BGP Contract Job Trends in Central London

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	128	110	115
Rank change year-on-year	-18	+5	+24
Contract jobs citing BGP	29	17	14
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	1.26%	0.91%	0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	11.51%	9.77%	5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted	23	13	12
10^th Percentile	£382	£427	£475
25^th Percentile	£405	£488	£503
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£625	£639
Median % change year-on-year	-20.00%	-2.11%	+30.97%
75^th Percentile	£634	£664	£732
90^th Percentile	£775	£700	£771
London median daily rate	£500	£500	£494
% change year-on-year	-	+1.27%	-14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£31.25
Median hourly rate	-	-	£32.50
75^th Percentile	-	-	£33.75
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
London median hourly rate	£60.75	-	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-	-	-6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	252	174	263
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London	10.99%	9.36%	11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	165	123	168
10^th Percentile	£270	£265	£311
25^th Percentile	£380	£413	£429
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£536	£525
Median % change year-on-year	-4.38%	+2.10%	-
75^th Percentile	£618	£664	£638
90^th Percentile	£717	£738	£738
London median daily rate	£507	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.40%	-4.76%	-1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	6	1
10^th Percentile	£27.10	£21.96	-
25^th Percentile	£55.00	£24.18	£31.25
Median hourly rate	£62.50	£25.47	£32.50
Median % change year-on-year	+145.39%	-21.63%	+44.44%
75^th Percentile	£155.34	£41.99	£33.75
90^th Percentile	-	£56.54	-
London median hourly rate	£52.50	£25.15	£37.25
% change year-on-year	+108.75%	-32.48%	+30.13%

BGP Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BGP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

BGP Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BGP.

BGP Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in Central London over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in Central London

BGP Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BGP.

BGP Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
City of London	-13	24	£525	-17.90%	6
West End of London	-	3	£410	-	1
City of Westminster	-	3	£410	-	1
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BGP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing BGP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region citing BGP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cisco	75.9%	22
2	Firewall	69.0%	20
3	Multicast	55.2%	16
4	VLAN	41.4%	12
5	Wireless	34.5%	10
6	OSPF	31.0%	9
7	AWS	27.6%	8
7	F5	27.6%	8
7	WAN	27.6%	8
10	Cisco Prime	24.1%	7
10	Cisco Wireless	24.1%	7
10	Load Balancing	24.1%	7
10	Migration	24.1%	7
10	MPLS	24.1%	7
10	Project Delivery	24.1%	7
10	Use Case	24.1%	7
10	VPN	24.1%	7
10	Wi-Fi	24.1%	7
19	Arista	20.7%	6
19	Azure	20.7%	6
19	Cisco Certification	20.7%	6
19	Palo Alto	20.7%	6
19	Python	20.7%	6
24	CCNP	17.2%	5
24	High Availability	17.2%	5
24	Low Latency	17.2%	5
24	Network Security	17.2%	5
28	Change Control	13.8%	4
28	DHCP	13.8%	4
28	DNS	13.8%	4

BGP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	69.0%	20
2	Multicast	55.2%	16
3	VLAN	41.4%	12
4	Wireless	34.5%	10
5	OSPF	31.0%	9
6	WAN	27.6%	8
7	Cisco Wireless	24.1%	7
7	MPLS	24.1%	7
7	VPN	24.1%	7
7	Wi-Fi	24.1%	7
11	Network Security	17.2%	5
12	DHCP	13.8%	4
12	DNS	13.8%	4
12	SD-WAN	13.8%	4
15	Extranet	10.3%	3
16	Cisco IOS	6.9%	2
16	Ethernet VPN	6.9%	2
16	HSRP	6.9%	2
16	Intrusion Detection	6.9%	2
16	IPsec	6.9%	2