BGP Contract Job Trends in Coventry
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
West Midlands > Coventry
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry citing BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 45 | 28 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing BGP | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Coventry | 1.73% | 1.84% | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 15.63% | 10.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £454 | £468 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £455 | £475 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £455 | £500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £525 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £491 | £533 | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £468 | £400 | £458 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.00% | -12.57% | +14.38% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Coventry
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 Coventry.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills | 32 | 30 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry | 11.07% | 18.40% | 10.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 16 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £263 | £167 |
| 25th Percentile | £227 | £301 | £326 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £448 | £406 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.15% | +1.56% | -5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £454 | £526 | £425 |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £557 | £485 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £455 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.94% | -15.00% | +22.32% |
BGP Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BGP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.
BGP Daily Rate Trend in Coventry
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing BGP.
BGP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | MPLS | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Network Security | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | OSPF | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | VLAN | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | VPN | 100.0% | 5 |
| 7 | WAN | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | DNS | 60.0% | 3 |
| 9 | Cisco Firepower | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | DMZ | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | EIGRP | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | HSRP | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | IPsec | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | LAN | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | SD-WAN | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | SSL | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | TCP/IP | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | VRRP | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | VXLAN | 40.0% | 2 |
| 20 | DHCP | 20.0% | 1 |