BGP Contracts in Birmingham

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for BGP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BGP over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 59 84
Rank change year-on-year +21 +25 -20
Contract jobs citing BGP 29 16 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.75% 1.77% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.33% 10.88% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 6
10th Percentile £258 £353 £406
25th Percentile £263 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £375 £500 £447
90th Percentile £425 - £450
West Midlands median daily rate £363 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -19.44% +12.50% +10.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

BGP 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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 150 147 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.40% 16.26% 11.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 68 101
10th Percentile £205 £313 £163
25th Percentile £290 £394 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £496
90th Percentile £600 £731 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.57
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £19.95 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -25.00% +27.11%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 29 (100.00%) WAN
2 28 (96.55%) MPLS
3 27 (93.10%) IPsec
4 7 (24.14%) VPN
5 6 (20.69%) Junos
6 2 (6.90%) LAN
7 1 (3.45%) CATAPAN
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (3.45%) DNS
7 1 (3.45%) Firewall
7 1 (3.45%) HSRP
7 1 (3.45%) OSPF
7 1 (3.45%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (3.45%) VLAN
General
1 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.90%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Network Engineer
2 13 (44.83%) WAN Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (24.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Network Support
4 6 (20.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (65.52%) PKI
2 9 (31.03%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
2 6 (20.69%) Load Balancing
3 2 (6.90%) Change Management
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL
4 1 (3.45%) Mentoring
4 1 (3.45%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 20 (68.97%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) CCNP
3 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (13.79%) CCNA
5 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.90%) JNCIA
5 2 (6.90%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Juniper
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) F5