BGP Job Trends in the North West

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring BGP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 159 164
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +102
Permanent jobs citing BGP 4 46 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.063% 0.91% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 8.58% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4 19 39
10th Percentile £46,700 £29,500 -
25th Percentile £47,375 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,500 £54,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,100 £62,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% +7.41% +2.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,921 536 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.15% 10.61% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 362 317 457
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,300 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

BGP job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing BGP

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BGP in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester -12 2 £48,000 +6.67% 2
Lancashire +5 1 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Cumbria - 1 £53,000 -
BGP
England

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (75.00%) HSRP
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto