BGP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 102 127
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -16
Contract jobs citing BGP 31 46 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.17% 1.62% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.42% 10.22% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 8
10th Percentile £263 £421 £356
25th Percentile £335 £475 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +21.26%
75th Percentile £400 £574 £531
90th Percentile £500 £587 £681
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +5.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £19.08 £35.98 -
25th Percentile £19.94 £62.19 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.75 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.29% +201.92% +22.35%
75th Percentile £23.44 £80.44 £26.50
90th Percentile £24.23 £80.78 -
South East median hourly rate £21.75 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -64.92% +138.46% +22.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 572 450 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.64% 15.83% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 276 343
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £460
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.98% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £550
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £493 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +1.03% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 14 17
10th Percentile £17.36 £19.65 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.36 £25.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -40.87%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £81.26 £42.90
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £55.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +3.33% +158.14% -36.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Berkshire -8 31 £375 -26.47% 3
Buckinghamshire +18 1 - - 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (32.26%) Apache
1 10 (32.26%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (96.77%) MPLS
2 17 (54.84%) VPN
3 11 (35.48%) Firewall
3 11 (35.48%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (32.26%) Ethernet VPN
5 8 (25.81%) WAN
6 7 (22.58%) IPsec
7 6 (19.35%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (19.35%) EIGRP
7 6 (19.35%) OSPF
8 5 (16.13%) SSL
9 4 (12.90%) HSRP
9 4 (12.90%) Internet
9 4 (12.90%) SNMP
10 3 (9.68%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.68%) GLBP
10 3 (9.68%) Junos
10 3 (9.68%) SD-WAN
10 3 (9.68%) VPLS
10 3 (9.68%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (32.26%) MongoDB
1 10 (32.26%) NoSQL
1 10 (32.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (45.16%) JIRA
2 10 (32.26%) GitLab
2 10 (32.26%) Robot Framework
2 10 (32.26%) TestRail
General
1 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Network Engineer
2 13 (41.94%) Test Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) IP Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
3 4 (12.90%) Senior IP Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Test Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Network Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Network Operations Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.23%) Field Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Network Support
6 1 (3.23%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) NETCONF
1 10 (32.26%) REST
1 10 (32.26%) RESTCONF
1 10 (32.26%) SOAP
1 10 (32.26%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) PKI
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Agile
1 10 (32.26%) CI/CD
1 10 (32.26%) Containerisation
1 10 (32.26%) Integration Testing
1 10 (32.26%) Performance Testing
1 10 (32.26%) Regression Testing
1 10 (32.26%) Scrum
1 10 (32.26%) Security Testing
1 10 (32.26%) Test Automation
1 10 (32.26%) Unit Testing
1 10 (32.26%) Workflow
2 7 (22.58%) Migration
3 4 (12.90%) MoSCoW
3 4 (12.90%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (9.68%) High Availability
4 3 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (6.45%) Data Protection
5 2 (6.45%) Load Balancing
5 2 (6.45%) Network Management
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Python
1 10 (32.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (16.13%) CCNA
4 5 (16.13%) CCNP
5 4 (12.90%) JNCIS
6 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
6 3 (9.68%) JNCIA
7 2 (6.45%) BC Cleared
7 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (6.45%) CCDP
8 1 (3.23%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Endace
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Juniper
2 14 (45.16%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) ADVA
3 2 (6.45%) F5
4 1 (3.23%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.23%) Nokia
4 1 (3.23%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (3.23%) Tellabs