BGP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 76 113 97
Rank change year-on-year +37 -16 +35
Contract jobs citing BGP 26 32 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.72% 1.19% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 5.29% 11.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 25
10th Percentile - £263 £425
25th Percentile £450 £335 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £513
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -26.83% +5.13%
75th Percentile £599 £400 £575
90th Percentile £627 £500 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £19.65 £24.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.38 £32.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.50 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% -68.79% +201.92%
75th Percentile £19.50 £47.38 £80.25
90th Percentile - £60.95 £80.70
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £43.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year -56.57% -29.44% +138.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Berkshire +20 20 £450 +20.00% 11
Buckinghamshire +20 6 £599 - 2
BGP
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) AWS
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) GCP
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.69%) GitHub
4 2 (7.69%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (73.08%) TCP/IP
2 16 (61.54%) OSPF
3 14 (53.85%) MPLS
3 14 (53.85%) VLAN
3 14 (53.85%) VPN
4 11 (42.31%) Firewall
5 8 (30.77%) DNS
5 8 (30.77%) Network Security
5 8 (30.77%) WAN
6 7 (26.92%) SD-WAN
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (19.23%) NGFW
8 5 (19.23%) VSAN
9 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (15.38%) TACACS
10 3 (11.54%) EIGRP
10 3 (11.54%) IPv6
10 3 (11.54%) LAN
11 2 (7.69%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Robot Framework
2 3 (11.54%) GitLab
3 1 (3.85%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Architect
2 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Automation Tester
3 5 (19.23%) Telecoms Tester
3 5 (19.23%) Tester
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Technical Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Network Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Product Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Principal Network Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) YAML
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.85%) REST
2 1 (3.85%) RESTCONF
2 1 (3.85%) SOAP
2 1 (3.85%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Cloud Native
1 5 (19.23%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (19.23%) Public Cloud
1 5 (19.23%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (11.54%) PKI
3 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) IoT
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) CentOS
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Containerisation
2 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
3 6 (23.08%) DevSecOps
3 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
4 5 (19.23%) SIEM
4 5 (19.23%) Test Strategy
4 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
5 4 (15.38%) Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 3 (11.54%) Adaptive Security
6 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy
6 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
6 3 (11.54%) Requirements Management
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (7.69%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (38.46%) CCNP
3 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
4 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) CCIE
5 4 (15.38%) CCSA
5 4 (15.38%) CCSE
5 4 (15.38%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (11.54%) MCSE
6 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (7.69%) CCNA
8 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
8 1 (3.85%) CCDP
8 1 (3.85%) CCIP
8 1 (3.85%) CCSP
8 1 (3.85%) CEH
8 1 (3.85%) CISM
8 1 (3.85%) CISSP
8 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (15.38%) NCSC
1 4 (15.38%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Docker
2 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (19.23%) VMware NSX
3 2 (7.69%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Ansible
2 6 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.69%) Argo
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Cisco
2 11 (42.31%) Palo Alto
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
6 2 (7.69%) Dell
6 2 (7.69%) Meraki
6 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.85%) ADVA
7 1 (3.85%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (3.85%) Aruba
7 1 (3.85%) Juniper
7 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.85%) Splunk