BGP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 132 95
Rank change year-on-year -38 -37 +15
Contract jobs citing BGP 61 37 81
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.92% 1.03% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.43% 6.16% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 17 44
10th Percentile £335 - £374
25th Percentile £475 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £672
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 - £19.00
75th Percentile £57.47 - £19.50
90th Percentile £58.01 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £48.75 £33.75
% change year-on-year +41.03% +44.44% +35.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 724 601 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.97% 16.77% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 433 428
10th Percentile £275 £204 £242
25th Percentile £400 £325 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% -2.50% +7.97%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £608
90th Percentile £650 £638 £665
England median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 20 43
10th Percentile £19.54 £18.86 £26.40
25th Percentile £31.25 £38.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £64.73 £84.66 £74.38
90th Percentile £90.75 £90.04 £75.00
England median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

BGP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BGP

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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 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BGP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BGP

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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 14 October 2026. 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
Thames Valley -35 38 £500 +5.26% 9
Berkshire -18 29 £425 -10.53% 4
Hampshire -16 22 £525 -19.23% 5
Buckinghamshire - 5 £763 - 3
Oxfordshire - 4 £500 - 2
Surrey -16 1 £425 - 5
BGP
England

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (13.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) AWS
2 14 (22.95%) Azure
3 5 (8.20%) GCP
4 4 (6.56%) AWS Direct Connect
4 4 (6.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 45 (73.77%) WAN
2 38 (62.30%) LAN
3 30 (49.18%) MPLS
4 23 (37.70%) Firewall
4 23 (37.70%) OSPF
5 22 (36.07%) IPsec
6 17 (27.87%) DNS
6 17 (27.87%) SD-WAN
7 16 (26.23%) Network Security
8 15 (24.59%) VXLAN
9 14 (22.95%) VLAN
10 13 (21.31%) VPN
11 11 (18.03%) Ethernet VPN
12 10 (16.39%) TCP/IP
13 9 (14.75%) BIG-IP
13 9 (14.75%) DHCP
14 7 (11.48%) NGFW
14 7 (11.48%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (9.84%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (9.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Git
2 3 (4.92%) JIRA
3 2 (3.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (39.34%) Architect
2 20 (32.79%) Network Architect
3 14 (22.95%) Network Engineer
4 12 (19.67%) Developer
5 5 (8.20%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Consultant
5 5 (8.20%) IP Architect
5 5 (8.20%) Network Consultant
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Automation Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Lead
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Network Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Technical Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.28%) Designer
8 2 (3.28%) Network Designer
8 2 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.39%) NETCONF
2 8 (13.11%) REST
2 8 (13.11%) Terraform
2 8 (13.11%) YANG
3 5 (8.20%) 802.1X
4 4 (6.56%) RESTCONF
5 3 (4.92%) OpenConfig
6 2 (3.28%) gRPC
7 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.07%) Data Centre
2 13 (21.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (14.75%) Cloud Native
4 7 (11.48%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.92%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.28%) Clustering
6 2 (3.28%) CMDB
6 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.28%) PKI
6 2 (3.28%) SCADA
7 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.64%) IoT
7 1 (1.64%) Life Science
7 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.64%) TM Forum
7 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Linux
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.15%) Network Architecture
2 14 (22.95%) TOGAF
3 12 (19.67%) Network Design
3 12 (19.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (18.03%) Roadmaps
5 9 (14.75%) CI/CD
5 9 (14.75%) ITIL
5 9 (14.75%) Zero Trust
6 8 (13.11%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (11.48%) Agile
7 7 (11.48%) DevOps
7 7 (11.48%) High Availability
7 7 (11.48%) Microservices
7 7 (11.48%) Network Segmentation
7 7 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (9.84%) Network Virtualisation
8 6 (9.84%) Runbook
8 6 (9.84%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (9.84%) Validation
9 5 (8.20%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (54.10%) Security Cleared
2 27 (44.26%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (37.70%) DV Cleared
4 18 (29.51%) CCIE
5 11 (18.03%) CCNP
5 11 (18.03%) JNCIE
6 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
7 4 (6.56%) AWS Certification
7 4 (6.56%) CCNA
7 4 (6.56%) Degree
8 3 (4.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.64%) CCDE
10 1 (1.64%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.64%) CISSP
10 1 (1.64%) JNCIP
10 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (8.20%) VMware NSX
3 3 (4.92%) Firmware
4 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (34.43%) Ansible
2 7 (11.48%) FortiGate
3 5 (8.20%) Grafana
3 5 (8.20%) Prometheus
4 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.92%) Nagios
5 1 (1.64%) Rancher
Vendors
1 26 (42.62%) Cisco
2 13 (21.31%) F5
3 11 (18.03%) Fortinet
3 11 (18.03%) VMware
4 10 (16.39%) SolarWinds
5 9 (14.75%) Juniper
5 9 (14.75%) Palo Alto
6 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
7 6 (9.84%) Arista
7 6 (9.84%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.92%) Google
8 3 (4.92%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (4.92%) Meraki
8 3 (4.92%) SevOne
9 2 (3.28%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (3.28%) NetScout
9 2 (3.28%) Red Hat
9 2 (3.28%) Splunk
10 1 (1.64%) Dell
10 1 (1.64%) HP