BGP Jobs in the Midlands

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 254 276
Rank change year-on-year +23 +22 +36
Permanent jobs citing BGP 29 71 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.55% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.23% 4.47% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 30
10th Percentile - £26,160 £39,538
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,750 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% -20.82% +11.36%
75th Percentile £68,125 £51,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,750 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.35% -11.30% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 899 1,589 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.01% 12.35% 19.68%
Number of salaries quoted 467 1,283 717
10th Percentile £26,968 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -5.20% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the Midlands

BGP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for BGP in the Midlands

BGP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BGP in the Midlands

BGP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands +23 29 £65,000 +34.02% 7
BGP
England

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Google Workspace
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 17 (58.62%) WAN
2 16 (55.17%) LAN
2 16 (55.17%) MPLS
3 15 (51.72%) IPsec
4 14 (48.28%) OSPF
4 14 (48.28%) VLAN
5 13 (44.83%) Firewall
5 13 (44.83%) Junos
6 12 (41.38%) Cisco IOS
6 12 (41.38%) DHCP
6 12 (41.38%) DNS
6 12 (41.38%) TCP/IP
7 11 (37.93%) WLAN
8 4 (13.79%) Network Security
9 3 (10.34%) VPN
10 2 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (6.90%) Wireless
11 1 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
General
1 11 (37.93%) Automotive
1 11 (37.93%) Retail
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Advertising
4 1 (3.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
1 15 (51.72%) Network Architect
2 11 (37.93%) IT Engineer
2 11 (37.93%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Network Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (37.93%) Smartphone
3 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
1 12 (41.38%) Windows Server
2 11 (37.93%) Linux
2 11 (37.93%) Mac OS X
2 11 (37.93%) Ubuntu
2 11 (37.93%) Windows 10
2 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2016
2 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Network Design
1 14 (48.28%) Technical Leadership
2 11 (37.93%) Business Case
2 11 (37.93%) Computer Science
2 11 (37.93%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (37.93%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (31.03%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (6.90%) Business Continuity
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL
5 1 (3.45%) Availability Management
5 1 (3.45%) Change Management
5 1 (3.45%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.45%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.45%) Network Management
5 1 (3.45%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.45%) Release Management
5 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) PowerShell
1 11 (37.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (55.17%) CCNP
3 15 (51.72%) CCNA
3 15 (51.72%) Security Cleared
4 14 (48.28%) JNCIS
5 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
6 12 (41.38%) Degree
7 11 (37.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (37.93%) HNC
7 11 (37.93%) HND
7 11 (37.93%) MCSE
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 28 (96.55%) Cisco
2 15 (51.72%) Juniper
3 13 (44.83%) Fortinet
3 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
4 11 (37.93%) Apple
4 11 (37.93%) Dell
4 11 (37.93%) Google
4 11 (37.93%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (13.79%) Aruba
6 2 (6.90%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.90%) Meraki
6 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.45%) F5
7 1 (3.45%) HP
7 1 (3.45%) VMware