The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 December 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
4,883
11,211
13,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
12.87%
13.65%
12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,794
6,697
8,091
Median daily rate
£435
£413
£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45%
-2.94%
+6.25%
10th Percentile
£211
£187
£200
90th Percentile
£603
£600
£613
UK excluding London median daily rate
£400
£400
£400
Number of hourly rates quoted
289
661
650
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£25.00
£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00%
+25.00%
+6.95%
10th Percentile
£15.00
£13.25
£12.25
90th Percentile
£61.35
£53.00
£47.87
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£22.50
£18.75
% change year-on-year
+55.56%
+20.00%
+3.94%
BGP Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
BGP Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP.
BGP Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP over the 6 months to 4 December 2020.
BGP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP.
BGP Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BGP over the 6 months to 4 December 2020.
BGP Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 4 December 2020, IT contractor jobs citing BGP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for BGP.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
