BGP Contracts in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BGP over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 252 312
Rank change year-on-year +3 +60 +122
Contract jobs citing BGP 278 351 369
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.06% 0.94% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.38% 7.26% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 229 216
10th Percentile £336 £300 £372
25th Percentile £423 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £629
90th Percentile £654 £600 £781
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile £37.00 £19.45 £20.90
25th Percentile £38.13 £20.88 £60.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.21% -66.43% +169.23%
75th Percentile £49.38 £44.38 £80.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £56.75 £80.70
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £39.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.91% -43.93% +169.23%

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 3,319 4,832 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,882 3,916
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 391 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in England

BGP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in England

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in England

BGP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for BGP 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
London +46 127 £475 -2.56% 155
North of England +31 49 £475 -6.54% 27
North West +29 45 £475 -7.54% 14
South West +41 41 £625 +27.88% 21
Midlands -25 29 £350 -6.67% 23
South East -18 26 £450 - 35
West Midlands -30 25 £350 -6.67% 15
East of England +22 5 £500 -11.11% 23
East Midlands +4 4 £438 -23.91% 8
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 12
North East 0 1 £250 -41.18% 1
BGP
UK

BGP
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.60%) Confluence
2 6 (2.16%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.72%) nginx
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (19.42%) AWS
2 24 (8.63%) Azure
3 12 (4.32%) GCP
4 6 (2.16%) Akamai
4 6 (2.16%) GitHub
5 4 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (1.08%) AWS Direct Connect
6 3 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.08%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.08%) SaaS
7 2 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.36%) Datadog
8 1 (0.36%) IaaS
8 1 (0.36%) npm
8 1 (0.36%) OCI
8 1 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 219 (78.78%) OSPF
2 166 (59.71%) Firewall
3 110 (39.57%) VPN
4 94 (33.81%) WAN
5 88 (31.65%) MPLS
6 86 (30.94%) Network Security
7 81 (29.14%) IPsec
8 79 (28.42%) EIGRP
9 61 (21.94%) VLAN
10 50 (17.99%) DNS
11 49 (17.63%) LAN
12 45 (16.19%) HSRP
13 44 (15.83%) Multicast
14 43 (15.47%) SD-WAN
15 36 (12.95%) Cisco IOS
15 36 (12.95%) TCP/IP
16 35 (12.59%) Cisco Nexus
17 33 (11.87%) Ethernet VPN
18 31 (11.15%) Wireless
19 30 (10.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (4.32%) JIRA
2 8 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (2.52%) GitLab
4 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.08%) Git
General
1 71 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (13.31%) Finance
4 31 (11.15%) Telecoms
5 21 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.12%) Banking
7 12 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.44%) Military
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Advertising
10 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Legal
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
11 1 (0.36%) Aviation
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 180 (64.75%) Network Engineer
2 35 (12.59%) Cisco Engineer
2 35 (12.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 26 (9.35%) Architect
4 23 (8.27%) Senior
5 20 (7.19%) Network Architect
6 14 (5.04%) Implementation Engineer
6 14 (5.04%) Network Security Engineer
6 14 (5.04%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 14 (5.04%) Security Engineer
7 13 (4.68%) Senior Network Engineer
8 12 (4.32%) WAN Engineer
9 11 (3.96%) Consultant
9 11 (3.96%) Core Network Engineer
10 10 (3.60%) Network Implementation Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) Designer
11 9 (3.24%) Network Designer
11 9 (3.24%) Support Engineer
12 8 (2.88%) Administrator
12 8 (2.88%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.83%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.24%) NETCONF
2 9 (3.24%) RESTCONF
3 6 (2.16%) JSON
4 5 (1.80%) Spine.js
5 4 (1.44%) REST
5 4 (1.44%) XML
5 4 (1.44%) YAML
6 2 (0.72%) SOAP
6 2 (0.72%) YANG
7 1 (0.36%) eBPF
7 1 (0.36%) gRPC
7 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.63%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.83%) PKI
3 9 (3.24%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.16%) Hedge funds
6 5 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.80%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.72%) Derivative
9 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.72%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.72%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.36%) Life Science
10 1 (0.36%) NHS
10 1 (0.36%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.68%) Linux
2 6 (2.16%) Check Point GAiA
2 6 (2.16%) Unix
3 5 (1.80%) CatOS
4 3 (1.08%) Windows
5 2 (0.72%) CentOS
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (19.42%) Network Monitoring
2 40 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (12.23%) Migration
4 30 (10.79%) Network Design
5 29 (10.43%) ITIL
6 28 (10.07%) High Availability
7 26 (9.35%) Validation
8 25 (8.99%) Service Management
9 23 (8.27%) Change Management
9 23 (8.27%) Network Architecture
10 19 (6.83%) Load Balancing
10 19 (6.83%) Network Management
11 15 (5.40%) Low Latency
11 15 (5.40%) Network Virtualisation
12 14 (5.04%) Computer Science
12 14 (5.04%) Project Delivery
12 14 (5.04%) SIEM
12 14 (5.04%) System Testing
13 13 (4.68%) CI/CD
14 12 (4.32%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 65 (23.38%) Python
2 8 (2.88%) Bash
3 6 (2.16%) Perl
3 6 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.72%) SQL
5 1 (0.36%) C
5 1 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 137 (49.28%) Cisco Certification
2 113 (40.65%) CCNP
3 81 (29.14%) Security Cleared
4 59 (21.22%) SC Cleared
5 38 (13.67%) CCIE
6 28 (10.07%) Degree
7 27 (9.71%) CCNA
8 24 (8.63%) DV Cleared
9 19 (6.83%) CCSA
10 18 (6.47%) CCSE
11 12 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.60%) JNCIA
13 9 (3.24%) JNCIE
14 8 (2.88%) AWS Certification
15 7 (2.52%) JNCIS
16 6 (2.16%) Check Point Certification
17 5 (1.80%) CCIE Service Provider
17 5 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
19 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.52%) NCSC
2 5 (1.80%) SLA
3 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.36%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.36%) GDPR
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 17 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (5.76%) Firmware
3 8 (2.88%) Docker
3 8 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.44%) Ceph
5 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 73 (26.26%) Ansible
2 16 (5.76%) FortiGate
3 14 (5.04%) Terraform
4 10 (3.60%) Nagios
4 10 (3.60%) ZABBIX
5 8 (2.88%) CA Spectrum
6 6 (2.16%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.80%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.44%) Puppet
9 3 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.08%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.72%) Argo
10 2 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.72%) Icinga
10 2 (0.72%) Observium
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco LMS
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.36%) OpenView
11 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.36%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 213 (76.62%) Cisco
2 60 (21.58%) CheckPoint
3 58 (20.86%) Juniper
4 57 (20.50%) Fortinet
5 55 (19.78%) Palo Alto
6 50 (17.99%) SolarWinds
7 44 (15.83%) Arista
8 36 (12.95%) F5
9 28 (10.07%) VMware
10 25 (8.99%) Meraki
11 9 (3.24%) Aruba
11 9 (3.24%) Atlassian
11 9 (3.24%) Dell
11 9 (3.24%) Microsoft
11 9 (3.24%) Nokia
12 6 (2.16%) Huawei
13 5 (1.80%) Splunk
14 4 (1.44%) Mellanox
14 4 (1.44%) NVIDIA
14 4 (1.44%) Zscaler