BGP-4 Contracts in England

Border Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring BGP-4 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BGP-4 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BGP-4 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.031% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK median daily rate £400 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

BGP-4 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

BGP-4
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BGP-4 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BGP-4 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP-4 in England.

Daily rate trend for BGP-4 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP-4 in England.

Hourly rate trend for BGP-4 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP-4 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 1 £400 -
BGP-4
UK

BGP-4
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Junos
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto