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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 288 243
Rank change year-on-year -13 -45 +21
Contract jobs citing BGP 387 236 325
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.84% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.99% 7.24% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 155 176
10th Percentile £400 £335 £319
25th Percentile £430 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £583
90th Percentile £710 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £505
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.94% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 4
10th Percentile £50.40 £37.38 £22.33
25th Percentile £58.13 £39.06 £28.06
Median hourly rate £68.75 £48.75 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +41.03% +44.44% +35.00%
75th Percentile - £60.88 £42.50
90th Percentile £72.75 £64.70 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £48.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +41.03% +39.29% +40.00%

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 4,303 3,259 3,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.30% 11.61% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,537 2,076 2,255
10th Percentile £261 £216 £237
25th Percentile £400 £357 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 169 155
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.18 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.62 £34.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.60% -40.87% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £94.75 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -7.14% -27.92% -14.04%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -57 132 £500 - 147
North of England +4 100 £500 +11.86% 16
North West +4 71 £488 +9.06% 11
South East -41 61 £525 +5.00% 23
Midlands -46 39 £475 +18.75% 18
West Midlands -51 37 £571 +42.69% 10
South West -23 30 £525 -16.83% 9
Yorkshire -9 22 £495 +12.50% 4
East of England -16 18 £488 -30.36% 13
North East -27 13 £650 +160.00% 1
East Midlands -8 2 £475 +8.57% 8
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 14 (3.62%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.07%) SAS
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.07%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.78%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 103 (26.61%) Azure
2 85 (21.96%) AWS
3 33 (8.53%) GCP
4 28 (7.24%) OCI
5 25 (6.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 22 (5.68%) GitHub
7 20 (5.17%) AWS Direct Connect
8 18 (4.65%) SaaS
9 13 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.55%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.78%) IBM Watson
14 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
14 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.26%) Google Ads
14 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 215 (55.56%) OSPF
2 209 (54.01%) Firewall
3 175 (45.22%) WAN
4 117 (30.23%) VPN
5 104 (26.87%) VLAN
6 102 (26.36%) MPLS
7 99 (25.58%) LAN
8 86 (22.22%) Network Security
9 82 (21.19%) SD-WAN
9 82 (21.19%) VXLAN
10 80 (20.67%) DNS
11 70 (18.09%) TCP/IP
12 64 (16.54%) Ethernet VPN
12 64 (16.54%) IPsec
13 58 (14.99%) Wi-Fi
14 57 (14.73%) Wireless
15 55 (14.21%) Multicast
16 47 (12.14%) EIGRP
17 46 (11.89%) Cisco Nexus
18 41 (10.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 30 (7.75%) GitLab
2 29 (7.49%) Git
3 8 (2.07%) JIRA
4 7 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
General
1 66 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.18%) Finance
3 47 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.79%) Banking
5 27 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.98%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.88%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.07%) Legal
9 7 (1.81%) Retail
10 6 (1.55%) Military
10 6 (1.55%) Police
11 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.78%) German Language
13 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.78%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (58.14%) Network Engineer
2 84 (21.71%) Senior
3 53 (13.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 45 (11.63%) Architect
4 45 (11.63%) Cisco Engineer
5 43 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 36 (9.30%) Network Architect
7 31 (8.01%) Security Engineer
8 29 (7.49%) Network Security Engineer
9 28 (7.24%) Consultant
10 23 (5.94%) Data Network Engineer
11 20 (5.17%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 20 (5.17%) Data Engineer
12 19 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (4.91%) Network Consultant
13 17 (4.39%) Developer
13 17 (4.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.88%) Network Specialist
15 14 (3.62%) Operations Engineer
16 13 (3.36%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (17.31%) Terraform
2 28 (7.24%) REST
3 17 (4.39%) NETCONF
4 16 (4.13%) 802.1X
4 16 (4.13%) JSON
5 15 (3.88%) YAML
5 15 (3.88%) YANG
6 6 (1.55%) RESTCONF
7 5 (1.29%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.03%) CSS
9 3 (0.78%) SAML
10 2 (0.52%) eBPF
10 2 (0.52%) gRPC
11 1 (0.26%) Django
11 1 (0.26%) LDAP
11 1 (0.26%) ModSecurity
11 1 (0.26%) pytest
11 1 (0.26%) Regular Expression
11 1 (0.26%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 149 (38.50%) Data Centre
2 48 (12.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (7.24%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.36%) PKI
6 12 (3.10%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.07%) Digital Signage
10 7 (1.81%) CMDB
11 6 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.55%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.78%) IoT
14 3 (0.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.56%) Windows
2 29 (7.49%) Linux
3 12 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.78%) Unix
5 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (22.22%) Load Balancing
2 77 (19.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 74 (19.12%) Zero Trust
4 69 (17.83%) Migration
5 65 (16.80%) High Availability
6 61 (15.76%) Network Design
7 47 (12.14%) CI/CD
8 46 (11.89%) Validation
9 45 (11.63%) Network Architecture
9 45 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (10.08%) Project Delivery
11 36 (9.30%) ITIL
12 35 (9.04%) DevOps
13 34 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 32 (8.27%) Runbook
14 32 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (8.01%) Network Segmentation
16 30 (7.75%) Change Control
17 28 (7.24%) Technical Leadership
18 27 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.04%) Python
2 11 (2.84%) Bash
3 6 (1.55%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.29%) SQL
5 3 (0.78%) Go
5 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.26%) C++
7 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 115 (29.72%) Security Cleared
2 100 (25.84%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (19.64%) CCNP
4 61 (15.76%) SC Cleared
5 47 (12.14%) DV Cleared
6 43 (11.11%) CCIE
7 18 (4.65%) CCNA
8 13 (3.36%) JNCIE
9 12 (3.10%) Degree
10 4 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.78%) CCIE Security
11 3 (0.78%) CISSP
12 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.52%) CWNA
12 2 (0.52%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.52%) PMP
13 1 (0.26%) CCIE Service Provider
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.03%) NCSC
1 4 (1.03%) NIST
2 3 (0.78%) SLA
3 2 (0.52%) GDPR
3 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
3 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.52%) QA
4 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 29 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (4.39%) VMware NSX
3 14 (3.62%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.10%) vSphere
5 9 (2.33%) Docker
6 6 (1.55%) Firmware
7 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (30.75%) Ansible
2 34 (8.79%) FortiGate
3 19 (4.91%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.10%) Nagios
5 11 (2.84%) Cisco Prime
6 10 (2.58%) Grafana
6 10 (2.58%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.29%) Cilium
8 4 (1.03%) Istio
9 2 (0.52%) Puppet
10 1 (0.26%) CASB
10 1 (0.26%) OPNET
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) QRadar
10 1 (0.26%) Rancher
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.26%) Suricata
10 1 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 269 (69.51%) Cisco
2 112 (28.94%) Palo Alto
3 110 (28.42%) F5
4 81 (20.93%) Fortinet
5 75 (19.38%) Arista
6 53 (13.70%) Juniper
7 41 (10.59%) VMware
8 37 (9.56%) Aruba
9 34 (8.79%) CheckPoint
10 33 (8.53%) Microsoft
11 29 (7.49%) SolarWinds
12 22 (5.68%) ServiceNow
13 16 (4.13%) Zscaler
14 14 (3.62%) Meraki
15 13 (3.36%) Splunk
16 12 (3.10%) Red Hat
17 10 (2.58%) Google
18 8 (2.07%) Infoblox
19 7 (1.81%) LogicMonitor
19 7 (1.81%) Oracle