BGP Jobs in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited BGP over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 476 631
Rank change year-on-year +27 +155 -64
Permanent jobs citing BGP 387 403 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.57% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.88% 3.51% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 260 350 509
10th Percentile £36,125 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,350
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.72% +4.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £83,000
90th Percentile £86,938 £92,625 £105,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

BGP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in England

BGP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BGP in England.

Salary trend for BGP in England

BGP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for BGP in England

BGP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +50 127 £55,000 +4.76% 17
London +30 125 £71,500 +2.14% 15
North of England +47 78 £47,500 - 9
North West +36 57 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Midlands -17 53 £48,500 -17.45% 5
West Midlands +4 44 £48,500 -15.65% 4
Yorkshire +61 25 £62,500 +38.89% 3
South West -31 14 £48,500 -3.00% 1
East Midlands -31 9 £50,000 -16.67% 1
East of England -17 8 £62,500 -3.85% 4
North East -17 3 £62,500 -3.85% 2
BGP
UK

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (7.24%) WebLogic
2 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.07%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.03%) IIS
4 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (7.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 91 (23.51%) Azure
2 82 (21.19%) AWS
3 28 (7.24%) Amazon EKS
3 28 (7.24%) Amazon SQS
4 24 (6.20%) SaaS
5 20 (5.17%) IaaS
6 19 (4.91%) PaaS
7 13 (3.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.58%) AWS Direct Connect
10 9 (2.33%) GCP
10 9 (2.33%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.29%) Cloudflare
11 5 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.78%) Google Compute Engine
13 3 (0.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 248 (64.08%) OSPF
2 172 (44.44%) Firewall
3 154 (39.79%) MPLS
4 147 (37.98%) WAN
5 128 (33.07%) VPN
6 123 (31.78%) TCP/IP
7 98 (25.32%) LAN
8 92 (23.77%) EIGRP
9 83 (21.45%) IPsec
10 82 (21.19%) SD-WAN
11 78 (20.16%) DNS
11 78 (20.16%) VLAN
12 77 (19.90%) SSL
13 65 (16.80%) Wireless
14 61 (15.76%) Network Security
15 55 (14.21%) Cisco ASA
16 50 (12.92%) Cisco Firepower
17 45 (11.63%) Ethernet
17 45 (11.63%) Internet
18 39 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.24%) Amazon RDS
1 28 (7.24%) Oracle Database
1 28 (7.24%) RDBMS
1 28 (7.24%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.88%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.84%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.07%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.03%) MariaDB
6 4 (1.03%) MySQL
6 4 (1.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (3.10%) GitLab
1 12 (3.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Git
2 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.53%) Finance
3 26 (6.72%) Telecoms
4 23 (5.94%) Law
5 22 (5.68%) Retail
6 21 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.33%) Mandarin Language
7 9 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.81%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.55%) Automotive
9 6 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.03%) Banking
10 4 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.03%) Legal
11 3 (0.78%) Back Office
11 3 (0.78%) Publishing
12 2 (0.52%) Billing
12 2 (0.52%) Electronics
12 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 198 (51.16%) Network Engineer
2 70 (18.09%) Senior
3 51 (13.18%) Architect
4 42 (10.85%) Senior Network Engineer
5 35 (9.04%) Lead
6 30 (7.75%) Analyst
6 30 (7.75%) Network Analyst
7 29 (7.49%) Solutions Architect
8 28 (7.24%) Lead Architect
8 28 (7.24%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 26 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (5.17%) Network Operations Analyst
10 20 (5.17%) Operations Analyst
11 19 (4.91%) Cisco Engineer
12 18 (4.65%) IP Engineer
13 17 (4.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 16 (4.13%) Juniper Engineer
14 16 (4.13%) Network Security Engineer
14 16 (4.13%) Network Support
14 16 (4.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (11.89%) 802.1X
2 28 (7.24%) RabbitMQ
2 28 (7.24%) Spring Boot
3 18 (4.65%) XML
4 12 (3.10%) NETCONF
4 12 (3.10%) RESTCONF
5 11 (2.84%) JSON
5 11 (2.84%) REST
5 11 (2.84%) SOAP
