BGP Job Trends in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring BGP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 420 452
Rank change year-on-year -57 +32 +24
Permanent jobs citing BGP 247 246 422
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.57% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 3.79% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 184 189 309
10th Percentile £47,650 £33,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £80,250 £75,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £84,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% -12.50%

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 6,480 6,494 11,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.42% 15.02% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,285 3,725 8,004
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,800 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BGP job vacancy trend in England

BGP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BGP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BGP

BGP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

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 11 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -18 117 £77,500 +19.23% 32
South East -49 50 £72,500 +36.79% 23
North of England -24 35 £65,576 +9.29% 8
Midlands -27 25 £70,000 +7.69% 5
West Midlands -16 22 £73,750 +13.46% 5
North West +1 15 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Yorkshire -30 14 £50,000 -33.33% 4
South West -56 12 £62,500 +20.82% 11
North East - 6 £65,576 -
East Midlands - 3 £52,500 -
BGP
UK

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (6.07%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 72 (29.15%) Azure
2 65 (26.32%) AWS
3 16 (6.48%) OpenShift
3 16 (6.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 13 (5.26%) SaaS
5 10 (4.05%) AWS Direct Connect
5 10 (4.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (4.05%) GCP
6 7 (2.83%) Datadog
7 6 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (2.43%) Route 53
8 5 (2.02%) Amazon Kinesis
8 5 (2.02%) ChatGPT
8 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.02%) Serverless
9 4 (1.62%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 174 (70.45%) VPN
2 167 (67.61%) OSPF
3 161 (65.18%) Firewall
4 142 (57.49%) WAN
5 98 (39.68%) Network Security
6 89 (36.03%) LAN
7 85 (34.41%) SD-WAN
8 81 (32.79%) VLAN
9 64 (25.91%) DNS
10 63 (25.51%) MPLS
11 58 (23.48%) TCP/IP
12 51 (20.65%) Wireless
13 46 (18.62%) Cisco ASA
14 44 (17.81%) EIGRP
15 40 (16.19%) IPsec
15 40 (16.19%) VXLAN
15 40 (16.19%) Wi-Fi
16 37 (14.98%) Cisco ISE
17 35 (14.17%) SNMP
18 33 (13.36%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) Apache Hive
1 5 (2.02%) Big Data
1 5 (2.02%) Hadoop
1 5 (2.02%) HBase
1 5 (2.02%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.81%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (2.83%) GitLab
2 3 (1.21%) Git
2 3 (1.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
General
1 90 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.48%) Finance
3 31 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 16 (6.48%) Law
6 12 (4.86%) Banking
6 12 (4.86%) Marketing
7 10 (4.05%) Retail
8 9 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.24%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.02%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.02%) Military
11 5 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.62%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.21%) Back Office
14 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 147 (59.51%) Network Engineer
2 79 (31.98%) Senior
3 54 (21.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 22 (8.91%) Architect
5 21 (8.50%) Network Specialist
6 17 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (6.88%) Network Architect
7 15 (6.07%) Network Security Specialist
7 15 (6.07%) Security Specialist
8 14 (5.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 14 (5.67%) Senior Network Specialist
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 13 (5.26%) Senior Security Specialist
10 12 (4.86%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (4.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) Network Security Architect
11 10 (4.05%) Security Architect
11 10 (4.05%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 12 (4.86%) OAuth
3 11 (4.45%) SAML
4 7 (2.83%) gRPC
5 6 (2.43%) Kafka
5 6 (2.43%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.02%) Node.js
7 4 (1.62%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (1.21%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.21%) JSON
8 3 (1.21%) RESTful
9 2 (0.81%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.81%) OpenID
9 2 (0.81%) REST
10 1 (0.40%) Jinja
10 1 (0.40%) LDAP
10 1 (0.40%) NETCONF
10 1 (0.40%) pytest
10 1 (0.40%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 100 (40.49%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.72%) PKI
3 14 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.67%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.83%) Replication
8 6 (2.43%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.62%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.21%) Blog
11 3 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.21%) Life Science
11 3 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.40%) Fibre Optics
12 1 (0.40%) IPTV
12 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.55%) Linux
2 17 (6.88%) Windows
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.24%) Load Balancing
2 48 (19.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 46 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (14.98%) Network Monitoring
4 37 (14.98%) Network Segmentation
5 35 (14.17%) Zero Trust
6 34 (13.77%) Roadmaps
7 33 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (12.55%) High Availability
8 31 (12.55%) Network Design
9 30 (12.15%) Computer Science
10 27 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (10.53%) ITIL
11 26 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
12 25 (10.12%) Analytics
13 24 (9.72%) Observability
14 23 (9.31%) Project Delivery
14 23 (9.31%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
15 22 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.70%) Python
2 15 (6.07%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.45%) Bicep
4 8 (3.24%) Bash
4 8 (3.24%) Java
4 8 (3.24%) SQL
5 6 (2.43%) C
6 5 (2.02%) C#
6 5 (2.02%) PHP
6 5 (2.02%) Ruby
7 4 (1.62%) Go
8 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 106 (42.91%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (36.03%) CCNP
3 44 (17.81%) Security Cleared
4 34 (13.77%) Degree
5 33 (13.36%) CCNA
6 28 (11.34%) DV Cleared
7 22 (8.91%) CCIE
7 22 (8.91%) SC Cleared
8 20 (8.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.64%) CISSP
10 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.81%) CCSA
13 2 (0.81%) CCSE
14 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.48%) NIST
2 15 (6.07%) SLA
3 14 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.05%) PMO
5 8 (3.24%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.02%) QA
6 5 (2.02%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (6.88%) VMware NSX
2 13 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.05%) ProxySG
4 8 (3.24%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.43%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.62%) Firmware
6 4 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.62%) vSphere
7 3 (1.21%) Docker
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (16.60%) FortiGate
2 33 (13.36%) Ansible
3 27 (10.93%) Terraform
4 23 (9.31%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.45%) CASB
6 9 (3.64%) Check_MK
7 8 (3.24%) Nagios
8 7 (2.83%) Grafana
9 6 (2.43%) Endace
9 6 (2.43%) Prometheus
10 5 (2.02%) Hadoop YARN
11 4 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.62%) Backup Exec
11 4 (1.62%) WSUS
12 3 (1.21%) Netcool
12 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.81%) Cilium
13 2 (0.81%) Istio
13 2 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 157 (63.56%) Cisco
2 82 (33.20%) Palo Alto
3 53 (21.46%) Fortinet
4 44 (17.81%) SolarWinds
5 42 (17.00%) F5
6 35 (14.17%) Meraki
6 35 (14.17%) Microsoft
7 30 (12.15%) CheckPoint
8 26 (10.53%) Arista
9 21 (8.50%) Juniper
10 20 (8.10%) Zscaler
11 19 (7.69%) Infoblox
11 19 (7.69%) ServiceNow
11 19 (7.69%) VMware
12 11 (4.45%) Splunk
13 10 (4.05%) Blue Coat
13 10 (4.05%) Motorola
14 8 (3.24%) Oracle
15 7 (2.83%) Aruba
15 7 (2.83%) Dynatrace