BGP Jobs in the South West

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 255 249
Rank change year-on-year +80 -6 +13
Permanent jobs citing BGP 7 32 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.34% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 2.59% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 12
10th Percentile £45,057 £42,500 £41,998
25th Percentile £48,894 £46,250 £43,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,163 - £66,125
England median annual salary £53,000 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.92% -11.30% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 532 1,237 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.78% 13.20% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 330 932 535
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,563 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.32% +5.56% -5.76%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for BGP in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BGP in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Devon +21 3 £51,729 +11.85% 2
Gloucestershire +57 2 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Bristol +53 2 £55,000 +4.76% 1
BGP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) OSPF
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) LAN
3 4 (57.14%) Network Security
3 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) VLAN
3 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) MPLS
5 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
5 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (14.29%) HSRP
6 1 (14.29%) SSL
6 1 (14.29%) Wireless
6 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Low Latency
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
2 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
3 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) F5
3 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) VMware