BGP Contract Job Trends in Devon

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 20 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 0
Contract jobs citing BGP 6 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 2.48% 2.42% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% 42.86% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £442 - -
25th Percentile £472 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £499 £419 -
90th Percentile £625 - -
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +1.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 7 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 8.26% 5.65% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 29
10th Percentile £394 £296 £152
25th Percentile £423 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.79% -2.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £555 £600
90th Percentile £700 £600 -
South West median daily rate £519 £548 £538
% change year-on-year -5.29% +1.95% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.91 -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +87.50% +308.16%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

BGP job vacancy trend in Devon

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing BGP

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in Devon over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in Devon

BGP
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Devon region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter -12 5 £495 +20.00% 4
BGP
South West

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 6 (100.00%) OSPF
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Network Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Design Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Service Design
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Network Design
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) F5