BGP Jobs in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BGP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BGP over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 598 577
Rank change year-on-year +182 -21 -113
Permanent jobs citing BGP 461 374 684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.39% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.80% 2.56% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 348 285 527
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -7.54% +8.15%
75th Percentile £66,563 £78,750 £77,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £93,450
UK median annual salary £51,750 £59,250 £59,483
% change year-on-year -12.66% -0.39% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

BGP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,147 14,614 17,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.43% 15.39% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,654 7,668 10,507
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,916 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +58 136 £50,000 -0.99% 24
London +114 122 £70,000 - 29
North of England +62 90 £42,500 -5.56% 11
Midlands +58 72 £48,500 -19.17% 16
North West +61 69 £40,000 -42.86% 8
West Midlands +77 65 £48,500 -16.74% 12
South West +13 38 £52,073 +4.15% 8
Yorkshire +78 26 £62,500 +38.89% 2
East of England +28 17 £63,750 -1.92% 1
East Midlands -16 7 £50,000 -28.57% 4
North East -21 4 £62,500 +59.24% 1
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 (6.07%) WebLogic
2 8 (1.74%) Skype for Business
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.43%) IIS
4 2 (0.43%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) uWSGI
Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (6.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 109 (23.64%) Azure
2 78 (16.92%) AWS
3 28 (6.07%) Amazon EKS
3 28 (6.07%) Amazon SQS
4 16 (3.47%) IaaS
4 16 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.04%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (2.60%) AWS Direct Connect
7 12 (2.60%) GCP
7 12 (2.60%) PaaS
7 12 (2.60%) SaaS
8 9 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.65%) Route 53
12 2 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.22%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 279 (60.52%) OSPF
2 232 (50.33%) MPLS
3 228 (49.46%) WAN
4 193 (41.87%) Firewall
5 167 (36.23%) LAN
6 125 (27.11%) SD-WAN
6 125 (27.11%) TCP/IP
7 120 (26.03%) VPN
8 95 (20.61%) Wireless
9 87 (18.87%) DNS
10 77 (16.70%) VLAN
11 69 (14.97%) SSL
12 63 (13.67%) IPsec
13 62 (13.45%) EIGRP
14 59 (12.80%) DHCP
15 57 (12.36%) Network Security
15 57 (12.36%) Wi-Fi
16 50 (10.85%) Cisco Nexus
17 48 (10.41%) Cisco ASA
17 48 (10.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.07%) Amazon RDS
1 28 (6.07%) Oracle Database
1 28 (6.07%) RDBMS
1 28 (6.07%) Relational Database
2 16 (3.47%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.39%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.08%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.87%) MySQL
6 3 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.43%) Redis
8 1 (0.22%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (2.39%) GitLab
1 11 (2.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 99 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 34 (7.38%) Telecoms
3 29 (6.29%) Finance
4 23 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.77%) Law
6 11 (2.39%) Military
7 9 (1.95%) Public Sector
8 8 (1.74%) Police
8 8 (1.74%) Retail
9 7 (1.52%) Legal
10 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.08%) Games
10 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.87%) Publishing
12 3 (0.65%) Banking
12 3 (0.65%) Billing
12 3 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.43%) Electronics
13 2 (0.43%) Front Office
13 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 237 (51.41%) Network Engineer
2 91 (19.74%) Senior
3 64 (13.88%) Senior Network Engineer
4 52 (11.28%) Architect
5 49 (10.63%) Analyst
5 49 (10.63%) Network Analyst
6 39 (8.46%) IP Engineer
7 37 (8.03%) Lead
8 36 (7.81%) Network Operations Analyst
8 36 (7.81%) Operations Analyst
9 35 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (6.72%) Network Support
11 30 (6.51%) IP Network Engineer
11 30 (6.51%) Lead Architect
12 29 (6.29%) Juniper Engineer
13 28 (6.07%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 28 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (5.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 24 (5.21%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
16 23 (4.99%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.20%) 802.1X
