BGP Contracts in Birmingham

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BGP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 38 59
Rank change year-on-year -4 +21 +25
Contract jobs citing BGP 8 29 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.53% 3.75% 1.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.62% 19.33% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 5
10th Percentile £148 £258 £353
25th Percentile £156 £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £275 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -38.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £378 £375 £500
90th Percentile £474 £425 -
West Midlands median daily rate £288 £363 £450
% change year-on-year -20.69% -19.44% +12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

BGP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 19.40% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 93 68
10th Percentile £165 £205 £313
25th Percentile £319 £290 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £597 £488 £700
90th Percentile £698 £600 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £19.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - £72.90 £20.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 6 (75.00%) IPsec
1 6 (75.00%) Network Security
1 6 (75.00%) OSPF
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) VLAN
3 4 (50.00%) SSL
3 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (50.00%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) MPLS
5 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
5 2 (25.00%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (12.50%) Internet
6 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless Security
6 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Check Point Expert
2 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Support
4 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) High Availability
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
4 1 (12.50%) Network Management
4 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCSE
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CCIE
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (37.50%) Juniper
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) Infoblox
4 1 (12.50%) Meraki
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Zscaler