BGP Contract Job Trends in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 228 233
Rank change year-on-year -61 +5 +113
Contract jobs citing BGP 334 271 369
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 1.12% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.78% 8.57% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 161 232
10th Percentile £341 £325 £332
25th Percentile £405 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £567 £588 £550
90th Percentile £649 £630 £613
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £47.22 £22.05 £19.45
25th Percentile £56.01 £27.38 £20.88
Median hourly rate £71.33 £37.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.21% +59.57% -66.43%
75th Percentile £73.13 £39.38 £24.25
90th Percentile £73.81 £39.75 £24.55
UK median hourly rate £71.33 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year +90.21% +56.25% -67.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,802 3,162 4,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 13.11% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,372 1,963 2,903
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.49%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 117 391
10th Percentile £16.52 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -24.20% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.51% -13.75% +116.22%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BGP job vacancy trend in England

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BGP

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in England

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing BGP

BGP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for BGP in England

BGP
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
London -84 106 £444 -11.25% 30
South East +13 103 £453 +0.56% 31
North of England -61 67 £568 +13.50% 29
North West -28 56 £568 +8.10% 13
Midlands -31 48 £413 +37.50% 14
West Midlands -33 45 £413 +43.48% 8
South West -38 19 £525 - 11
North East -12 8 £650 +160.00% 8
Yorkshire -49 5 £538 +53.57% 8
East of England -28 4 £500 +17.65% 9
East Midlands -30 2 - - 6
BGP
UK

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.20%) Confluence
1 4 (1.20%) OpenStack
1 4 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (2.69%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 66 (19.76%) Azure
2 64 (19.16%) AWS
3 17 (5.09%) GCP
4 15 (4.49%) OCI
5 14 (4.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 12 (3.59%) SaaS
7 8 (2.40%) Route 53
8 6 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.50%) AWS Direct Connect
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.90%) GitHub
11 3 (0.90%) IaaS
11 3 (0.90%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.90%) PaaS
12 2 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 234 (70.06%) OSPF
2 203 (60.78%) Firewall
3 201 (60.18%) WAN
4 135 (40.42%) LAN
5 106 (31.74%) VPN
6 89 (26.65%) VXLAN
7 83 (24.85%) Network Security
8 78 (23.35%) DNS
9 76 (22.75%) MPLS
10 70 (20.96%) Ethernet VPN
10 70 (20.96%) VLAN
11 66 (19.76%) Multicast
12 61 (18.26%) SD-WAN
13 54 (16.17%) BIG-IP
14 51 (15.27%) IPsec
15 44 (13.17%) TCP/IP
16 41 (12.28%) Cisco ISE
17 39 (11.68%) DHCP
18 37 (11.08%) DMZ
18 37 (11.08%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 16 (4.79%) GitLab
2 10 (2.99%) Git
3 5 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.20%) JIRA
5 3 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) AppScan
6 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 45 (13.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.18%) Documentation Skills
3 33 (9.88%) Finance
3 33 (9.88%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.08%) Banking
6 19 (5.69%) Investment Banking
6 19 (5.69%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.89%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.59%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.99%) Military
10 6 (1.80%) Retail
11 3 (0.90%) Legal
11 3 (0.90%) Police
12 2 (0.60%) Aviation
12 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.30%) Electronics
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 196 (58.68%) Network Engineer
2 59 (17.66%) Cisco Engineer
2 59 (17.66%) Senior
3 56 (16.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 44 (13.17%) Security Engineer
5 39 (11.68%) Network Security Engineer
6 38 (11.38%) Data Network Engineer
7 35 (10.48%) Architect
8 33 (9.88%) Cisco Security Engineer
8 33 (9.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 32 (9.58%) Data Engineer
10 27 (8.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 23 (6.89%) Network Architect
11 23 (6.89%) Network Specialist
12 19 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (4.49%) Web Engineer
14 14 (4.19%) Firewall Specialist
15 13 (3.89%) Operations Engineer
15 13 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 8 (2.40%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.68%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.40%) NETCONF
2 8 (2.40%) REST
2 8 (2.40%) YANG
3 7 (2.10%) LDAP
4 4 (1.20%) Jinja
4 4 (1.20%) VML
5 3 (0.90%) OpenConfig
5 3 (0.90%) RESTCONF
6 2 (0.60%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
6 2 (0.60%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.30%) JSON
7 1 (0.30%) SAML
7 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 151 (45.21%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.68%) PKI
3 27 (8.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (7.49%) Clustering
5 12 (3.59%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.90%) CESG
9 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.90%) SCADA
9 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.08%) Windows
2 18 (5.39%) Linux
3 6 (1.80%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.60%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.14%) Load Balancing
2 58 (17.37%) High Availability
3 46 (13.77%) Network Design
4 40 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (11.38%) Zero Trust
6 36 (10.78%) Migration
7 35 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 32 (9.58%) ITIL
9 30 (8.98%) Observability
10 26 (7.78%) Identity Access Management
11 25 (7.49%) Network Architecture
12 24 (7.19%) CI/CD
12 24 (7.19%) DevOps
12 24 (7.19%) Project Delivery
13 23 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (6.29%) Network Monitoring
14 21 (6.29%) Network Segmentation
14 21 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (5.39%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.26%) Python
2 5 (1.50%) Bash
3 4 (1.20%) PHP
4 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.60%) SQL
5 1 (0.30%) Lisp
5 1 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 140 (41.92%) Cisco Certification
1 140 (41.92%) Security Cleared
2 104 (31.14%) SC Cleared
3 101 (30.24%) CCNP
4 40 (11.98%) CCIE
5 39 (11.68%) DV Cleared
6 24 (7.19%) CCNA
6 24 (7.19%) Degree
7 14 (4.19%) JNCIS
8 13 (3.89%) JNCIP
9 11 (3.29%) JNCIE
10 10 (2.99%) JNCIA
11 9 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.80%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.50%) GIAC
14 5 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.20%) PMP
15 4 (1.20%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (2.69%) NCSC
1 9 (2.69%) NIST
2 7 (2.10%) SLA
3 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.90%) RMADS
5 2 (0.60%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.30%) COBIT
6 1 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 25 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (2.40%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.80%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.60%) Docker
4 2 (0.60%) Firmware
4 2 (0.60%) vCloud
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) KVM
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (23.05%) Ansible
2 43 (12.87%) Terraform
3 41 (12.28%) FortiGate
4 16 (4.79%) Grafana
5 14 (4.19%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.80%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.50%) Nagios
8 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.90%) SCOM
10 2 (0.60%) CASB
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.60%) Iperf
10 2 (0.60%) Nmap
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.30%) QRadar
11 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 252 (75.45%) Cisco
2 130 (38.92%) F5
3 98 (29.34%) Palo Alto
4 70 (20.96%) Juniper
5 56 (16.77%) Arista
6 54 (16.17%) Fortinet
7 49 (14.67%) CheckPoint
8 48 (14.37%) Aruba
9 33 (9.88%) SolarWinds
10 28 (8.38%) Splunk
10 28 (8.38%) VMware
11 26 (7.78%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (4.79%) Meraki
13 14 (4.19%) Zscaler
14 9 (2.69%) Nokia
15 7 (2.10%) Microsoft
15 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
16 6 (1.80%) Ekahau
17 5 (1.50%) Netskope
17 5 (1.50%) NVIDIA