BGP Jobs in the West Midlands

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 168 191 232
Rank change year-on-year +23 +41 +40
Permanent jobs citing BGP 29 62 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.69% 0.79% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.95% 6.26% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 43 21
10th Percentile - £26,010 £35,375
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% -19.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £52,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,500 £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
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 487 991 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.65% 12.56% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 306 796 505
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,188 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £61,875 £56,425 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,004 £67,750 £74,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for BGP in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the West 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
Birmingham +36 13 £65,000 -13.33% 4
Staffordshire +27 12 £35,000 -27.84% 2
Solihull +3 4 £75,000 +178.81%
BGP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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