2 28 (6.07%) RabbitMQ
2 28 (6.07%) Spring Boot
3 18 (3.90%) XML
4 11 (2.39%) JSON
4 11 (2.39%) NETCONF
4 11 (2.39%) REST
4 11 (2.39%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.39%) SOAP
4 11 (2.39%) YAML
4 11 (2.39%) YANG
5 9 (1.95%) SAML
6 7 (1.52%) HTML
7 5 (1.08%) XMPP
8 3 (0.65%) CSS
9 2 (0.43%) .NET
9 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.43%) LDAP
10 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.22%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 84 (18.22%) Data Centre
2 39 (8.46%) Public Cloud
3 34 (7.38%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (4.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.47%) PKI
6 14 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.17%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (1.95%) Clustering
10 7 (1.52%) FMCG
11 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.87%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.87%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.65%) CMDB
13 3 (0.65%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.65%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 80 (17.35%) Linux
2 31 (6.72%) Windows
3 30 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (4.12%) VyOS
5 18 (3.90%) Unix
6 15 (3.25%) Windows Server
7 12 (2.60%) CentOS
8 8 (1.74%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.52%) Android
10 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.87%) Debian
11 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.65%) VMS
12 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (13.02%) Load Balancing
2 59 (12.80%) Network Design
3 51 (11.06%) Project Delivery
4 48 (10.41%) Agile
5 47 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 42 (9.11%) Customer Service
7 41 (8.89%) Open Source
8 39 (8.46%) Scrum
9 37 (8.03%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (7.81%) Network Management
11 35 (7.59%) Mentoring
12 34 (7.38%) Migration
12 34 (7.38%) Project Management
12 34 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
13 32 (6.94%) Network Monitoring
14 31 (6.72%) Collaborative Working
14 31 (6.72%) ITIL
14 31 (6.72%) Systems Engineering
15 28 (6.07%) Actionable Insight
15 28 (6.07%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.94%) Python
2 23 (4.99%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.90%) SQL
4 7 (1.52%) Bash
5 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 200 (43.38%) Cisco Certification
2 140 (30.37%) CCNP
2 140 (30.37%) Security Cleared
3 100 (21.69%) CCNA
4 62 (13.45%) SC Cleared
5 58 (12.58%) CCIE
6 44 (9.54%) CCDP
7 41 (8.89%) JNCIA
8 28 (6.07%) AWS Certification
8 28 (6.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (6.07%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.99%) Degree
9 23 (4.99%) JNCIP
10 12 (2.60%) JNCIE
11 10 (2.17%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.95%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 9 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.52%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.65%) MCT
15 2 (0.43%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.04%) SLA
2 6 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.87%) NCSC
4 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 39 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.21%) Docker
3 23 (4.99%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.60%) Firmware
6 6 (1.30%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.87%) vCloud
7 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.43%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.22%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (11.50%) FortiGate
2 24 (5.21%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.77%) Ansible
4 11 (2.39%) Terraform
5 10 (2.17%) Progress Chef
6 9 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.74%) Nagios
7 8 (1.74%) Puppet
8 7 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.52%) Icinga
9 6 (1.30%) Endace
9 6 (1.30%) SolarWinds Orion
9 6 (1.30%) WSUS
10 5 (1.08%) Nessus
11 4 (0.87%) BMC PATROL
11 4 (0.87%) Grafana
12 3 (0.65%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.65%) Salt
13 2 (0.43%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 278 (60.30%) Cisco
2 208 (45.12%) Juniper
3 76 (16.49%) Fortinet
4 57 (12.36%) Nokia
5 45 (9.76%) Microsoft
6 36 (7.81%) Meraki
7 34 (7.38%) Palo Alto
8 33 (7.16%) F5
8 33 (7.16%) VMware
9 31 (6.72%) CheckPoint
10 29 (6.29%) SolarWinds
11 28 (6.07%) Oracle
11 28 (6.07%) Ruckus Wireless
11 28 (6.07%) Sparx
12 19 (4.12%) Vyatta
13 17 (3.69%) Aruba
14 13 (2.82%) Draytek
15 12 (2.60%) Arista
16 11 (2.39%) McAfee
17 10 (2.17%) Google