Border Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for BGP-4 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BGP-4 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 | - | - | 846 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -151 |
| Contract jobs citing BGP-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.001% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.011% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
BGP-4 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5,482 | 7,160 | 9,518 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.73% | 12.34% | 10.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,283 | 4,630 | 6,209 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £240 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £518 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.49% | +3.65% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.95% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 419 | 472 | 358 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £9.80 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.58 | £10.63 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £18.50 | £28.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +116.22% | -34.88% | +5.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £60.00 | £50.77 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £74.95 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.14 | £18.50 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +149.38% | -13.95% | -10.42% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing BGP-4 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP-4.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP-4.