BGP Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 65 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +30
Contract jobs citing BGP 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.51% 0.34% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.88% 2.82% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £357
25th Percentile £413 £390 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -10.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £438 £420 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £618
% change year-on-year +6.25% -35.22% +23.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 51 71 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.61% 12.07% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 33 38
10th Percentile £233 £150 £130
25th Percentile £413 £213 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £444
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +17.18% -6.58%
75th Percentile £500 £606 £569
90th Percentile £602 £650 £723
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £550
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile - £21.00 -
25th Percentile - £21.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £24.66 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% +40.91% -51.29%
75th Percentile - £52.15 £40.13
90th Percentile - £72.00 £52.95
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £23.77 £59.52
% change year-on-year +215.56% -60.06% +263.78%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

BGP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing BGP

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco