BGP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 452 581
Rank change year-on-year +10 +129 -103
Permanent jobs citing BGP 280 232 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.48% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.48% 2.56% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 172 191 213
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,050 £72,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the UK excluding London

BGP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BGP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for BGP in the UK excluding London

BGP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for BGP in the UK excluding London

BGP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +50 127 £55,000 +4.76% 17
North of England +47 78 £47,500 - 9
North West +36 57 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Midlands -17 53 £48,500 -17.45% 5
West Midlands +4 44 £48,500 -15.65% 4
Yorkshire +61 25 £62,500 +38.89% 3
Scotland -33 15 £75,000 +25.00% 10
South West -31 14 £48,500 -3.00% 1
East Midlands -31 9 £50,000 -16.67% 1
East of England -17 8 £62,500 -3.85% 4
Wales +32 6 £41,067 +4.63% 1
Northern Ireland +22 4 - - 1
North East -17 3 £62,500 -3.85% 2
BGP
UK

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 40 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 8 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.43%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 40 (14.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 72 (25.71%) Azure
2 68 (24.29%) AWS
3 40 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
3 40 (14.29%) Amazon SQS
4 8 (2.86%) GCP
5 7 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.14%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.79%) Cloudflare
8 4 (1.43%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.71%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.71%) SaaS
10 2 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.36%) IaaS
11 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 177 (63.21%) OSPF
2 99 (35.36%) TCP/IP
3 98 (35.00%) Firewall
4 84 (30.00%) WAN
5 83 (29.64%) MPLS
6 81 (28.93%) EIGRP
7 74 (26.43%) SSL
8 68 (24.29%) IPsec
8 68 (24.29%) VPN
9 66 (23.57%) DNS
10 53 (18.93%) LAN
11 51 (18.21%) Cisco ASA
12 46 (16.43%) VLAN
13 42 (15.00%) SD-WAN
14 39 (13.93%) Cisco Firepower
14 39 (13.93%) Wireless
15 32 (11.43%) Network Security
16 31 (11.07%) HSRP
17 29 (10.36%) DMVPN
18 26 (9.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 40 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 40 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 40 (14.29%) Relational Database
2 8 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.43%) MariaDB
4 4 (1.43%) MySQL
4 4 (1.43%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 89 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.00%) Finance
3 13 (4.64%) Retail
4 10 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.14%) Automotive
5 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.43%) Legal
7 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.71%) Electronics
8 2 (0.71%) Law
8 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.71%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.36%) Billing
9 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Games
9 1 (0.36%) Military
9 1 (0.36%) Police
9 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 136 (48.57%) Network Engineer
2 51 (18.21%) Architect
3 42 (15.00%) Lead
4 41 (14.64%) Solutions Architect
5 40 (14.29%) Lead Architect
5 40 (14.29%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 36 (12.86%) Senior
7 23 (8.21%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (7.50%) Analyst
8 21 (7.50%) Network Analyst
9 20 (7.14%) Network Operations Analyst
9 20 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
10 16 (5.71%) Network Support
11 15 (5.36%) IP Engineer
12 13 (4.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 13 (4.64%) Juniper Engineer
13 12 (4.29%) Cisco Engineer
13 12 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.93%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
15 10 (3.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
1 40 (14.29%) Spring Boot
2 24 (8.57%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.43%) .NET
3 4 (1.43%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.07%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.64%) Public Cloud
2 40 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (9.64%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (5.36%) PKI
5 9 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.50%) FMCG
7 6 (2.14%) Clustering
7 6 (2.14%) Smartphone
8 4 (1.43%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.71%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.71%) Molecular Biology
9 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.36%) CMDB
10 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.36%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 64 (22.86%) Linux
2 40 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 20 (7.14%) Windows
4 16 (5.71%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.57%) Ubuntu
6 7 (2.50%) Mac OS X
7 6 (2.14%) Android
7 6 (2.14%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.14%) VyOS
7 6 (2.14%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.43%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.36%) Agile
2 53 (18.93%) Load Balancing
3 48 (17.14%) Systems Engineering
4 45 (16.07%) Migration
5 44 (15.71%) Project Management
6 43 (15.36%) Network Design
7 41 (14.64%) Collaborative Working
7 41 (14.64%) Scrum
8 40 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
8 40 (14.29%) ArchiMate
8 40 (14.29%) Cloud Operations
8 40 (14.29%) Data Migration
8 40 (14.29%) Kanban
8 40 (14.29%) Open Source
8 40 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
8 40 (14.29%) SDLC
8 40 (14.29%) TOGAF
9 28 (10.00%) Project Delivery
10 22 (7.86%) Network Management
11 21 (7.50%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.50%) Python
3 6 (2.14%) SQL
4 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (48.93%) Security Cleared
2 113 (40.36%) Cisco Certification
3 83 (29.64%) CCNP
4 70 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 52 (18.57%) CCNA
6 41 (14.64%) AWS Certification
7 40 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 40 (14.29%) Azure Certification
8 25 (8.93%) CCIE
9 21 (7.50%) JNCIA
10 19 (6.79%) DV Cleared
11 15 (5.36%) CCDP
12 12 (4.29%) JNCIE
13 11 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (3.93%) Degree
13 11 (3.93%) JNCIP
14 8 (2.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 6 (2.14%) HNC
15 6 (2.14%) JNCIS
15 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.36%) GDPR
2 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.36%) QA
2 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.93%) Firmware
3 9 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.43%) Docker
5 4 (1.43%) NFS
5 4 (1.43%) pfSense
5 4 (1.43%) vCloud
5 4 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.43%) VMware Server
5 4 (1.43%) vSphere
6 3 (1.07%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 14 (5.00%) Ansible
3 10 (3.57%) Terraform
4 6 (2.14%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.43%) SCCM
5 4 (1.43%) SCOM
5 4 (1.43%) SCOrch
5 4 (1.43%) vMotion
5 4 (1.43%) WSUS
6 3 (1.07%) BMC PATROL
6 3 (1.07%) Endace
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.71%) Puppet
7 2 (0.71%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.36%) Nagios
8 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 169 (60.36%) Cisco
2 121 (43.21%) Juniper
3 55 (19.64%) Fortinet
4 40 (14.29%) Oracle
4 40 (14.29%) Sparx
5 25 (8.93%) Microsoft
6 24 (8.57%) Palo Alto
7 22 (7.86%) Nokia
8 18 (6.43%) McAfee
9 16 (5.71%) VMware
10 14 (5.00%) Meraki
10 14 (5.00%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.64%) Citrix
12 12 (4.29%) CheckPoint
12 12 (4.29%) Ubiquiti
13 11 (3.93%) F5
13 11 (3.93%) Ruckus Wireless
14 10 (3.57%) Google
15 9 (3.21%) Dell
16 8 (2.86%) Aruba