BGP Contract Job Trends in Wales

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing BGP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.23% 0.27% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.38% 1.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 67 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 9.74% 18.01% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 42 33
10th Percentile £155 £146 £202
25th Percentile £166 £196 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £268 £313
Median % change year-on-year +8.41% -14.40% -30.56%
75th Percentile £294 £397 £538
90th Percentile £575 £460 £598
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile - £20.88 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £23.69 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +146.15% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £89.00 £43.50 -
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +6.15% -42.47% +125.96%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BGP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

BGP job vacancy trend in Wales

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing BGP

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Supervisor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet