BGP Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +10
Contract jobs citing BGP 2 2 31
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 4.55% 6.90% 39.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 12.50% 55.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £311 £428 £258
25th Percentile £328 £450 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 £270
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +85.19% -36.47%
75th Percentile £403 £550 £284
90th Percentile £424 £573 £286
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £350
% change year-on-year -20.00% +42.86% -22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 16 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 20.45% 55.17% 70.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 10
10th Percentile £356 £298 £254
25th Percentile £422 £326 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £365 £308
Median % change year-on-year +26.71% +18.70% -29.71%
75th Percentile £1,013 £436 £404
90th Percentile £1,265 £453 £444
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BGP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

BGP job vacancy trend in Solihull

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing BGP

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper