BGP Contracts in the South East

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for BGP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BGP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 157 184
Rank change year-on-year +48 +27 -11
Contract jobs citing BGP 94 69 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.70% 1.18% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 6.99% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 33 35
10th Percentile £332 £406 £318
25th Percentile £400 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +11.84%
75th Percentile £531 £560 £506
90th Percentile £630 £596 £610
England median daily rate £475 £506 £475
% change year-on-year -6.17% +6.58% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile £20.23 £29.90 -
25th Percentile £22.81 £60.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.44% +138.46% +22.35%
75th Percentile £68.13 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £69.25 £80.40 -
England median hourly rate £31.00 £70.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -55.71% +154.55% +29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

BGP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 987 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.70% 16.93% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 595 776
10th Percentile £205 £235 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for BGP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BGP in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BGP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Hampshire +47 55 £450 - 9
Thames Valley -14 32 £375 -26.83% 6
Berkshire -13 31 £375 -25.93% 4
Surrey +16 5 £638 - 3
Buckinghamshire +15 2 - - 1
Kent +1 1 £363 -12.12% 1
East Sussex - 1 £500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (11.70%) Apache
1 11 (11.70%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.26%) Azure
2 1 (1.06%) AWS
2 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.06%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 54 (57.45%) MPLS
2 44 (46.81%) OSPF
3 34 (36.17%) EIGRP
3 34 (36.17%) WAN
4 32 (34.04%) Cisco Firepower
5 29 (30.85%) SSL
6 27 (28.72%) Firewall
7 26 (27.66%) VPN
8 24 (25.53%) DMVPN
9 17 (18.09%) IPsec
10 12 (12.77%) Radio Access Network
11 11 (11.70%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (11.70%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (9.57%) LAN
13 8 (8.51%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (8.51%) VLAN
14 7 (7.45%) HSRP
15 5 (5.32%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (5.32%) Junos
15 5 (5.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.70%) MongoDB
1 11 (11.70%) NoSQL
1 11 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.19%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (12.77%) JIRA
2 11 (11.70%) GitLab
2 11 (11.70%) Robot Framework
2 11 (11.70%) TestRail
3 1 (1.06%) Git
General
1 23 (24.47%) Finance
2 7 (7.45%) Telecoms
3 6 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.26%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.13%) Advertising
5 2 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 46 (48.94%) Network Engineer
2 28 (29.79%) Architect
2 28 (29.79%) Network Architect
3 17 (18.09%) Network Specialist
4 11 (11.70%) Senior
4 11 (11.70%) Test Engineer
5 6 (6.38%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Senior Architect
6 5 (5.32%) Senior Network Architect
6 5 (5.32%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Lead
7 4 (4.26%) Lead Architect
8 3 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Network Operations Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.96%) YANG
2 14 (14.89%) REST
3 12 (12.77%) NETCONF
4 11 (11.70%) RESTCONF
4 11 (11.70%) SOAP
5 4 (4.26%) JSON
6 3 (3.19%) 802.1X
6 3 (3.19%) Django
6 3 (3.19%) RESTful
7 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.89%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.32%) PKI
3 4 (4.26%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.19%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) IoT
6 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Linux
2 2 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (52.13%) Network Design
2 28 (29.79%) Network Management
3 26 (27.66%) Technical Leadership
4 23 (24.47%) Customer Requirements
5 14 (14.89%) Agile
5 14 (14.89%) CI/CD
6 11 (11.70%) Containerisation
6 11 (11.70%) Integration Testing
6 11 (11.70%) Performance Testing
6 11 (11.70%) Regression Testing
6 11 (11.70%) Scrum
6 11 (11.70%) Security Testing
6 11 (11.70%) Test Automation
6 11 (11.70%) Unit Testing
6 11 (11.70%) Workflow
7 6 (6.38%) Load Balancing
7 6 (6.38%) Mentoring
7 6 (6.38%) Migration
8 5 (5.32%) ITIL
9 4 (4.26%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.96%) Python
2 14 (14.89%) SQL
3 3 (3.19%) Bash
3 3 (3.19%) Java
3 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (64.89%) Security Cleared
2 26 (27.66%) DV Cleared
3 21 (22.34%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (15.96%) SC Cleared
5 13 (13.83%) CCNP
6 10 (10.64%) CCNA
7 7 (7.45%) JNCIS
8 6 (6.38%) JNCIA
9 5 (5.32%) CCDP
10 4 (4.26%) Degree
11 2 (2.13%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.06%) CCIE
12 1 (1.06%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) QA
2 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (11.70%) Docker
2 2 (2.13%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (25.53%) Endace
1 24 (25.53%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.26%) Ansible
3 2 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.13%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 79 (84.04%) Cisco
2 72 (76.60%) Juniper
3 32 (34.04%) F5
4 28 (29.79%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.19%) Forcepoint
6 3 (3.19%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.19%) TOWER Software
7 2 (2.13%) ADVA
7 2 (2.13%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (2.13%) Nokia
7 2 (2.13%) VMware
8 1 (1.06%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (1.06%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.06%) Dell
8 1 (1.06%) Nokia Networks
8 1 (1.06%) QinetiQ
8 1 (1.06%) Tellabs