Juniper Junos OS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Junos skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Junos over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 664 813
Rank change year-on-year +137 +149 -127
Contract jobs citing Junos 73 52 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.088% 0.056%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 0.71% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 26
10th Percentile £288 - £341
25th Percentile £363 £273 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £351 £438
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% -19.89% +34.62%
75th Percentile £416 £438 £450
90th Percentile £606 £475 £497
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £275 £401
% change year-on-year +36.36% -31.34% +29.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £63.00 £15.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +320.00% -67.39% +206.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £49.26
90th Percentile - - £50.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £15.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year +320.00% -67.39% +206.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Junos is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,525 7,311 9,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,755 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 473 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

Junos
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junos in the UK

Junos
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Junos in the UK

Junos
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junos over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junos in the UK

Junos
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Junos in the UK

Junos
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junos within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +148 73 £375 -10.18% 11
UK excluding London +96 70 £375 +36.36% 9
Midlands +70 54 £375 -14.29% 5
West Midlands +64 54 £375 -14.29% 5
South East +26 12 £325 +18.18% 4
Work from Home +115 6 £675 +60.71% 4
South West - 4 £675 -
London +103 3 £400 -4.76% 2

Junos
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 61 (83.56%) WAN
2 56 (76.71%) BGP
2 56 (76.71%) IPsec
2 56 (76.71%) MPLS
3 52 (71.23%) VPN
4 12 (16.44%) LAN
5 10 (13.70%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (5.48%) SDH
6 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (4.11%) DNS
7 3 (4.11%) Firewall
7 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.74%) DHCP
8 2 (2.74%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.74%) Internet
8 2 (2.74%) ISDN
8 2 (2.74%) NGFW
8 2 (2.74%) OSPF
8 2 (2.74%) SAN
8 2 (2.74%) SSL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.11%) Hudson
3 2 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 9 (12.33%) Finance
2 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.48%) Aeronautics
4 4 (5.48%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.37%) Advertising
5 1 (1.37%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (36.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 27 (36.99%) 3rd Line Support
2 26 (35.62%) WAN Engineer
3 24 (32.88%) Network Support
4 18 (24.66%) Network Engineer
5 13 (17.81%) Architect
6 12 (16.44%) Support Engineer
7 10 (13.70%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (12.33%) Network Architect
9 6 (8.22%) Network Support Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 3 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 3 (4.11%) Cisco Architect
11 3 (4.11%) Data Centre Technician
11 3 (4.11%) Data Technician
11 3 (4.11%) Juniper Architect
11 3 (4.11%) Juniper Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 50 (68.49%) PKI
2 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Linux
2 3 (4.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (67.12%) Load Balancing
2 25 (34.25%) Network Design
3 8 (10.96%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (9.59%) Computer Science
4 7 (9.59%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (8.22%) ITIL
6 5 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.48%) Architecture Governance
7 4 (5.48%) BPMN
7 4 (5.48%) Business Analysis
7 4 (5.48%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (5.48%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (5.48%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.48%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (5.48%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (5.48%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.48%) Project Management
7 4 (5.48%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.48%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (5.48%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) Python
2 3 (4.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (79.45%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (17.81%) CCNP
4 9 (12.33%) CCNA
4 9 (12.33%) JNCIA
4 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.59%) Degree
6 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.48%) HND
7 4 (5.48%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (4.11%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.37%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.37%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (2.74%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Juniper
2 20 (27.40%) Cisco
3 6 (8.22%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.48%) Ciena
4 4 (5.48%) IBM
4 4 (5.48%) Nokia
4 4 (5.48%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.74%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (2.74%) Citrix
5 2 (2.74%) F5
5 2 (2.74%) Forcepoint
5 2 (2.74%) VMware