5 11 (2.84%) YAML
5 11 (2.84%) YANG
6 8 (2.07%) SAML
7 7 (1.81%) HTML
8 4 (1.03%) .NET
8 4 (1.03%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.78%) RESTful
9 3 (0.78%) XMPP
10 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.26%) EDI
10 1 (0.26%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.12%) Data Centre
2 43 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 28 (7.24%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (6.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (4.39%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.88%) PKI
7 10 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.33%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.81%) FMCG
9 7 (1.81%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.55%) Clustering
10 6 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.55%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.55%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.03%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.03%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.78%) Blog
12 3 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.52%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 75 (19.38%) Linux
2 28 (7.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 20 (5.17%) Windows
4 19 (4.91%) Unix
5 16 (4.13%) Windows Server
6 12 (3.10%) CentOS
7 10 (2.58%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.81%) Debian
8 7 (1.81%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.55%) Android
9 6 (1.55%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.55%) VyOS
9 6 (1.55%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (15.76%) Load Balancing
2 59 (15.25%) Agile
3 47 (12.14%) Network Design
3 47 (12.14%) Open Source
4 42 (10.85%) Network Management
5 40 (10.34%) Scrum
6 39 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 37 (9.56%) Project Management
7 37 (9.56%) Systems Engineering
8 36 (9.30%) ITIL
9 34 (8.79%) Migration
9 34 (8.79%) Project Delivery
10 31 (8.01%) Collaborative Working
11 28 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
11 28 (7.24%) Cloud Operations
11 28 (7.24%) Data Migration
11 28 (7.24%) Kanban
11 28 (7.24%) Re-Platforming
11 28 (7.24%) SDLC
11 28 (7.24%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 36 (9.30%) Python
2 23 (5.94%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.39%) SQL
4 5 (1.29%) Bash
5 4 (1.03%) Go
6 3 (0.78%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 152 (39.28%) Cisco Certification
2 126 (32.56%) Security Cleared
3 105 (27.13%) CCNP
4 74 (19.12%) CCNA
5 59 (15.25%) SC Cleared
6 32 (8.27%) AWS Certification
7 30 (7.75%) CCIE
7 30 (7.75%) Degree
8 28 (7.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (7.24%) Azure Certification
9 23 (5.94%) JNCIA
10 19 (4.91%) DV Cleared
11 15 (3.88%) CCDP
11 15 (3.88%) JNCIP
12 12 (3.10%) JNCIE
13 11 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.58%) JNCIS
15 9 (2.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 6 (1.55%) HNC
16 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.10%) SLA
2 8 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.07%) NCSC
3 6 (1.55%) NIST
4 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 26 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.88%) Docker
3 11 (2.84%) Firmware
4 9 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.07%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.03%) NFS
6 4 (1.03%) pfSense
6 4 (1.03%) vCloud
6 4 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.03%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.03%) vSphere
7 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (12.14%) FortiGate
2 17 (4.39%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.62%) Ansible
4 11 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (2.84%) Terraform
5 8 (2.07%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.07%) Puppet
6 6 (1.55%) Nessus
7 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.29%) WSUS
8 4 (1.03%) Nagios
8 4 (1.03%) SCCM
8 4 (1.03%) SCOM
8 4 (1.03%) SCOrch
8 4 (1.03%) vMotion
9 3 (0.78%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.78%) Endace
9 3 (0.78%) Icinga
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 245 (63.31%) Cisco
2 146 (37.73%) Juniper
3 71 (18.35%) Fortinet
4 46 (11.89%) Microsoft
5 44 (11.37%) Palo Alto
6 40 (10.34%) CheckPoint
7 31 (8.01%) Meraki
8 30 (7.75%) SolarWinds
9 28 (7.24%) Oracle
9 28 (7.24%) Sparx
10 27 (6.98%) Nokia
11 18 (4.65%) F5
11 18 (4.65%) Google
11 18 (4.65%) McAfee
11 18 (4.65%) VMware
12 13 (3.36%) Citrix
13 12 (3.10%) Ruckus Wireless
13 12 (3.10%) Ubiquiti
14 11 (2.84%) Arista
15 10 (2.58%) Dell