BGP Contracts in Cheshire

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 48 36
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 +22
DemandTrendContract jobs citing BGP 10 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.63% 0.82% 2.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.31% 6.15% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £290
25th Percentile £463 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £555 - -
North West median daily rate £475 £509 £477
% change year-on-year -6.63% +6.66% +49.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 97 65 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.77% 13.29% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 27 51
10th Percentile £315 £200 £350
25th Percentile £375 £374 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £588
90th Percentile £688 £765 £611
North West median daily rate £436 £514 £475
% change year-on-year -15.09% +8.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £66.50 £48.56 £16.68
% change year-on-year +36.94% +191.13% -47.57%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing BGP

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in Cheshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing BGP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing BGP

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington - 5 - - 2
Knutsford - 2 £475 -
Chester - 1 £600 -
BGP
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) MPLS
1 8 (80.00%) OSPF
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Network Security
3 6 (60.00%) WAN
4 5 (50.00%) VPN
5 4 (40.00%) VLAN
6 3 (30.00%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
6 3 (30.00%) IPv4
6 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
7 2 (20.00%) LAN
7 2 (20.00%) NX-OS
7 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) WLAN
8 1 (10.00%) DMZ
8 1 (10.00%) DNS
8 1 (10.00%) Internet
8 1 (10.00%) L2TP
8 1 (10.00%) SSL
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Designer
1 4 (40.00%) Network Designer
1 4 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Solutions Designer
2 3 (30.00%) IP Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) ITSM
2 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Network Design
2 4 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Service Design
2 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (40.00%) Use Case
3 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Network Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Perl
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CCNP
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (50.00%) CCIE
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (40.00%) JNCIE
3 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (20.00%) CCDP
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) F5
3 5 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (30.00%) BMC
4 3 (30.00%) Huawei
4 3 (30.00%) Remedy
5 2 (20.00%) Meraki
5 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (10.00%) Arista
6 1 (10.00%) McAfee
6 1 (10.00%) Splunk