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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 109 103
Rank change year-on-year +29 -6 +24
Contract jobs citing BGP 27 31 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.81% 1.17% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.80% 5.42% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 18
10th Percentile - £263 £421
25th Percentile £450 £335 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £586 £400 £574
90th Percentile £624 £500 £587
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £19.08 £35.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.94 £62.19
Median hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -72.29% +201.92%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.44 £80.44
90th Percentile - £24.23 £80.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year -12.64% -64.92% +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 250 572 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.74% 21.66% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 284 274
10th Percentile £230 £205 £300
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.51% +6.03%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £573
90th Percentile £600 £646 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £493 £488
% change year-on-year -3.55% +1.03% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 48 14
10th Percentile - £17.36 £19.65
25th Percentile - £23.36 £25.13
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 £87.48 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £55.50
% change year-on-year -4.32% +3.33% +158.14%

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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 10 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 10 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 +14 21 £450 +20.00% 12
Buckinghamshire +21 6 £599 -
BGP
South East

BGP
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 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) AWS
1 10 (37.04%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) GCP
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) GitHub
4 2 (7.41%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) TCP/IP
2 18 (66.67%) OSPF
3 16 (59.26%) VPN
4 15 (55.56%) VLAN
5 13 (48.15%) Firewall
5 13 (48.15%) MPLS
6 10 (37.04%) Network Security
7 8 (29.63%) DNS
7 8 (29.63%) WAN
8 7 (25.93%) SD-WAN
9 6 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (18.52%) NGFW
10 5 (18.52%) VSAN
11 4 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (14.81%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (14.81%) TACACS
12 3 (11.11%) EIGRP
12 3 (11.11%) IPv6
12 3 (11.11%) LAN
13 2 (7.41%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Robot Framework
2 3 (11.11%) GitLab
3 1 (3.70%) JIRA
3 1 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Military
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Automation Tester
3 4 (14.81%) Technical Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Telecoms Tester
3 4 (14.81%) Tester
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Product Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Principal Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) YAML
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) RESTCONF
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) XML
2 1 (3.70%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (18.52%) Public Cloud
2 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.11%) PKI
4 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) IoT
5 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) CentOS
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
1 7 (25.93%) Containerisation
1 7 (25.93%) SIEM
2 6 (22.22%) DevSecOps
2 6 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
2 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
3 5 (18.52%) TOGAF
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
4 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
5 3 (11.11%) Adaptive Security
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
5 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.11%) Requirements Management
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (44.44%) CCNP
3 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) CCSA
4 6 (22.22%) CCSE
4 6 (22.22%) Check Point Certification
4 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 4 (14.81%) CCIE
6 3 (11.11%) MCSE
6 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (7.41%) CCNA
8 1 (3.70%) BC Cleared
8 1 (3.70%) CCDP
8 1 (3.70%) CCIP
8 1 (3.70%) CCSP
8 1 (3.70%) CEH
8 1 (3.70%) CISM
8 1 (3.70%) CISSP
8 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (14.81%) NCSC
1 4 (14.81%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Docker
1 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (18.52%) VMware NSX
2 2 (7.41%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Ansible
2 5 (18.52%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.41%) Argo
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) Palo Alto
3 6 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 5 (18.52%) VMware
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 2 (7.41%) Dell
6 2 (7.41%) Meraki
6 2 (7.41%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.70%) ADVA
7 1 (3.70%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (3.70%) Aruba
7 1 (3.70%) Juniper
7 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.70%) Splunk