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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 366 360
Rank change year-on-year -17 -6 -58
Permanent jobs citing BGP 82 58 131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.34% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.71% 3.28% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 49 40 64
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 £59,097
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% +15.49% +7.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £87,500 £83,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.37% +11.36% -

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 2,210 1,766 3,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.89% 10.48% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,352 998 1,505
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +26.58% -23.30% +0.39%

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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 4 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 21 (25.61%) Azure
2 18 (21.95%) AWS
3 12 (14.63%) GCP
4 8 (9.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (8.54%) SaaS
6 6 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (7.32%) Google Compute Engine
6 6 (7.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 6 (7.32%) OpenShift
7 3 (3.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.22%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.22%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 53 (64.63%) OSPF
2 50 (60.98%) Firewall
2 50 (60.98%) WAN
3 42 (51.22%) VPN
4 38 (46.34%) Network Security
5 35 (42.68%) LAN
6 32 (39.02%) DNS
6 32 (39.02%) MPLS
7 31 (37.80%) VXLAN
8 29 (35.37%) VLAN
9 24 (29.27%) TCP/IP
10 23 (28.05%) SD-WAN
11 22 (26.83%) Ethernet VPN
12 19 (23.17%) Cisco Nexus
12 19 (23.17%) DHCP
13 14 (17.07%) SSL
13 14 (17.07%) Wireless
14 13 (15.85%) EIGRP
14 13 (15.85%) HTTP
15 12 (14.63%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (7.32%) Git
2 6 (7.32%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.44%) GitLab
General
1 24 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Banking
2 14 (17.07%) Finance
3 13 (15.85%) Retail
4 12 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 11 (13.41%) Telecoms
6 10 (12.20%) Marketing
7 6 (7.32%) Back Office
7 6 (7.32%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.66%) Law
8 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.22%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (57.32%) Network Engineer
2 30 (36.59%) Senior
3 15 (18.29%) Architect
3 15 (18.29%) Network Architect
4 14 (17.07%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (12.20%) Security Architect
6 7 (8.54%) Network Specialist
6 7 (8.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 7 (8.54%) Senior Network Specialist
7 6 (7.32%) Data Centre Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) GCP Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Network Security Specialist
7 6 (7.32%) Security Specialist
7 6 (7.32%) Senior Network Security Specialist
7 6 (7.32%) Senior Security Specialist
8 5 (6.10%) Security Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) Data Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.07%) Terraform
2 11 (13.41%) SAML
3 10 (12.20%) OAuth
4 6 (7.32%) 802.1X
5 4 (4.88%) YAML
6 3 (3.66%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (3.66%) RESTful
7 1 (1.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (1.22%) Jinja
7 1 (1.22%) LDAP
7 1 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (32.93%) Data Centre
2 10 (12.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (8.54%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.54%) Security Posture
4 6 (7.32%) Blog
4 6 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.32%) PKI
5 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.22%) ASIC
7 1 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.20%) Linux
2 3 (3.66%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (25.61%) Infrastructure as Code
3 20 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (21.95%) CI/CD
5 17 (20.73%) Network Segmentation
6 16 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (17.07%) Change Management
7 14 (17.07%) Load Balancing
7 14 (17.07%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (15.85%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 13 (15.85%) Zero Trust
9 12 (14.63%) Network Design
10 11 (13.41%) Mentoring
10 11 (13.41%) Migration
11 10 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (12.20%) Data Management
11 10 (12.20%) Validation
12 9 (10.98%) Information Security
12 9 (10.98%) Roadmaps
13 8 (9.76%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.27%) Python
2 6 (7.32%) Go
2 6 (7.32%) Java
2 6 (7.32%) SQL
3 4 (4.88%) Bash
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (18.29%) CCNP
3 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 7 (8.54%) CCNA
5 6 (7.32%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.88%) CCIE
6 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.66%) CCDP
7 3 (3.66%) CCSP
7 3 (3.66%) CISM
7 3 (3.66%) CISSP
8 2 (2.44%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.44%) Degree
9 1 (1.22%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (15.85%) NIST
3 6 (7.32%) PCI DSS
3 6 (7.32%) SOC 2
4 3 (3.66%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.76%) VMware NSX
2 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.44%) vSphere
4 1 (1.22%) iptables
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (32.93%) FortiGate
2 16 (19.51%) Ansible
3 14 (17.07%) Kubernetes
4 11 (13.41%) CASB
5 6 (7.32%) Grafana
6 4 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (3.66%) Cilium
7 3 (3.66%) Prometheus
8 2 (2.44%) vCenter Server
9 1 (1.22%) Check_MK
9 1 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (1.22%) Packer
Vendors
1 56 (68.29%) Cisco
2 39 (47.56%) Palo Alto
3 15 (18.29%) Arista
3 15 (18.29%) Microsoft
4 13 (15.85%) Fortinet
5 12 (14.63%) F5
6 9 (10.98%) Juniper
7 8 (9.76%) VMware
8 7 (8.54%) Aruba
8 7 (8.54%) Google
9 6 (7.32%) Meraki
9 6 (7.32%) Zscaler
10 5 (6.10%) CheckPoint
11 4 (4.88%) SolarWinds
11 4 (4.88%) SonicWALL
12 3 (3.66%) Citrix
12 3 (3.66%) Forcepoint
13 2 (2.44%) Dell
13 2 (2.44%) Splunk
14 1 (1.22%) Oracle