BGP Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring BGP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 60 58
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +30
Contract jobs citing BGP 14 5 20
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 3.10% 0.86% 2.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.86% 3.97% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 14
10th Percentile £572 £625 £438
25th Percentile £613 £638 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £668 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +21.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £643 £672 £569
90th Percentile £648 - £575
South West median daily rate £630 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.55% +17.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 101 126 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 22.39% 21.69% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 86 94
10th Percentile £454 £455 £300
25th Percentile £525 £513 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £699 £666 £600
90th Percentile £725 £725 £671
South West median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.33% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - £43.01
25th Percentile £47.50 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - £59.00
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -3.08% +15.06% -13.09%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

BGP job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

BGP
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing BGP

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing BGP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing BGP

BGP
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Corsham +21 11 £625 -5.45%
BGP
South West

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 5 (35.71%) Unified Communications
3 4 (28.57%) MPLS
4 3 (21.43%) DNS
4 3 (21.43%) IPsec
4 3 (21.43%) VPN
5 2 (14.29%) OSPF
5 2 (14.29%) Skype
5 2 (14.29%) VLAN
5 2 (14.29%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Architect
2 6 (42.86%) Senior
3 5 (35.71%) Network Architect
3 5 (35.71%) Network Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Architect
3 5 (35.71%) Senior Network Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) NETCONF
1 3 (21.43%) RESTCONF
2 1 (7.14%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (21.43%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Network Design
2 6 (42.86%) NsoIT
3 5 (35.71%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (35.71%) Service Management
3 5 (35.71%) System Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
4 4 (28.57%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.14%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) CCNP
3 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) VMware
2 5 (35.71%) Atlassian
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft