%) SSL
16 31 (6.70%) DNS
17 29 (6.26%) Cisco ISE
18 27 (5.83%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.22%) Power BI
1 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (4.32%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (2.38%) JIRA
3 4 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.65%) Git
4 3 (0.65%) Hudson
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
General
1 56 (12.10%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.80%) Public Sector
3 46 (9.94%) Finance
4 40 (8.64%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.67%) Banking
7 13 (2.81%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.59%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.51%) Aeronautics
10 7 (1.51%) Digital Economy
10 7 (1.51%) Marketing
10 7 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.30%) Military
12 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.86%) Retail
13 3 (0.65%) Law
14 2 (0.43%) Legal
14 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 184 (39.74%) Network Engineer
2 117 (25.27%) Architect
3 91 (19.65%) Network Architect
4 41 (8.86%) Network Support
5 34 (7.34%) Network Specialist
5 34 (7.34%) Senior
5 34 (7.34%) WAN Engineer
6 30 (6.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 30 (6.48%) Juniper Engineer
7 29 (6.26%) 3rd Line Support
7 29 (6.26%) Cisco Engineer
8 27 (5.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 24 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (4.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 20 (4.32%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.67%) Senior Network Engineer
13 14 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support
14 13 (2.81%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 13 (2.81%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.65%) 802.1X
1 3 (0.65%) Jinja
1 3 (0.65%) JSON
1 3 (0.65%) NETCONF
1 3 (0.65%) RESTful
1 3 (0.65%) XML
1 3 (0.65%) YANG
2 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.20%) PKI
2 58 (12.53%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (2.16%) Blackberry
5 7 (1.51%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (1.08%) Social Media
8 4 (0.86%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.65%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.43%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.22%) Clustering
11 1 (0.22%) FMCG
11 1 (0.22%) IoT
11 1 (0.22%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.48%) Windows
2 27 (5.83%) Linux
3 25 (5.40%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.10%) Windows Server 2012
4 19 (4.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (3.67%) Windows XP
6 15 (3.24%) Windows 10
6 15 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (2.81%) Unix
8 3 (0.65%) VMS
8 3 (0.65%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (22.68%) Network Design
2 72 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (12.10%) Load Balancing
4 45 (9.72%) ITIL
5 38 (8.21%) Customer Requirements
6 36 (7.78%) Project Management
7 34 (7.34%) Network Management
8 33 (7.13%) Agile
9 32 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (6.70%) Migration
10 31 (6.70%) Project Delivery
10 31 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
11 27 (5.83%) High Availability
12 25 (5.40%) Break/Fix
12 25 (5.40%) Decision-Making
13 24 (5.18%) Roadmaps
14 23 (4.97%) ArchiMate
14 23 (4.97%) TOGAF
15 22 (4.75%) Change Management
15 22 (4.75%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.32%) PowerShell
2 14 (3.02%) Python
3 3 (0.65%) Bash
3 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 303 (65.44%) Security Cleared
2 121 (26.13%) SC Cleared
3 119 (25.70%) DV Cleared
4 111 (23.97%) Cisco Certification
5 88 (19.01%) CCNP
6 57 (12.31%) CCNA
7 40 (8.64%) Degree
8 32 (6.91%) JNCIA
9 25 (5.40%) JNCIS
10 14 (3.02%) CCIE
11 12 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (2.38%) HND
13 10 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.51%) CCSA
14 7 (1.51%) CISM
15 5 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.08%) JNCIP
16 4 (0.86%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.86%) JNCIE
16 4 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.46%) SLA
2 4 (0.86%) NCSC
3 2 (0.43%) GDPR
3 2 (0.43%) QA
3 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (4.10%) Hyper-V
3 18 (3.89%) Active Directory
4 15 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.30%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.86%) vSphere
7 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.22%) KVM
Systems Management
1 32 (6.91%) FortiGate
2 31 (6.70%) Endace
3 16 (3.46%) NetBackup
3 16 (3.46%) SCCM
3 16 (3.46%) SCOM
4 15 (3.24%) Ansible
4 15 (3.24%) vCenter Server
4 15 (3.24%) WSUS
5 14 (3.02%) EMC NetWorker
6 12 (2.59%) Nessus
7 11 (2.38%) Terraform
8 4 (0.86%) Puppet
9 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.43%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.43%) VxRail
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.22%) Nagios
11 1 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 314 (67.82%) Cisco
2 77 (16.63%) Palo Alto
3 73 (15.77%) Fortinet
4 65 (14.04%) F5
5 36 (7.78%) VMware
6 32 (6.91%) Nokia
7 31 (6.70%) Microsoft
8 30 (6.48%) CheckPoint
9 27 (5.83%) Aruba
10 23 (4.97%) Extreme Networks
11 20 (4.32%) Blue Coat
11 20 (4.32%) IBM
12 19 (4.10%) Meraki
13 16 (3.46%) Dell
13 16 (3.46%) EMC
13 16 (3.46%) HP
14 15 (3.24%) Oracle
14 15 (3.24%) Symantec
15 14 (3.02%) Brocade
15 14 (3.02%) Citrix