Hybrid/Remote BGP Job Trends

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring BGP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 356 355
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 -51
Permanent jobs citing BGP 89 58 130
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.35% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.04% 3.34% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 48 40 65
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £55,421 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £68,250 £58,194
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% +17.28% +5.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,750 £87,500 £83,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +11.54% +15.56% +2.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,204 1,739 3,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.87% 10.43% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 993 1,478
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,475 £70,000 £70,188
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BGP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

BGP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

BGP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 26 (29.21%) AWS
2 21 (23.60%) Azure
3 20 (22.47%) GCP
4 16 (17.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 15 (16.85%) SaaS
6 14 (15.73%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (15.73%) Google Compute Engine
6 14 (15.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (8.99%) Google Workspace
8 6 (6.74%) OpenShift
9 3 (3.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.25%) GitHub
10 2 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.12%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.12%) Cloudflare
11 1 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (1.12%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (60.67%) Firewall
1 54 (60.67%) OSPF
2 48 (53.93%) VPN
2 48 (53.93%) WAN
3 41 (46.07%) Network Security
4 35 (39.33%) LAN
4 35 (39.33%) VLAN
5 32 (35.96%) TCP/IP
5 32 (35.96%) VXLAN
6 30 (33.71%) DNS
6 30 (33.71%) MPLS
7 23 (25.84%) Ethernet VPN
7 23 (25.84%) SD-WAN
8 19 (21.35%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (19.10%) DHCP
10 14 (15.73%) SSL
10 14 (15.73%) Wireless
11 13 (14.61%) EIGRP
11 13 (14.61%) HTTP
12 12 (13.48%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.73%) Amazon RDS
1 14 (15.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (15.73%) TeamCity
2 7 (7.87%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (6.74%) Git
4 2 (2.25%) GitLab
General
1 28 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.47%) Finance
3 19 (21.35%) Banking
4 18 (20.22%) Retail
5 14 (15.73%) Back Office
5 14 (15.73%) Financial Institution
6 11 (12.36%) Telecoms
7 10 (11.24%) Marketing
7 10 (11.24%) Public Sector
8 8 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (8.99%) Law
9 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.12%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (53.93%) Network Engineer
2 32 (35.96%) Senior
3 15 (16.85%) Architect
3 15 (16.85%) Network Architect
4 14 (15.73%) GCP Engineer
4 14 (15.73%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (11.24%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (11.24%) Security Architect
6 9 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Security Engineer
8 7 (7.87%) Network Specialist
8 7 (7.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (7.87%) Senior Network Specialist
9 6 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (6.74%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (6.74%) Data Centre Engineer
9 6 (6.74%) Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.74%) Security Specialist
9 6 (6.74%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.74%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (24.72%) Terraform
2 11 (12.36%) SAML
3 10 (11.24%) OAuth
4 8 (8.99%) OpenTelemetry
4 8 (8.99%) RESTful
5 6 (6.74%) 802.1X
6 4 (4.49%) YAML
7 1 (1.12%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.12%) Jinja
7 1 (1.12%) LDAP
7 1 (1.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (31.46%) Data Centre
2 15 (16.85%) Cloud Native
3 14 (15.73%) Blog
3 14 (15.73%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (11.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (11.24%) Security Posture
5 6 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (6.74%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.49%) PKI
7 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.12%) ASIC
8 1 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.12%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (29.21%) CI/CD
2 26 (29.21%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (28.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (20.22%) Zero Trust
6 17 (19.10%) Network Segmentation
7 16 (17.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 15 (16.85%) Fintech
9 14 (15.73%) Change Management
9 14 (15.73%) Disruptive Innovation
9 14 (15.73%) Identity Access Management
9 14 (15.73%) Immutable Infrastructure
9 14 (15.73%) Load Balancing
9 14 (15.73%) SOA
9 14 (15.73%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (14.61%) Observability
11 12 (13.48%) Information Security
11 12 (13.48%) Network Design
12 11 (12.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 32 (35.96%) Python
2 14 (15.73%) Go
2 14 (15.73%) Java
2 14 (15.73%) SQL
3 9 (10.11%) Bash
4 1 (1.12%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (25.84%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (17.98%) CCNP
3 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.87%) CCNA
5 6 (6.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (6.74%) CCSP
5 6 (6.74%) CISM
5 6 (6.74%) CISSP
6 5 (5.62%) CCIE
7 4 (4.49%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.37%) CCDP
9 2 (2.25%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (2.25%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 2 (2.25%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (26.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (17.98%) NIST
3 14 (15.73%) PCI DSS
3 14 (15.73%) SOC 2
4 3 (3.37%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) iptables
3 1 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (30.34%) FortiGate
2 22 (24.72%) Kubernetes
3 15 (16.85%) Ansible
4 14 (15.73%) Grafana
5 11 (12.36%) CASB
6 9 (10.11%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (8.99%) Prometheus
8 6 (6.74%) Cilium
9 1 (1.12%) Check_MK
9 1 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (1.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 57 (64.04%) Cisco
2 39 (43.82%) Palo Alto
3 15 (16.85%) Arista
3 15 (16.85%) Google
4 13 (14.61%) Fortinet
4 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
5 12 (13.48%) F5
6 9 (10.11%) Juniper
7 7 (7.87%) Aruba
7 7 (7.87%) VMware
8 6 (6.74%) Meraki
8 6 (6.74%) Zscaler
9 5 (5.62%) CheckPoint
10 4 (4.49%) SolarWinds
10 4 (4.49%) SonicWALL
11 3 (3.37%) Citrix
11 3 (3.37%) Forcepoint
12 2 (2.25%) Dell
13 1 (1.12%) Oracle
13 1 (1.12%) Reuters