BGP Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BGP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 6.06% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Central London median daily rate £488 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.00% +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 27.27% 13.92% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 7
10th Percentile - £394 £352
25th Percentile £350 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £450 £487 £580
90th Percentile - £553 £638
Central London median daily rate £513 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -2.38% +10.53% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

BGP job vacancy trend in West End of London

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing BGP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing BGP

BGP
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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
Soho - 2 £350 -
BGP
Central London

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Grafana
1 2 (100.00%) Prometheus