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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 42 62
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 +23
Contract jobs citing BGP 18 19 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.26% 2.66% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.32% 17.76% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 2
10th Percentile £160 - £421
25th Percentile £269 £263 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £275 £509
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -45.92% +19.65%
75th Percentile £475 £288 £569
90th Percentile £538 £475 £603
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £375 £441
% change year-on-year - -15.01% +3.82%

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 74 107 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.41% 14.99% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 60 97
10th Percentile £210 £261 £270
25th Percentile £281 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -3.73%
75th Percentile £534 £488 £650
90th Percentile £575 £604 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £44.35 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £13.81 £12.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.71% +7.69% -35.00%
75th Percentile £50.38 £16.44 £16.13
90th Percentile £51.65 £20.83 £17.70
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +114.29% -48.15% +44.00%

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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 27 July 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 14 (77.78%) VPN
2 13 (72.22%) IPsec
3 11 (61.11%) WAN
4 10 (55.56%) Network Security
4 10 (55.56%) OSPF
5 9 (50.00%) MPLS
6 8 (44.44%) VLAN
7 7 (38.89%) Firewall
7 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
8 6 (33.33%) SSL
9 4 (22.22%) LAN
10 3 (16.67%) EIGRP
10 3 (16.67%) Junos
11 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
11 2 (11.11%) Wireless
11 2 (11.11%) Wireless Security
11 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
12 1 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (5.56%) IP Telephony
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Check Point Expert
1 6 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 6 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Support
4 2 (11.11%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) PKI
2 1 (5.56%) Educational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Check Point GAiA
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) High Availability
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Load Balancing
3 6 (33.33%) SIEM
4 5 (27.78%) Network Design
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) Network Management
6 2 (11.11%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
7 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) CCSE
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 4 (22.22%) CCNP
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (5.56%) CCIE
6 1 (5.56%) CCNA
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Juniper
2 6 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 6 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 5 (27.78%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.56%) Fujitsu
5 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.56%) Meraki
5 1 (5.56%) VMware
5 1 (5.56%) Zscaler