BGP Contracts in the North of England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 163 165
Rank change year-on-year +51 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing BGP 54 22 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.64% 0.46% 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.78% 3.67% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 34
10th Percentile £363 £335 £288
25th Percentile £431 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £456
Median % change year-on-year - +9.59% +1.39%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £547
90th Percentile £600 £544 £550
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +47 50 £525 +4.17% 14
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 13
North East -1 1 £250 -27.54% 4
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England

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (3.70%) AWS
2 2 (3.70%) GCP
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (92.59%) OSPF
2 39 (72.22%) EIGRP
3 34 (62.96%) HSRP
4 33 (61.11%) IPsec
5 30 (55.56%) Firewall
6 26 (48.15%) Cisco Firepower
7 24 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (27.78%) VPN
9 13 (24.07%) MPLS
10 12 (22.22%) Network Security
11 10 (18.52%) WAN
12 7 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (11.11%) Broadband
14 5 (9.26%) LAN
14 5 (9.26%) NetScaler
14 5 (9.26%) SD-WAN
15 4 (7.41%) Converged Networks
15 4 (7.41%) IPv6
15 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
16 3 (5.56%) IPv4
General
1 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Finance
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 12 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (7.41%) Senior
4 3 (5.56%) IP Engineer
4 3 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Architect
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Core Network Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Designer
5 2 (3.70%) Network Architect
5 2 (3.70%) Network Designer
5 2 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Principal Network Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Principal Security Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.70%) Solutions Designer
5 2 (3.70%) Transmission Engineer
6 1 (1.85%) Network Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.37%) ITSM
2 9 (16.67%) ITIL
2 9 (16.67%) Network Management
3 6 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (9.26%) Load Balancing
4 5 (9.26%) Network Design
4 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.41%) Change Management
5 4 (7.41%) High Availability
5 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
6 3 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (5.56%) Computer Science
6 3 (5.56%) Configuration Management
6 3 (5.56%) Network Planning
6 3 (5.56%) Roadmaps
6 3 (5.56%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (3.70%) IT Strategy
7 2 (3.70%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (3.70%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (1.85%) Perl
2 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (59.26%) SC Cleared
1 32 (59.26%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.19%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (20.37%) CCNA
3 11 (20.37%) CCNP
4 6 (11.11%) CCIE
4 6 (11.11%) Degree
5 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.70%) JNCIE
6 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
1 2 (3.70%) Nagios
1 2 (3.70%) ZABBIX
2 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (51.85%) Palo Alto
3 19 (35.19%) CheckPoint
4 11 (20.37%) SolarWinds
5 4 (7.41%) Fortinet
6 3 (5.56%) BMC
6 3 (5.56%) Huawei
6 3 (5.56%) Remedy
7 2 (3.70%) F5
7 2 (3.70%) Meraki
7 2 (3.70%) Nokia
8 1 (1.85%) Arista
8 1 (1.85%) Citrix
8 1 (1.85%) McAfee
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.85%) Splunk