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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 359 350
Rank change year-on-year -13 -9 -39
Permanent jobs citing BGP 92 55 129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.33% 0.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.15% 3.21% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 48 39 65
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,778 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £56,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,000 £58,194
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% +18.57% +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 £56,625
% change year-on-year +11.54% +14.79% +2.95%

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 2,217 1,716 3,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.87% 10.40% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 979 1,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,544 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +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 13 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 29 (31.52%) AWS
2 23 (25.00%) GCP
3 21 (22.83%) Azure
4 19 (20.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 18 (19.57%) SaaS
6 17 (18.48%) Amazon EKS
6 17 (18.48%) Google Compute Engine
6 17 (18.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (9.78%) Google Workspace
8 6 (6.52%) OpenShift
9 3 (3.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.17%) GitHub
10 2 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.09%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.09%) Cloudflare
11 1 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (1.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (60.87%) Firewall
2 54 (58.70%) OSPF
3 51 (55.43%) VPN
4 48 (52.17%) WAN
5 43 (46.74%) Network Security
6 36 (39.13%) VLAN
7 35 (38.04%) LAN
7 35 (38.04%) TCP/IP
8 32 (34.78%) VXLAN
9 30 (32.61%) DNS
9 30 (32.61%) MPLS
10 23 (25.00%) Ethernet VPN
10 23 (25.00%) SD-WAN
11 19 (20.65%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (18.48%) DHCP
13 14 (15.22%) SSL
13 14 (15.22%) Wireless
14 13 (14.13%) EIGRP
14 13 (14.13%) HTTP
15 12 (13.04%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (18.48%) Amazon RDS
1 17 (18.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (18.48%) TeamCity
2 7 (7.61%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (6.52%) Git
4 2 (2.17%) GitLab
General
1 30 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Finance
3 20 (21.74%) Banking
4 19 (20.65%) Retail
5 17 (18.48%) Back Office
5 17 (18.48%) Financial Institution
6 11 (11.96%) Telecoms
7 10 (10.87%) Marketing
7 10 (10.87%) Public Sector
8 9 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (9.78%) Law
9 3 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.09%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (52.17%) Network Engineer
2 34 (36.96%) Senior
3 17 (18.48%) GCP Engineer
4 15 (16.30%) Architect
4 15 (16.30%) Network Architect
5 14 (15.22%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (10.87%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (10.87%) Security Architect
6 10 (10.87%) Security Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 7 (7.61%) Network Specialist
8 7 (7.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (7.61%) Senior Network Specialist
9 6 (6.52%) Data Centre Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.52%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (27.17%) Terraform
2 11 (11.96%) SAML
3 10 (10.87%) OAuth
4 9 (9.78%) OpenTelemetry
4 9 (9.78%) RESTful
5 6 (6.52%) 802.1X
6 4 (4.35%) YAML
7 1 (1.09%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.09%) Jinja
7 1 (1.09%) LDAP
7 1 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 18 (19.57%) Cloud Native
3 17 (18.48%) Blog
3 17 (18.48%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (13.04%) Security Posture
5 10 (10.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (8.70%) Management Information System
7 6 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (4.35%) PKI
9 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.09%) ASIC
10 1 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.78%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Windows
2 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (31.52%) CI/CD
3 27 (29.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 26 (28.26%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (20.65%) Zero Trust
7 18 (19.57%) Fintech
7 18 (19.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 17 (18.48%) Disruptive Innovation
8 17 (18.48%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (18.48%) Immutable Infrastructure
8 17 (18.48%) Network Segmentation
8 17 (18.48%) SOA
9 14 (15.22%) Change Management
9 14 (15.22%) Information Security
9 14 (15.22%) Load Balancing
9 14 (15.22%) Observability
9 14 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
10 12 (13.04%) Network Design
11 11 (11.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (38.04%) Python
2 17 (18.48%) Go
2 17 (18.48%) Java
2 17 (18.48%) SQL
3 10 (10.87%) Bash
4 1 (1.09%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (27.17%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (17.39%) CCNP
3 8 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (8.70%) CCSP
3 8 (8.70%) CISM
3 8 (8.70%) CISSP
3 8 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.61%) CCNA
5 5 (5.43%) CCIE
6 4 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.26%) CCDP
8 2 (2.17%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (2.17%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 2 (2.17%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (29.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (19.57%) NIST
3 17 (18.48%) PCI DSS
3 17 (18.48%) SOC 2
4 3 (3.26%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (6.52%) VMware NSX
2 3 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.09%) iptables
3 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (29.35%) FortiGate
2 25 (27.17%) Kubernetes
3 17 (18.48%) Grafana
4 15 (16.30%) Ansible
5 11 (11.96%) CASB
6 10 (10.87%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (9.78%) Prometheus
8 8 (8.70%) Cilium
9 1 (1.09%) Check_MK
9 1 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (1.09%) Packer
Vendors
1 57 (61.96%) Cisco
2 39 (42.39%) Palo Alto
3 18 (19.57%) Google
4 15 (16.30%) Arista
5 13 (14.13%) Fortinet
5 13 (14.13%) Microsoft
6 12 (13.04%) F5
7 9 (9.78%) Juniper
8 7 (7.61%) Aruba
8 7 (7.61%) VMware
9 6 (6.52%) Meraki
9 6 (6.52%) Zscaler
10 5 (5.43%) CheckPoint
11 4 (4.35%) SolarWinds
11 4 (4.35%) SonicWALL
12 3 (3.26%) Citrix
12 3 (3.26%) Forcepoint
13 2 (2.17%) Dell
14 1 (1.09%) Oracle
14 1 (1.09%) Reuters