BGP Job Trends in Reading

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading 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 48 69 80
Rank change year-on-year +21 +11 +28
Permanent jobs citing BGP 1 7 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.97% 1.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 8.64% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 19
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +45.45% -31.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 76 81 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 12.97% 11.19% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 40 34 139
10th Percentile - £40,013 £33,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +6.15% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,813 £73,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

BGP job vacancy trend in Reading

BGP
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing BGP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing BGP

BGP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki