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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 226 215
Rank change year-on-year -74 -11 +154
Contract jobs citing BGP 322 269 411
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.53% 8.33% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 169 248
10th Percentile £349 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £550
90th Percentile £638 £632 £613
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile £53.08 - £23.95
25th Percentile £70.67 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £74.26 £19.00 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +290.84% -62.19% -28.21%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £70.00
90th Percentile - - £73.98
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £19.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +290.84% -65.45% -21.43%

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 3,774 3,229 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.52% 13.16% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,372 2,020 3,047
10th Percentile £234 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.15% -6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 122 401
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.93 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £48.72 £37.07 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.42% -7.32% +111.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +26.67% -6.25% +110.53%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 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
South East +12 105 £450 -10.00% 29
London -73 99 £450 -10.00% 24
North of England -65 57 £550 +10.00% 27
North West -40 52 £550 +4.76% 15
Midlands -34 51 £425 +30.77% 9
West Midlands -25 48 £444 +47.92% 7
South West -41 21 £513 -2.38% 9
Yorkshire -52 5 £538 +53.57% 5
North East -17 3 £550 +120.00% 7
East of England -32 2 £500 +17.65% 5
East Midlands -37 2 - - 2
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 6 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.24%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (3.73%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 55 (17.08%) AWS
2 50 (15.53%) Azure
3 22 (6.83%) GCP
4 18 (5.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (3.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (2.48%) Route 53
7 7 (2.17%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (1.55%) SaaS
9 4 (1.24%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 4 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.93%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.93%) IaaS
10 3 (0.93%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.93%) PaaS
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub
11 2 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 224 (69.57%) OSPF
2 203 (63.04%) Firewall
3 187 (58.07%) WAN
4 136 (42.24%) LAN
5 111 (34.47%) VPN
6 90 (27.95%) Network Security
7 83 (25.78%) MPLS
8 81 (25.16%) VXLAN
9 80 (24.84%) DNS
10 77 (23.91%) VLAN
11 60 (18.63%) Multicast
12 56 (17.39%) Ethernet VPN
12 56 (17.39%) SD-WAN
13 46 (14.29%) IPsec
14 45 (13.98%) Cisco ASA
14 45 (13.98%) DHCP
15 41 (12.73%) Cisco ISE
16 40 (12.42%) TCP/IP
16 40 (12.42%) Wireless
17 38 (11.80%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 13 (4.04%) Git
2 5 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.24%) GitLab
3 4 (1.24%) JIRA
4 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) AppScan
5 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
General
1 54 (16.77%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (11.18%) Documentation Skills
4 30 (9.32%) Finance
5 28 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.76%) Banking
7 20 (6.21%) Telecoms
8 17 (5.28%) Investment Banking
9 15 (4.66%) Financial Institution
10 14 (4.35%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.80%) Military
12 5 (1.55%) Legal
12 5 (1.55%) Retail
13 4 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.93%) Police
15 2 (0.62%) Aviation
15 2 (0.62%) Electronics
15 2 (0.62%) Marketing
15 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (59.63%) Network Engineer
2 55 (17.08%) Cisco Engineer
3 52 (16.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 42 (13.04%) Security Engineer
5 40 (12.42%) Senior
6 37 (11.49%) Architect
6 37 (11.49%) Network Security Engineer
7 34 (10.56%) Data Network Engineer
8 29 (9.01%) Cisco Security Engineer
9 28 (8.70%) Data Engineer
10 27 (8.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 27 (8.39%) Senior Network Engineer
11 26 (8.07%) Network Architect
12 21 (6.52%) Network Specialist
13 13 (4.04%) Firewall Specialist
13 13 (4.04%) Web Engineer
14 11 (3.42%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 11 (3.42%) Operations Engineer
15 10 (3.11%) Design Engineer
16 9 (2.80%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.80%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.48%) NETCONF
2 8 (2.48%) YANG
3 6 (1.86%) LDAP
3 6 (1.86%) REST
4 5 (1.55%) OpenConfig
5 4 (1.24%) Jinja
5 4 (1.24%) RESTCONF
5 4 (1.24%) VML
6 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.62%) CSS
6 2 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.62%) JSON
6 2 (0.62%) RFC 2544
6 2 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (45.03%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.11%) PKI
3 24 (7.45%) Clustering
4 14 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.55%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.24%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.93%) CESG
10 3 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.93%) SCADA
10 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.04%) Windows
2 23 (7.14%) Linux
3 9 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.86%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.62%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.09%) Load Balancing
2 53 (16.46%) High Availability
3 47 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (13.04%) Network Design
5 34 (10.56%) ITIL
6 32 (9.94%) Migration
7 29 (9.01%) Observability
8 28 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (7.76%) Identity Access Management
10 25 (7.76%) Zero Trust
11 24 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (7.14%) Project Delivery
13 22 (6.83%) Network Monitoring
14 21 (6.52%) Change Management
14 21 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (6.52%) Mentoring
15 20 (6.21%) ITSM
15 20 (6.21%) Network Segmentation
16 19 (5.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.81%) Python
2 12 (3.73%) Bash
3 10 (3.11%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.86%) Perl
5 4 (1.24%) PHP
6 3 (0.93%) Lisp
7 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (45.03%) Cisco Certification
2 141 (43.79%) Security Cleared
3 108 (33.54%) CCNP
4 106 (32.92%) SC Cleared
5 45 (13.98%) CCIE
6 41 (12.73%) DV Cleared
7 31 (9.63%) CCNA
8 28 (8.70%) Degree
9 16 (4.97%) JNCIP
9 16 (4.97%) JNCIS
10 12 (3.73%) JNCIE
11 11 (3.42%) JNCIA
12 10 (3.11%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.80%) Azure Certification
13 9 (2.80%) CISSP
14 8 (2.48%) CCDP
14 8 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (1.86%) GIAC
16 5 (1.55%) CCIE Security
16 5 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (4.35%) NIST
2 10 (3.11%) SLA
3 9 (2.80%) NCSC
4 7 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.86%) GDPR
6 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.93%) RMADS
8 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) COBIT
9 1 (0.31%) GRC
9 1 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 31 (9.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (3.73%) VMware NSX
3 9 (2.80%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.55%) Docker
6 2 (0.62%) Firmware
6 2 (0.62%) vCloud
7 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.31%) KVM
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (19.57%) Ansible
2 48 (14.91%) FortiGate
3 36 (11.18%) Terraform
4 14 (4.35%) Grafana
5 12 (3.73%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.86%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.55%) Nagios
9 3 (0.93%) SCOM
10 2 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.62%) Iperf
10 2 (0.62%) Nmap
11 1 (0.31%) CASB
11 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.31%) QRadar
11 1 (0.31%) vRealize
Vendors
1 257 (79.81%) Cisco
2 120 (37.27%) F5
3 88 (27.33%) Palo Alto
4 75 (23.29%) Juniper
5 59 (18.32%) Fortinet
6 48 (14.91%) CheckPoint
7 38 (11.80%) Aruba
8 37 (11.49%) Arista
9 36 (11.18%) SolarWinds
10 34 (10.56%) VMware
11 27 (8.39%) Splunk
12 24 (7.45%) Extreme Networks
13 23 (7.14%) Meraki
14 15 (4.66%) Zscaler
15 14 (4.35%) Nokia
16 11 (3.42%) Microsoft
17 9 (2.80%) ServiceNow
18 8 (2.48%) Ekahau
19 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
20 6 (1.86%) Remedy