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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 235 254
Rank change year-on-year -60 +19 +176
Contract jobs citing BGP 246 330 399
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.05% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.41% 8.64% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 176 227
10th Percentile £345 £293 £385
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +4.37%
75th Percentile £638 £583 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £38.13 £32.00 £20.90
25th Percentile £44.06 £33.13 £24.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.14% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £72.51 £50.00 £36.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £59.00 £64.35
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £36.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year +69.86% +23.73% +18.00%

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 3,320 3,818 5,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.64% 12.13% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,135 2,201 3,538
10th Percentile £213 £233 £213
25th Percentile £358 £375 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £609
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 136 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.02 £17.38
25th Percentile £20.42 £27.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.65% +36.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.13 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.03 £56.40
% change year-on-year -27.13% -14.84% +41.00%

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 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 -11 104 £500 - 38
West Midlands +5 47 £400 -13.51% 13
Midlands -15 47 £400 -22.71% 15
South East -42 33 £500 -4.76% 38
North of England -63 28 £550 +9.45% 24
South West +11 26 £630 +20.00% 3
North West -43 26 £550 +4.76% 9
East of England -16 8 £700 +26.13% 3
North East -7 3 £550 +29.41% 3
Yorkshire -36 2 £520 +89.09% 12
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 21 (8.54%) OpenStack
2 11 (4.47%) Confluence
3 9 (3.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.81%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (3.66%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.98%) AWS
2 41 (16.67%) Azure
3 18 (7.32%) GCP
4 8 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (2.85%) Akamai
5 7 (2.85%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (1.63%) SaaS
9 2 (0.81%) GitHub
9 2 (0.81%) IaaS
9 2 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.81%) PaaS
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Run
10 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 153 (62.20%) OSPF
2 130 (52.85%) Firewall
3 100 (40.65%) MPLS
3 100 (40.65%) VPN
4 98 (39.84%) WAN
5 72 (29.27%) IPsec
6 71 (28.86%) VLAN
7 61 (24.80%) Network Security
8 52 (21.14%) DNS
9 49 (19.92%) LAN
10 39 (15.85%) SD-WAN
11 35 (14.23%) VXLAN
11 35 (14.23%) Wireless
12 33 (13.41%) EIGRP
13 30 (12.20%) Ethernet VPN
14 29 (11.79%) DHCP
15 28 (11.38%) TCP/IP
16 26 (10.57%) Multicast
17 25 (10.16%) Wireshark
18 24 (9.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.41%) Redis
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (5.28%) Git
2 11 (4.47%) JIRA
3 7 (2.85%) GitLab
4 6 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.41%) Robot Framework
General
1 75 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.60%) Public Sector
3 30 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.57%) Finance
5 21 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (7.32%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.28%) Banking
8 8 (3.25%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Military
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.41%) French Language
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 128 (52.03%) Network Engineer
2 36 (14.63%) Architect
3 28 (11.38%) Senior
4 25 (10.16%) Cisco Engineer
4 25 (10.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 21 (8.54%) WAN Engineer
6 19 (7.72%) Network Architect
7 18 (7.32%) Support Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Designer
8 15 (6.10%) Senior Network Engineer
9 14 (5.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (5.28%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (5.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 13 (5.28%) Juniper Engineer
11 12 (4.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 12 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (4.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.66%) Network Designer
13 9 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
13 9 (3.66%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.50%) NETCONF
2 10 (4.07%) YANG
3 9 (3.66%) REST
3 9 (3.66%) RESTCONF
4 5 (2.03%) 802.1X
4 5 (2.03%) Jinja
4 5 (2.03%) JSON
5 3 (1.22%) SAML
5 3 (1.22%) XML
5 3 (1.22%) YAML
6 2 (0.81%) gRPC
6 2 (0.81%) SOAP
7 1 (0.41%) CrewAI
7 1 (0.41%) eBPF
7 1 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.41%) JFC
7 1 (0.41%) LangChain
7 1 (0.41%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (26.02%) Data Centre
2 41 (16.67%) PKI
3 18 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.47%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.07%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.25%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.22%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.41%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.32%) Linux
2 14 (5.69%) Windows
3 9 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.81%) CentOS
5 2 (0.81%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.11%) Network Design
2 35 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (13.41%) Load Balancing
4 32 (13.01%) Network Monitoring
5 30 (12.20%) High Availability
6 28 (11.38%) Network Segmentation
6 28 (11.38%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (9.76%) DevOps
8 22 (8.94%) Change Control
8 22 (8.94%) Network Architecture
8 22 (8.94%) Validation
9 21 (8.54%) Migration
10 18 (7.32%) ITIL
10 18 (7.32%) Roadmaps
11 17 (6.91%) Agile
11 17 (6.91%) CI/CD
12 16 (6.50%) Service Management
12 16 (6.50%) TOGAF
13 15 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (5.28%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 93 (37.80%) Python
2 24 (9.76%) Bash
3 16 (6.50%) Perl
4 11 (4.47%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.44%) C++
5 6 (2.44%) Lisp
6 3 (1.22%) SQL
7 1 (0.41%) C
7 1 (0.41%) Go
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 114 (46.34%) Cisco Certification
2 96 (39.02%) Security Cleared
3 89 (36.18%) CCNP
4 69 (28.05%) SC Cleared
5 43 (17.48%) CCIE
6 25 (10.16%) JNCIE
7 24 (9.76%) Degree
8 22 (8.94%) DV Cleared
9 16 (6.50%) AWS Certification
10 15 (6.10%) CCNA
11 11 (4.47%) JNCIA
11 11 (4.47%) JNCIS
12 9 (3.66%) JNCIP
13 8 (3.25%) CCSA
13 8 (3.25%) CCSE
14 7 (2.85%) CCDP
14 7 (2.85%) CISSP
15 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
16 4 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.66%) NCSC
2 8 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.85%) GDPR
3 7 (2.85%) NIST
4 5 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.41%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (10.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.50%) Firmware
2 16 (6.50%) VMware NSX
3 15 (6.10%) Docker
4 8 (3.25%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.22%) KVM
6 2 (0.81%) Ceph
7 1 (0.41%) Squid
Systems Management
1 81 (32.93%) Ansible
2 33 (13.41%) FortiGate
3 29 (11.79%) Terraform
4 10 (4.07%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.03%) Nagios
6 4 (1.63%) CA Spectrum
7 3 (1.22%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.22%) Iperf
7 3 (1.22%) Nmap
7 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.81%) Grafana
8 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.41%) CASB
9 1 (0.41%) Icinga
9 1 (0.41%) Observium
9 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 152 (61.79%) Cisco
2 85 (34.55%) Juniper
3 65 (26.42%) Fortinet
4 49 (19.92%) Palo Alto
5 48 (19.51%) F5
6 40 (16.26%) VMware
7 38 (15.45%) SolarWinds
8 36 (14.63%) Arista
9 24 (9.76%) Meraki
10 23 (9.35%) CheckPoint
11 13 (5.28%) Microsoft
12 12 (4.88%) ServiceNow
13 11 (4.47%) Dell
14 9 (3.66%) Atlassian
14 9 (3.66%) Remedy
15 8 (3.25%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.85%) Red Hat
17 6 (2.44%) Ekahau
18 5 (2.03%) Aruba
18 5 (2.03%) Citrix