BGP Contracts in London

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 272 327
Rank change year-on-year +43 +55 +109
Contract jobs citing BGP 133 124 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.00% 0.70% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.70% 7.33% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 82 106
10th Percentile £375 £255 £466
25th Percentile £413 £356 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £481 £580
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -17.03% +10.48%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £745
90th Percentile £669 £624 £830
England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £36.63 £27.43 -
25th Percentile £37.19 £33.69 -
Median hourly rate £38.75 £44.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% -36.79% +169.23%
75th Percentile £39.69 £54.69 -
90th Percentile £39.88 £60.88 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £23.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +70.21% -66.43% +169.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,371 1,691 2,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.32% 9.61% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 1,113 1,889
10th Percentile £263 £228 £250
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £669
90th Percentile £717 £738 £775
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 49 49
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.48 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.91 £16.86 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -34.87% +32.87%
75th Percentile £49.38 £41.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £62.05 £60.00 £76.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.47% +101.96% -10.00%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in London

BGP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in London

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for BGP in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Central London +19 20 £580 +16.00% 51
West London +29 19 £400 -16.88% 16
South London - 4 £600 -
East London +13 3 £550 +120.00% 8
BGP
England

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (1.50%) nginx
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.56%) AWS
2 11 (8.27%) Azure
3 7 (5.26%) Akamai
4 3 (2.26%) GCP
4 3 (2.26%) GitHub
4 3 (2.26%) SaaS
5 2 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (0.75%) Datadog
6 1 (0.75%) IaaS
6 1 (0.75%) npm
6 1 (0.75%) OCI
6 1 (0.75%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (90.23%) OSPF
2 91 (68.42%) Firewall
3 52 (39.10%) VPN
4 49 (36.84%) WAN
5 44 (33.08%) MPLS
5 44 (33.08%) Network Security
6 36 (27.07%) Multicast
7 32 (24.06%) EIGRP
8 31 (23.31%) LAN
9 26 (19.55%) IPsec
9 26 (19.55%) SD-WAN
10 25 (18.80%) DNS
11 24 (18.05%) VLAN
12 21 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 20 (15.04%) HSRP
14 18 (13.53%) Cisco IOS
14 18 (13.53%) SSL
14 18 (13.53%) Wireless
15 17 (12.78%) Ethernet VPN
16 16 (12.03%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (3.01%) GitLab
3 3 (2.26%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.26%) Git
4 2 (1.50%) JIRA
General
1 39 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.05%) Finance
3 20 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.28%) Banking
5 12 (9.02%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.52%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.26%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Aviation
10 1 (0.75%) Law
10 1 (0.75%) Legal
10 1 (0.75%) Military
10 1 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 93 (69.92%) Network Engineer
2 27 (20.30%) Cisco Engineer
2 27 (20.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 13 (9.77%) Implementation Engineer
4 12 (9.02%) WAN Engineer
5 11 (8.27%) Senior
6 10 (7.52%) Network Security Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Security Engineer
7 9 (6.77%) Consultant
7 9 (6.77%) Core Network Engineer
7 9 (6.77%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Architect
9 7 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Juniper Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Network Architect
9 7 (5.26%) Python Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Deployment Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Network Administrator
10 6 (4.51%) Network Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.28%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.01%) JSON
3 2 (1.50%) XML
4 1 (0.75%) eBPF
4 1 (0.75%) gRPC
4 1 (0.75%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.75%) REST
4 1 (0.75%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.75%) SOAP
4 1 (0.75%) YAML
4 1 (0.75%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.56%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.51%) Hedge funds
3 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.50%) Derivative
4 2 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.50%) PKI
4 2 (1.50%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.75%) NHS
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.02%) Linux
2 5 (3.76%) CatOS
2 5 (3.76%) Unix
3 2 (1.50%) Windows
4 1 (0.75%) CentOS
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.08%) Network Monitoring
2 28 (21.05%) Migration
3 20 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (11.28%) ITIL
4 15 (11.28%) Low Latency
5 14 (10.53%) High Availability
6 13 (9.77%) Network Segmentation
7 12 (9.02%) Change Management
7 12 (9.02%) Matrix Organization
7 12 (9.02%) Validation
8 11 (8.27%) Change Control
8 11 (8.27%) Service Management
9 10 (7.52%) Network Design
10 8 (6.02%) Patch Management
10 8 (6.02%) Project Delivery
11 7 (5.26%) Configuration Management
11 7 (5.26%) Process Improvement
12 6 (4.51%) CI/CD
12 6 (4.51%) Computer Science
13 5 (3.76%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 39 (29.32%) Python
2 6 (4.51%) Bash
3 5 (3.76%) Perl
4 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.75%) C
5 1 (0.75%) C++
5 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (51.88%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (39.85%) CCNP
3 21 (15.79%) CCIE
4 14 (10.53%) CCNA
5 13 (9.77%) CCSA
6 10 (7.52%) Degree
6 10 (7.52%) Security Cleared
7 9 (6.77%) JNCIA
8 7 (5.26%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.51%) CCSE
9 6 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.51%) JNCIS
10 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.76%) CCIE Service Provider
11 3 (2.26%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.75%) CCIE Data Center
13 1 (0.75%) CISSP
13 1 (0.75%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.76%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (10.53%) Firmware
2 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.50%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 47 (35.34%) Ansible
2 10 (7.52%) FortiGate
3 8 (6.02%) CA Spectrum
3 8 (6.02%) ZABBIX
4 6 (4.51%) Terraform
5 4 (3.01%) Nagios
5 4 (3.01%) Puppet
6 2 (1.50%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.50%) Icinga
6 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.50%) Observium
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.75%) Netcool
7 1 (0.75%) OpenView
7 1 (0.75%) OPNET
7 1 (0.75%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 101 (75.94%) Cisco
2 39 (29.32%) Juniper
3 38 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 36 (27.07%) Arista
5 30 (22.56%) SolarWinds
6 29 (21.80%) CheckPoint
7 28 (21.05%) F5
8 22 (16.54%) Palo Alto
9 18 (13.53%) Meraki
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft
10 7 (5.26%) Nokia
11 3 (2.26%) Aruba
11 3 (2.26%) McAfee
11 3 (2.26%) VMware
12 2 (1.50%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (1.50%) Splunk
12 2 (1.50%) Sun
13 1 (0.75%) ForeScout
13 1 (0.75%) NVIDIA
13 1 (0.75%) Zscaler