BGP Contracts in the West Midlands

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 116 153
Rank change year-on-year +78 +37 -32
Contract jobs citing BGP 85 22 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.41% 0.93% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.91% 6.18% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 7 12
10th Percentile £263 £343 -
25th Percentile £300 £388 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £388 £547 £428
90th Percentile - £622 £449
England median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 388 356 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.15% 15.13% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 220 260
10th Percentile £200 £263 £165
25th Percentile £306 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £485 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +21.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £504
90th Percentile £690 £700 £619
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 17
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.93
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Solihull +8 57 £375 - 7
Birmingham +26 26 £275 -35.29% 1
Worcestershire +5 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - - 1
Warwickshire - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 81 (95.29%) MPLS
1 81 (95.29%) WAN
2 80 (94.12%) IPsec
3 51 (60.00%) Junos
4 47 (55.29%) VPN
5 8 (9.41%) LAN
6 6 (7.06%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (4.71%) OSPF
8 3 (3.53%) Firewall
8 3 (3.53%) SD-WAN
9 2 (2.35%) DNS
9 2 (2.35%) HSRP
9 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.35%) VLAN
10 1 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (1.18%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.18%) Network Security
10 1 (1.18%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.18%) Spanning Tree
General
1 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
2 5 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
3 2 (2.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 38 (44.71%) WAN Engineer
2 34 (40.00%) Network Support
3 29 (34.12%) Network Engineer
4 26 (30.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 25 (29.41%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (15.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 13 (15.29%) Support Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 8 (9.41%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 8 (9.41%) Architect
9 8 (9.41%) Network Architect
10 7 (8.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (8.24%) Network Support Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 3 (3.53%) Lead
13 2 (2.35%) Lead Architect
13 2 (2.35%) Project Engineer
14 1 (1.18%) Cisco Architect
14 1 (1.18%) Cisco Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 66 (77.65%) PKI
2 7 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (54.12%) Load Balancing
2 24 (28.24%) Network Design
3 9 (10.59%) Incident Management
4 4 (4.71%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (3.53%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (2.35%) Change Management
6 2 (2.35%) ITIL
7 1 (1.18%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (1.18%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.18%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 73 (85.88%) Security Cleared
2 24 (28.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.94%) CCNP
3 11 (12.94%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (10.59%) CCNA
5 5 (5.88%) JNCIS
6 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.35%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) SLA
Vendors
1 81 (95.29%) Juniper
2 8 (9.41%) Cisco
3 3 (3.53%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.18%) F5
4 1 (1.18%) Fortinet