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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 445 557
Rank change year-on-year +7 +112 +40
Permanent jobs citing BGP 262 453 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.97% 3.73% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 213 329 301
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -12.92% -

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 8,810 12,136 13,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.99% 13.56% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,706 8,540 7,030
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,813 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +82 96 £65,000 -7.14% 103
South East +43 92 £53,000 +3.92% 231
Midlands +44 29 £65,000 +34.02% 143
West Midlands +25 29 £65,000 +34.02% 77
North of England -18 25 £65,000 +52.94% 174
Yorkshire +48 18 £75,000 +20.00% 81
East of England +42 10 £50,000 -20.00% 109
North West -55 7 £57,500 +43.75% 75
South West +86 6 £51,729 +0.93% 98
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 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (5.34%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 76 (29.01%) Azure
2 70 (26.72%) AWS
3 21 (8.02%) GCP
4 13 (4.96%) AWS Direct Connect
5 11 (4.20%) Google Workspace
6 8 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.29%) OCI
9 5 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.91%) SaaS
10 3 (1.15%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.76%) Akamai
12 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.38%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.38%) Fastly
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 215 (82.06%) OSPF
2 181 (69.08%) Firewall
3 127 (48.47%) WAN
4 102 (38.93%) MPLS
5 99 (37.79%) VPN
6 92 (35.11%) LAN
7 87 (33.21%) Network Security
8 84 (32.06%) TCP/IP
9 79 (30.15%) EIGRP
10 70 (26.72%) IPsec
11 53 (20.23%) SD-WAN
12 48 (18.32%) VLAN
13 43 (16.41%) Cisco ASA
14 37 (14.12%) WLAN
15 35 (13.36%) Wireless
16 31 (11.83%) Cisco Firepower
17 29 (11.07%) Cisco IOS
18 28 (10.69%) DNS
19 27 (10.31%) Wi-Fi
20 25 (9.54%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Git
2 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
General
1 56 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.18%) Finance
3 22 (8.40%) Banking
3 22 (8.40%) Documentation Skills
4 18 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.96%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.58%) Retail
7 11 (4.20%) Automotive
8 7 (2.67%) Advertising
8 7 (2.67%) Mandarin Language
9 6 (2.29%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.29%) Local Government
10 5 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.15%) Police
13 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Games
14 1 (0.38%) Law
14 1 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 164 (62.60%) Network Engineer
2 29 (11.07%) Senior
3 27 (10.31%) Architect
4 26 (9.92%) Network Architect
4 26 (9.92%) Network Security Engineer
4 26 (9.92%) Security Engineer
4 26 (9.92%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (9.16%) Cisco Engineer
5 24 (9.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 17 (6.49%) IT Engineer
7 15 (5.73%) Lead
8 13 (4.96%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 13 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.96%) NOC Engineer
8 13 (4.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 12 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 12 (4.58%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 12 (4.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.20%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.63%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.29%) YAML
3 4 (1.53%) Jinja
3 4 (1.53%) JSON
3 4 (1.53%) REST
4 2 (0.76%) Middleware
4 2 (0.76%) YANG
5 1 (0.38%) Django
5 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.38%) Flask
5 1 (0.38%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (25.19%) Data Centre
2 33 (12.60%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.20%) Smartphone
4 9 (3.44%) PMI
4 9 (3.44%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.29%) IPTV
6 4 (1.53%) IoT
6 4 (1.53%) PKI
7 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.15%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) SCADA
9 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.73%) Linux
2 14 (5.34%) Windows
3 13 (4.96%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.20%) Mac OS X
4 11 (4.20%) Ubuntu
4 11 (4.20%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (4.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (19.47%) Network Design
2 39 (14.89%) Network Monitoring
3 31 (11.83%) Network Management
4 30 (11.45%) Technical Leadership
5 28 (10.69%) Change Management
5 28 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (9.16%) Computer Science
7 23 (8.78%) ITIL
8 21 (8.02%) High Availability
8 21 (8.02%) Network Architecture
9 20 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (7.25%) Project Delivery
11 18 (6.87%) Incident Management
12 17 (6.49%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (6.11%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (5.73%) Cloud Security
14 15 (5.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 14 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 14 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 14 (5.34%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.27%) Python
2 16 (6.11%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.11%) SQL
3 13 (4.96%) Bash
4 2 (0.76%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.38%) R
5 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 121 (46.18%) Cisco Certification
2 96 (36.64%) Security Cleared
3 85 (32.44%) CCNA
4 83 (31.68%) CCNP
5 78 (29.77%) SC Cleared
6 57 (21.76%) DV Cleared
7 49 (18.70%) Degree
8 21 (8.02%) JNCIS
9 20 (7.63%) CCIE
10 17 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (4.20%) HNC
11 11 (4.20%) HND
11 11 (4.20%) MCSE
11 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (3.44%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.91%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.53%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.15%) CCSA
15 3 (1.15%) CCSE
15 3 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.63%) SLA
2 8 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.76%) GDPR
3 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.87%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.05%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.67%) Firmware
6 6 (2.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (16.79%) FortiGate
2 30 (11.45%) Ansible
3 12 (4.58%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.58%) Nagios
4 11 (4.20%) Terraform
5 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.91%) WSUS
6 1 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.38%) Istio
Vendors
1 214 (81.68%) Cisco
2 107 (40.84%) Fortinet
3 93 (35.50%) Juniper
4 41 (15.65%) SolarWinds
5 39 (14.89%) CheckPoint
6 33 (12.60%) Palo Alto
7 26 (9.92%) Meraki
7 26 (9.92%) VMware
8 25 (9.54%) Microsoft
9 20 (7.63%) F5
10 19 (7.25%) Arista
11 16 (6.11%) Ubiquiti
12 13 (4.96%) Citrix
12 13 (4.96%) Dell
12 13 (4.96%) Dynatrace
13 11 (4.20%) Apple
13 11 (4.20%) Google
14 10 (3.82%) Infoblox
15 7 (2.67%) Riverbed
16 6 (2.29%) Bloomberg